If a deal includes a refurb phone then you’ll see ‘ Refurbished Handset‘ in purple text next to the offer.

But I can't ignore the fact that it has significantly worse wireless performance than either of this year's other iPhones, or competing Android phones at the same price. It's also on the large size, and if you're going to get a big iPhone, you should get the iPhone XS Max, with its better Wi-Fi, cellular, LAA, dual cameras, and higher-resolution screen in basically the same body. And get it on a three-year contract so you don't feel brutalized by the price. Just like you switch your TV service, landline and electricity supplier etc, you can simply keep and switch your mobile number to another network to make maximum savings. Refurbished handsets are phones that have simply been returned with 14 days and then offered for resale at vastly reduced prices. A contract upgrade is the term used when you keep your mobile number and stay with your existing network. Once your mobile number has transferred across to your new phone and SIM card, your old contract will automatically be cancelled.The retailer will send you full details of how to claim with your new phone. How long for Delivery? Give your PAC code to your new network, they’ll transfer your number across for you the next working day. Ofcom recognised that people were paying far too much to stay with their existing network and made ‘porting’ your number really easy… Apple's A12 processor is the most powerful mobile chip available today, and one of the XR's big benefits is that it gives you access to all of that A12 juice. On Geekbench, it benchmarks at 10 to 15 percent higher than the iPhone 8 and iPhone X in terms of pure CPU performance, and 40 percent higher in terms of GPU computing performance. On GFXBench, a graphics benchmark, it's similarly 40 to 45 percent better than the iPhone 8 on offscreen tests, which don't take screen resolution into account. The retailers usually offer their same protection for refurbished phones which covers free repairs and technical issues for 12 months.

Having a single camera means that portrait mode isn't as well-developed as on the XS. Taking portraits with both cameras (alas, of people too shy to have their photos in a review), I found a big difference and a small one. The big difference is that the XS uses the 2x camera to take those portraits, resulting in a more tightly framed, headshot-like image at arm's length that is far more flattering. The smaller difference is that the XR's software has some problems with blurring out bits of hair that are behind other bits of hair, so when you zoom in, the silhouetting just isn't perfect. The iPhone XR has a single, f/1.8 12-megapixel main camera that records 4K video at 60 frames per second. It's the same main camera as on the iPhone XS and XS Max, and took identical pictures in testing, even in poor light. It's very good —good enough that any debate between it and other top-notch mobile cameras is really just at the bragging rights level. As of July 1st 2019, simply text the word ‘PAC’ to 65075 and receive your PAC code within 60 seconds!). Apple typically fully supports iPhone processors in new versions of iOS for about four years after they're released, so your XR should be good to go until at least 2022. That said, if you plan to switch to an iPhone for the new 5G networks in 2021, the year-old iPhone 8 and X will also be fully supported until then. Wi-Fi performance is also noticeably weaker than either the XS or a Google Pixel 3. Tested against a Netgear R7000 router at 5GHz, the XR got 3-11Mbps in weak-signal conditions, where the other phones were getting 40-70Mbps. Farther from the router, we got 12Mbps on the XS, 31Mbps on the Pixel 3, and nothing on the XR, which reported that it had signal but simply couldn't connect. That's pretty disappointing.The majority of retailers offer next working day delivery with a cut off at 6pm, although some go right through until 8pm. We're still in the process of running battery tests, but we have no reason to disbelieve Apple's claim that this will be the longest-lasting iPhone of the current three models. Apple claims 15 hours of internet usage, which in our experience is about halved when the screen's brightness is turned up to max, as compared with 12 hours (read 6) on the XS and 13 hours (read 6.5) on the XS Max. That extra hour of usage could make a difference for you, but I'd like to note that they still come nowhere near the 12 hours-plus of actual use on the Samsung Galaxy Note 9. Camera