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Comment by djanogo | Hacker News Reader

XR is the cheapest smart phone people can buy, you have to consider cost of OS upgrades, free apps that Apple spends $ on (Screentime for parents is worth $5/month by itself). It amazes me how these professional reviewers ignore the fact that most android devices are lucky to get 2 OS upgrades, and have to wait several months after OS is released.

iPhone will easily last twice as long and will get all the feature updates the hardware can support.

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My Nokia 7.1 has monthly updates guaranteed for two years, is fast with a decent camera and has all the apps I need. Battery life and build quality are fantastic. All for about a quarter of the price of an iPhone XR. Not sure I agree with you there.

I'm considering a Nokia 6.1 or 7.1 as my next phone, but I'm concerned that it's allegedly killing background processes so that IMs don't get delivered. Can you comment on that?

My sister is non tech savvy and thus loves to complain about things not working on her phone or computer. She has a 6.1 and no complaints on that regard. .

Two years compared to the iPhone 5S that was introduced in 2013 and still getting updates?

I can buy a Moto G6 Plus at around $260, something around the same price after 2 years, and once again something at around the same price 2 years after that. That amounts up the the price of a single XR. How is $750 considered cheap, even accounting for OS upgrades and free apps?

How is the XR the cheapest phone people can buy when the iPhone 7 is still for sell for $475?

At this point, the 7 won't probably get updates nearly as long as the XR will.

At this point, if history is any guide, you are still looking at 3 years of upgrades and you’re paying $300 less.

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