Apple iPhone XR vs Apple iPhone 11

Comparing the Apple iPhone XR vs Apple iPhone 11 across performance, display, camera, battery, storage, expert reviews and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Apple iPhone 11 scores higher on the Geekbench Multi-Core test with 2,984, while Apple iPhone XR scores 2,578, making Apple iPhone 11 the better performer.

Display: Both Apple iPhone XR and Apple iPhone 11 offer the same screen size of 6.1 inches and feature the same IPS LCD display.

Rear Camera: Both Apple iPhone XR and Apple iPhone 11 feature a 12 MP primary rear camera.

Front Camera: Apple iPhone 11 offers a higher front camera resolution with 12 MP, while Apple iPhone XR offers 7 MP, making Apple iPhone 11 better for front camera photography.

Battery: Apple iPhone 11 offers a higher battery capacity with 3110 mAh, while Apple iPhone XR offers 2942 mAh, making Apple iPhone 11 better for longer battery life.

Storage: Both Apple iPhone XR and Apple iPhone 11 offer the same internal storage of 64 GB.

Expert Review: The editorial team rates both Apple iPhone XR and Apple iPhone 11 equally at 8.

User Rating: Apple iPhone XR and Apple iPhone 11 both receive the same user rating of 4.6.

Apple iPhone XR

₹47,900

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Apple iPhone 11

₹43,900

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Summary

Release Date

26 Oct, 2018

20 Sep, 2019

21 Aug, 2026

Performance


Apple A12 Bionic	Apple A13 Bionic	MediaTek Dimensity 7400 Ultimate
Hexa Core (upto 2.49 GHz)	Hexa Core (upto 2.65 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2.6 GHz)
3 GB RAM	4 GB RAM	8 GB RAM

Display


6.1 inches (15.49 cm)	6.1 inches (15.49 cm)	6.78 inches (17.22 cm)
IPS LCD	IPS LCD	AMOLED
828x1792 px (HD+)	828x1792 px (HD+)	1208x2644 px (FHD+)
60 Hz Refresh Rate	60 Hz Refresh Rate	144 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera


12 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera	12 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera (upto 2x Optical Zoom)	50 MP Primary Camera
N/A	12 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera	8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Front Camera


7 MP	12 MP	13 MP Wide Angle Lens

Battery


2942 mAh	3110 mAh	6500 mAh
Fast Charging	18W Fast Charging	45W Super Charging
Wireless Charging	Wireless Charging	No Wireless Charging

Storage

64 GB	64 GB	256 GB
NVMe	NVMe	UFS 2.2

Expert Review

8.0/10

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8.0/10

Read Expert Review

N/A

Pros

Available in bright colours
Flawless performance
Impressive cameras
Great battery backup

Impressive cameras
Super-fast performance
Incredible battery life
iOS 13 brings much-needed features like dark mode

Device yet to be reviewed

Cons

No optical zoom capabilities
Doesn’t ship with a fast charger or 3.5mm adapter
Heats up with extended use

720p display with unsightly notch
Ships with a 5W power brick
Doesn’t offer enough to warrant an upgrade

Device yet to be reviewed

User Ratings

4.6/5

(120,016 ratings)

4.6/5

(187,877 ratings)

N/A

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

366,895 AnTuTu Score	451,844 AnTuTu Score	792,798 AnTuTu Score
N/A	N/A	10h 40m Battery Life (PC Mark)

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Not Available in any store

₹43,900

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₹46,999

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General

Launch Date

Oct 26, 2018

(Official)

Sep 20, 2019

(Official)

Aug 18, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

iOS v12.0

iOS v13.0

Android v16

OS Updates

7 Year

N/A

2 Year

Security Updates

10 Year

N/A

3 Year

Custom UI

N/A

HiOS

Performance

Performance Rating

Avg

Good

Very Good

Chipset

Apple A12 Bionic

Apple A13 Bionic

MediaTek Dimensity 7400 Ultimate MT6878

Processor

Hexa Core

2.49 GHz, Dual core, Vortex 1.52 GHz, Quad core, Tempest

Hexa Core

2.65 GHz, Dual core, Lightning 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Thunder

Octa core

2.6 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A78 2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A55

Co-Processor

M12

N/A

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

7 nm

4 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Apple GPU (four-core graphics)

Mali-G615 MC2

RAM

3 GB

4 GB

8 GB / 12 GB

RAM Type

LPDDR4X

LPDDR5X

Performance Test Results

AnTuTu Score (The higher, the better) AnTuTu benchmark measures overall performance of a phone by stress-testing CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

366,895

451,844

792,798

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

32.0 s

33.0 s

24.0 s

Gaming Test Results

Wild Life Extreme (The higher, the better) Wild Life Extreme is a classic mobile benchmark; it renders in 4K to test the peak performance of a wide range of devices.

N/A

1,054

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

4.0 %

2.0 %

N/A

Heating* (The lower, the better)

27.0 %

10.3 %

N/A

* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Very Good

Best In Class

Display Type

IPS LCD

AMOLED

Screen Size

6.1 inches (15.49 cm)

6.78 inches (17.22 cm)

Resolution

828x1792 px (HD+)

1208x2644 px (FHD+)

Brightness

625 nits

N/A

Peak Brightness

N/A

4500 nits

HBM Brightness

N/A

1600 nits

Refresh Rate

60 Hz

144 Hz

Aspect Ratio

19.5:9

19.69:9

Pixel Density

324 ppi

429 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

79.79 %

89.68 %

Screen Protection

Yes

Corning Gorilla Glass Glass 7i

Bezel-less Display

Yes with notch

Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A

Yes

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A

93.18 %

Design

Height

150.9 mm

162.48 mm

Width

75.7 mm

77.27 mm

Thickness

8.3 mm

7.39 mm

Weight

194 grams

189 grams

Build Material

Back: Gorilla Glass

Back: Polycarbonate

Water Resistance

Yes Water resistant IP67 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1 meter)

Yes Water resistant IP68 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 2 meter)

Yes Water resistant IP68 IP66 IP69K IP69 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1.5 meter)

Ruggedness

Dust proof

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Very Good

Resolution

12 MP
Primary Camera5x Digital Zoomf/1.8 Wide Angle26 mm focal length 1/2.55" sensor size Back-illuminated sensor BSI 1.4µm pixel size

12 MP
Primary Camera5x Digital Zoom 2x Optical Zoomf/1.8 Wide Angle26 mm focal length 1/2.55" sensor size IMX333 Exmor-RS CMOS Sensor 1.4µm pixel size

50 MP
Primary Camera15x Digital Zoomf/1.8823 mm focal length 1/1.56" sensor size LYT 700C CMOS image sensor 1µm pixel size

N/A

12 MP
f/2.4 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera13 mm focal length

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Autofocus

Yes Phase Detection Autofocus

Yes

OIS

Yes

Flash

Yes Quad LED True Tone Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels

3072 x 4096 Pixels

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Burst mode

Cinema Mode
Macro Mode

Camera Features

5 x Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

5 x Digital Zoom
2 x Optical Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

15 x Digital Zoom
Auto Flash

Video Recording

4k @60 fps
Full HD @240 fps

4k @30 fps
Full HD @60 fps

4k @30 fps
Full HD @30/60 fps
HD @30 fps

Video Recording Features

Optical Image stabilization
Stereo recording

Optical Image stabilization
Slow Motion
Audio Zoom
Stereo recording

Dual Video Recording
Slow Motion

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Very Good

Resolution

7 MP
f/2.2 Primary Camera32 mm focal length BSI Sensor

12 MP
f/2.2 Primary Camera1/3.6" sensor size

13 MP
f/2.2 Wide Angle Primary Camera24 mm focal length

Autofocus

N/A

Flash

Yes Retina Flash

Yes Screen flash

Camera Features

N/A

Wide Angle Selfie

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps

4k @30 fps
Full HD @60 fps

4k @30 fps
Full HD @30/60 fps
HD @30 fps

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good

Capacity

2942 mAh

3110 mAh

6500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

Li-Polymer

Quick Charging

Yes Fast Charging 50% in 30 minutes

Yes 18W Fast Charging 50% in 30 minutes

Yes 45W Super Charging 50% in 28 minutes

Wireless Charging

Yes

N/A

Battery Test Results

Battery Life (PC Mark) (The higher, the better) PCMark Battery benchmark measures battery life of a phone with various activities such as web browsing, photo editing, writing, video editing, etc.

N/A

10h 40m

Charging Time (20% to 100%) (The lower, the better)

N/A

1h 15m

Storage

Internal Storage

64 GB / 128 GB / 256 GB

256 GB / 512 GB

Storage Type

NVMe

UFS 2.2

Expandable Storage

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano SIM2: eSIM

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

5G Not Supported 4G

5G 4G

VoLTE

Yes

SIM 1

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 14) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 700(band 29) / 2300(band 30)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 1500(band 11) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1500(band 21) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 700(band 29) / 2300(band 30)

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N14 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66 / N70 / N71
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N39 / N48 / N70 / N71 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 3500(band 42)
FD-LTE 1700(band 66) / 2100(band 1) / 600(band 71) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 800(band 20) / 700(band 29) / 700 (band 12)

SIM 2

4G Bands:

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66 / N70 / N71
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N39 / N66 / N70 / N71 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 3500(band 42)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 800(band 20) / 600(Band 71) / 700(band 29) / 1700(band 66) / 700 (band 12)

SAR Value

Head: 1.13 W/kg Body: 1.16 W/kg

Head: 1.09 W/kg Body: 1.18 W/kg

Head: 1.332 W/kg Body: 0.802 W/kg

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) 5GHz MIMO

Yes Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 5GHz MIMO

Yes Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 ax) MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v5.0

Yes v5.4

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass

Yes with Glonass

NFC

Yes

IR Blaster

N/A

Yes

Multimedia

Stereo Speakers

Yes

N/A

Audio Jack

Lightning

USB Type-C

Audio Features

N/A

Dolby Atmos Dolby Digital Dolby Digital Plus

Dolby Atmos

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

N/A

On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A

Optical

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Barometer Compass Gyroscope

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Barometer Gyroscope

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Applications

iTunes Store FaceTime Find My iPhone Find My Friends

N/A

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₹43,900

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