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iPhone XR inventories looking steady for launch day with the exception of some T-Mobile models

If you’re hankering for an iPhone XR, it looks like there’s a good amount of inventory to meet demand, with the exception of certain T-Mobile models. The handset officially went up for pre-order on Friday, with the first orders slated to arrive to buyers next Friday, October 26th. Over 24 hours later, iPhone XR shipping […]

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Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts higher demand for iPhone XR than the iPhone 8, improved supply chain to help meet the demand

Per Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, demand for the iPhone XR is expected to be higher than the demand for the iPhone 8 in 2017. In a recent note to investors, Kuo also predicted an improved supply as well as an improved supply chain starting in October, leading him to revise his predicted shipment estimates. Apple […]

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Apple receives approval to sell the iPhone XR, will take pre-orders as scheduled on October 19th

Apple received approval from the Federal Communications Commission to sell the iPhone XR in the United States, ahead of pre-orders slated from October. The company can now remove the following fine print from the iPhone XR product page on its website, although it has yet to do so: iPhone XR has not been authorized as […]

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iOS 12.1 to allow iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR units to use eSIM features

Apple’s latest iOS 12.1 beta apparently introduces support for the eSIM, or a digital SIM that lets you activate a cellular plan from your carrier without needing to use a physical SIM card. In the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR, the eSIM pairs with the included nano-SIM to enable dual-SIM functionality. The eSIM feature […]

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iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, offer Apple’s largest iPhone batteries to date while iPhone XS incorporates slightly smaller battery capacity

While Apple shares battery specifications for each iPhone battery via talk time, Internet use, video playback and more, it doesn’t share the actual battery capacity for each model. This may have changed, as MyDrivers has published documents from TENAA, China’s FCC equivalents which reveal that the iPhone XS features a smaller battery capacity than the […]