Dave Smith

<h1> In Cyberpunk 2077, you play as V, an urban mercenary and cyberpunk who takes on dangerous jobs for money. </h1>

<h1> You create your own version of V: You can choose to be male or female, which affects who you can romance in the game. Many non-playable characters youll meet are bisexual, but not all of them are. </h1>

<h1> You can also choose your haircut, tattoos, and put points into various attributes like Strength, Constitution, Intelligence, Reflexes, Tech, and something called "Cool." </h1>

<h1> You can also choose your characters backstory, and the reason theyre in Night City. You can decide if youre there for romance or revenge. </h1>

<h1> There are no set character classes to choose from when creating your character. You can customize your class as you play through the game. </h1>

<h1> There are three classes in the game — Solo, Techie, and Netrunner — and you can choose to focus on one skill set, or a combination of the three. The Solo class is focused on combat; Techies are focused on gadgets and machinery; and Netrunners can hack into computers, robots, or even into peoples heads to manipulate or kill them. </h1>

<h1> The game is a non-linear role-playing game played from a first-person perspective. Youll be shooting weapons in traditional first-person style as well: Enemies have life bars, and damage numbers pop out of them when you shoot them. </h1>

<h1> You can approach different encounters in different ways: You can go in guns blazing, talk your way out of a problem, or turn parties against each other, for instance. </h1>

<h1> When you talk with the games non-playable characters (NPCs), dialogue options will appear on screen, and each choice you make will have consequences. </h1>

<h1> "Cyberpunk 2077" takes place in Night City. Its difficult to say how big the city is, but the games developer CD Projekt Red says its huge, packed with people, and has no transitional loading screens (like "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" and "God of War"). </h1>

<h1> Unlike the companys last game, "The Witcher 3," which featured a very flat map, "Cyberpunk 2077" is very vertical with buildings that just keep going up. </h1>

<h1> If you dont like traveling on foot, you can drive vehicles around Night City, including cars and motorcycles. You can even fight from your car, by leaning out the window and shooting. You can even run over pedestrians like in "Grand Theft Auto." </h1>

<h1> There are six districts in Night City, and they all have their own unique vibe. One district featured in the demo was called Watson, based on a fallen corporate giant. </h1>

<h1> Night City is interactive: You can interact with advertisements, which can tell you where to buy a certain product.Different vendors sell goods and services in exchange for EuroDollars, or "Eddies." </h1>

<h1> Theres a day-and-night cycle in Night City, and an ever-changing weather system. </h1>

<h1> Youll be spending a lot of time in Vs apartment, where you can suit up, check your computer, access your weapons, or even take friends back for some "adult fun." You can buy additional locations to use as bases through the course of the game. </h1>

<h1> You can unlock skills in the game and use them to your advantage. With a high enough engineering skill you can disassemble panels in walls to open up new paths, for instance. </h1>

<h1> "Cyberpunk 2077" has an inspection system that lets you learn about objects, lore, and other useful information. You can use this system to link with a spider-like bot, which can scope out environments, climb walls, pass through vents, and be stored in the trunk of your car when not in use. </h1>

<h1> By doing things in the real world, you gain Street Cred, which helps you unlock new dialogue or vendor prices throughout the city. Its likely that some side quests will only be available if you have a certain amount of Street Cred. </h1>

<h1> V wears a special jacket that plays an important role in the game; it also gives you an initial 5% Street Cred boost. </h1>

<h1> Combat is a big emphasis in the game:The E3 gameplay demo featured 3 to 4 different guns, all with very different perks for using them.The demo featured an "epic" weapon called the Smart Rifle, which has bullets that track and follow your targets. You can use mods to customize all the weapons in the game. </h1>

<h1> Enemies hiding behind cover? No problem. Your scanner can spot enemies ducking behind barriers, and another gun you can obtain in the game lets you bounce bullets off walls. </h1>

<h1> If youd rather use your hands than your weapons, your character is also equipped with twin Mantis Blades, which you can use to climb walls and chop up enemies. V can also run on walls and jump down onto unsuspecting enemies. </h1>

<h1> V can also hack into bad guys and send malicious software to the rest of their squad. In the demo, V plans a virus in a bad guys weapon to prevent him from shooting when she approaches. </h1>

<h1> The world isnt fully destructible, but windows and bodies are. So you can blow off arms or legs strategically, assuming youre a good enough shot. </h1>

<h1> Violence isnt the only mature aspect of Cyberpunk 2077; it also features lots of swearing and full-frontal nudity. You can hook up with NPCs and have one-night stands with them. You can even visit brothels. </h1>

<h1> Drugs can also be found and used in the game, and you take them via inhaler-like devices. Drugs can also be used in social contexts: If a gang member offers you a hit of his inhaler, choosing whether or not to accept could have consequences. </h1>

<h1> Most quests in "Cyberpunk 2077" come in the form of jobs, which can be acquired in different ways. Sometimes you get them by talking to fixers, who find mercenaries like V to come in and solve problems. </h1>

<h1> Other times, youll see things happening on the street and can choose to get involved. CD Projekt Red says it wants missions and quests to feel organic. </h1>

<h1> "Cyberpunk 2077" will be a single-player game at launch with no multiplayer, although one of the games designers Patrick Mills says a multiplayer mode is in development and may make it into the game at a later date. </h1>

<h1> "Cyberpunk 2077" is a single-player game, but not all missions are solo. This isnt a game with a party system, but youll occasionally be joined on jobs by other characters in the game. </h1>

<h1> The games release date still doesnt exist yet. </h1>

<p>While its Turkish publisher Bilkom said the game will be ready in 2019, we still don't have an official word from CD Projekt Red just yet. The company previously said it will arrive "when it's ready." It will be available for Xbox One, PS4, and PC "at the moment," which means it could still come to other consoles — perhaps the next-gen consoles rumored to be coming from Microsoft and Sony in the next few years.</p>

<h1> You can watch the entire 50-minute gameplay video for "Cyberpunk 2077" below. (Warning, there is a good deal of violence, swearing, and nudity here.) </h1>

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<p>Just how detailed is the game exactly?</p>

<p>While there are tons of activities and storylines to explore in "Red Dead Redemption 2," Joe from the <a id="da77bcd4-29b6-3937-a1f4-b9cf1acb76e0" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7ezYtIOQSq7_Pk7d5OVJig">  YouTube gaming channel DefendTheHouse </a> recently decided to spend a full day in the game just following around a handful of non-playable characters, or NPCs, and nothing more.</p>

<p>The results are fascinating. These characters hardly play a role in the game, yet they still have unique schedules and characteristics.</p>

<p>Take a look at what happens when you follow random people around in "Red Dead Redemption 2" all day:</p>

<h1> Heres our first NPC. Lets call him Shepherd. Around 8 a.m., Shepherd heads off to work. </h1>

<h1> He tends to sheep at the farm between 8:30 a.m. and noon. </h1>

<h1> Around 12:30 p.m., Shepherd moves bags of feed to the farm for the pigs, sheep, and goats. </h1>

<h1> He continues moving bags of feed through the rest of the workday. </h1>

<h1> Around 9:15 p.m., Shepherd calls it a day and heads to the local bar for a drink. </h1>

<h1> And just after midnight, Shepherd returns home to sleep. </h1>

<h1> The DefendTheHouse channel surmised that this character must work in the sheep yards, generally keeps to himself, and might be from out of town, given that hes sort of a loner. </h1>

<h1> Lets look at another example, just to see how different two NPCs can be. Lets name this guy Jameson. </h1>

<h1> Jameson wakes up in a bar at 6:45 a.m. and heads to work at his construction job. </h1>

<h1> After a couple of hours of work, Jameson sneaks away to take a swig of his flask. </h1>

<h1> After a 15-minute booze break, Jameson returns to the construction, hammering nails and whatnot. </h1>

<h1> Jameson leaves work around 1:45 p.m. and heads to the local saloon for lunch. </h1>

<h1> After about an hour, Jameson heads back to work. </h1>

<h1> Jameson works from about 3 to 6:30 p.m., when he starts cleaning up the mess made by the construction. </h1>

<h1> At 7:15 p.m., Jameson calls it a day and heads to a busy bar for a drink and some friendly company. </h1>

<h1> After a few hours of stumbling around drunk, Jameson finds his favorite table and passes out. </h1>

<h1> The DefendTheHouse gaming channel believes this NPC is probably unmarried and could even be homeless, adding that he also "drinks too much." </h1>

<h1> Those are just two examples of what NPCs do all day in "Red Dead Redemption 2," but the video from DefendTheHouse shares even more. </h1>

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<h1> First of all, if you ever want to archive your tweets before deleting them, its easy. </h1>

<p>Just go to your settings in Twitter, visit "Your Twitter data," and at the very bottom, you'll see a big button that says "Request data."</p>

<p>It might take awhile, but you'll eventually get an email from Twitter with a big ol' ZIP file full of old tweets.</p>

<h1> Now that youve saved your tweets for posterity, you can start working on deleting your tweets. </h1>

<p>How you choose to do that is up to you. You can search for specific offensive words in your past tweets, or delete them in batches at a time.</p>

<h1> To delete tweets with specific words, youll want to visit   Twitter Advanced Search  . </h1>

<p>Just search for any bad word you might be thinking of, and you'll see any offensive things you may have said.</p>

<p>You can then manually click and delete each tweet that way.</p>

<h1> If you want to try a free service for deleting batches of old tweets at a time, lots of people swear by   TweetDelete.Net  . </h1>

<p>You can delete up to 3,200 of your most recent tweets at a time (Twitter only displays that many at once), and you can choose if you want the service to automatically delete tweets of a certain age.</p>

<h1> If you want a more serious service, youll have to pay for it. </h1>

<p>There are plenty of them out there: One of the most popular is Tweetdeleter, which lets you fully delete your entire archive at once, or delete tweets of certain types, or tweets from a specific period of time.</p>

<h1> If its good enough for The New York Times   Farhad Manjoo  , its probably good enough for you, too. </h1>

<h1> If youre on an iPhone, you can try Tweeticide. It costs $3, and it can similarly wipe out your 3,200 most recent tweets. </h1>

<h1> Android users have a nice option called Xpire, which — like the others — can delete up to 3,200 tweets. </h1>

<p>But it also has a few other tricks: You can share timed tweets that "self-destruct" after a period of time, change tweet expiration times on the fly, determine the riskiness of the content you're about to share, and more.</p>

<h1> If you really want to go nuclear, the only other surefire way to erase your tweets, aside from services like these, is to delete your account. Maybe its time to start fresh, or leave Twitter entirely. </h1>

<p>To delete your Twitter account, go to your  <strong> Settings </strong> , click  <strong> Account </strong> , then go to the bottom of the screen and click  <strong> "Deactivate your account." </strong></p>

<h1> Twitter doesnt delete your account immediately; it holds your data for 30 days in case you change your mind. </h1>

<p>After that 30-day period, though, you won't be able to reactivate your account, so you have a little time to decide if this is what you want.</p>

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<h1> Last year, Apple unveiled a smartphone that looked completely different from all the other phones on the market. </h1>

<h1> One year later, that design is everywhere. </h1>

<p>Antonio Villas-Boas/Business Insider</p>

<h1> And here's the Pixel 3 XL from Google. </h1>

<h1> See any similarities to Apple's design? </h1>

<h1> All of these smartphones have what people typically call a "notch," or a cut-out at the top center of the phone. </h1>

<h1> Though Andy Rubin's Essential Phone was actually the first to introduce this design a few months before the iPhone X last year, it wasn't officially "a thing" until the iPhone X went on sale. </h1>

<h1> Google, in particular, is driving the adoption of notches among Android phones. Aside from the new Pixel 3 XL, Google's latest version of Android supports notched smartphone designs, which makes it easier for other Android phone makers to build those kinds of phones.  Great. </h1>

<h1> For what it's worth, copying Apple is nothing new — for better or worse. </h1>

<h1> Apple's smartphone designs have inspired the industry, and countless imitators, for years. Fingerprint sensors and virtual assistants weren't "a thing" until Apple put those features in an iPhone. These days, you can't find a smartphonewithout those features. </h1>

<h1> It happened again this year. In the 12 months since Apple unveiled the iPhone X, with its edge-to-edge display and "notch" at the top of the phone, numerous phone makers have introduced new smartphones that look just like the iPhone X — notch and all. </h1>

<h1> What's particularly funny is that the notch, in many ways, represents an imperfection with current smartphones. </h1>

<h1> Apple specifically said the goal of the iPhone X was to make a smartphone that was "all screen" — and based on that definition, the iPhone X falls just short. </h1>

<h1> The iPhone's notch, though it powers a highly sophisticated security system, is the only blemish on an otherwise seamless display. It is edge-to-edge, technically, but not "all screen." </h1>

<h1> In short, Android phone makers are squandering a golden opportunity to leapfrog Apple. </h1>

<h1> What's interesting is how few phone makers are even trying to solve this problem, as if the notch is not a clear design flaw. This phone from Sharp, for instance, has two notches! </h1>

<h1> To give credit where it's due, some companies are trying different things. Samsung chose not to go down the notch path at all with its Galaxy S and Note phones. </h1>

<h1> Other groups, like Chinese companies Oppo and Vivo, are also experimenting with ways to hide the selfie camera when it's not in use. </h1>

<h1> Still, many companies, including Google, have simply accepted the notch without challenging it, or at least shrinking it. The notch on the Pixel 3 XL is massive, for instance. </h1>

<h1> Perhaps some phone makers think it's better to look like the competition than to try something different. But some day, probably soon, the iPhone will no longer have a notch, and other phone makers will then follow suit, eliminating the notches from their own phones. And we'll look back on this time — the Notch Era — and shake our heads in wonderment. We'll ask: Why did so many phone makers simply follow Apple, when they had a golden opportunity to jump ahead? </h1>

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<h1> First, open System Preferences. </h1>

<h1> Click on Security &amp; Privacy. </h1>

<h1> Click on the far-right tab called "Privacy." </h1>

<h1> On the left sidebar, scroll down until you see the option that says "Accessibility." Click that. </h1>

<h1> Youre going to have to click on the lock to make changes. Enter in your computer password. </h1>

<h1> Once youve entered your password, the list of apps on the right-hand panel will illuminate. Click on the app that isnt working for you — in my case, Im trying to fix Adobe Photoshop CS5. </h1>

<h1> Clicking on the app allows it to control your computer again. </h1>

<h1> Now, click the lock again to save your changes. The apps in the right-side panel should dim again. Thats it! Cross your fingers and try opening your app again. </h1>

<h1> This trick worked for me with Adobe Photoshop CS5 running on my 15-inch MacBook Pro, but your results may vary depending on the app that isnt working. Good luck! </h1>

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<p>"Marvel's Spider-Man" is the very best Spider-Man game ever built. Web swinging, fighting, and exploring the city is better than ever, but what's most surprising is how good the story is, especially in the base game. You really grow to appreciate and care about each character, and the voice acting is excellent. Oh, and the suits you can unlock are absolutely crazy.  <strong> It's also a PS4 exclusive. </strong></p>

<p>If you own a PlayStation 4, you owe it to yourself to play "Bloodborne." It's very similar to the "Dark Souls" series — it's made by the same developer — but it's faster paced and has cosmic horror theme very reminiscent of H.P. Lovecraft. The deeper you get in the game, the more you feel like you're overcoming your fears.  <strong> It's also a PS4 exclusive. </strong></p>

<p>Yes, this is a Tetris game made in 2018. But it is the best version of Tetris ever made, and is shockingly good at keeping your attention. While the game is mainly the same as it's ever been, what's different here is how the screen around the Tetris board changes with visuals and music, building up in intensity and difficulty as you progress. The game also has easier and more meditative modes, too. My colleague Ben Gilbert called "Tetris Effect" the best game of 2018, and he's not wrong.  <strong> It's also a PS4 exclusive. </strong></p>

<p>"Horizon Zero Dawn" might seem like a run-of-the-mill adventure title, but it's anything but. This is a Hollywood movie masquerading as a game, with perhapsthe best plot or lore in any video game ever created, with incrediblecharacters, dialogue, and visuals to boot. <strong> It's also a PS4 exclusive. </strong></p>

<p>You don't need to have played the previous "Uncharted" games to enjoy "Uncharted 4," which is one the most beautiful, cinematic games you'll ever play. It's made by Naughty Dog, one of the premier developers in the gaming industry today, and it's a satisfying adventure with a great story and a great heart. <strong> It's also a PS4 exclusive. </strong></p>

<p>"Hohokum" isone of the most surprising and whimsical games you'll ever play. It's also one of the most relaxing and "chill" games on this list. You play as a snake-like creature that glides through various themed worlds to solve puzzles. Each world is a surprise, and every character, puzzle, and moment is pure delight. <strong> It's also a PS4 exclusive. </strong></p>

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<p>"Red Dead Redemption II" is perhaps the most polished-looking game ever created. The level of detail is absolutely extraordinary. From the way characters interact with you, to the settings, to the wildlife and bustling cities, it sometimes borders the realm of photorealism. It's also totally worth your time, even if you think you don't like stories about the Wild West.</p>

<h1> 10. "Resident Evil 7: Biohazard" </h1>

<p>"Resident Evil 7" is a fresh breath of air for the long-running zombie series. This time, you play from the first-person perspective as you wander a dilapidated house near a swamp in Louisiana. The game is very focused andthankfully not too long.</p>

<p>"Nioh" isvery similar in gameplay to the "Dark Souls" trilogy and "Bloodborne," but with ninjas and samurai. It scratches that itch for fast-paced, satisfying action with a lengthy campaignand tons of ways to play. <strong> It's also a PS4 exclusive. </strong></p>

<p>Like "Overwatch," "Rocket League" — where you play a game of soccer, but with rocket-powered cars taking the place of traditionally human players — is agame everyone should ownin case they can't decide what to play. It's a little bit of everything (racing, battling, and sports) withan incredible level of depthto it.</p>

<p>If you love the idea of having a ton of wild superpowers and unleashing them in a massive open-world environment — the city of Seattle, specifically — "Infamous Second Son" is for you.  <strong> It's also a PS4 exclusive. </strong></p>

<p>"The BioShock Collection"includes "BioShock," "Bioshock 2," and "Bioshock: Infinite," which are all excellent first-person sci-fi adventures. I highly recommend picking up the collection, especially if you've never playeda "Bioshock" game.</p>

<h1> 15. "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt" </h1>

<p>You will literally never run out of things to do in "The Witcher 3." The number of tasks, missions, and side quests is almost overwhelming — but it really speaks to the immersive level of this open-world fantasy game, which won several Game of the Year awards in 2015.</p>

<p>"Destiny" is one of the most satisfying shooting games you'll ever play. Made by Bungie, the company behind the "Halo" franchise, "Destiny" has that same sci-fi feel as "Halo" — you're still killing aliens — but it's more focused on letting you customize your character through special armor and weapons. "Destiny 2" is currently available, and it's absolutely worth your time.</p>

<p>"Flower" is a tough game to describe, but incredible to play. You play as a flower petal floating in the wind, collecting other flower petals. It's one of those feel-good games everyone can and should play.  <strong> It's also a PlayStation exclusive. </strong></p>

<p>The single-player campaign of "Titanfall 2" might be one of the bestsince the "Halo" trilogy. The multiplayer ispretty great too. If you like shooting games where you also have access to a variety of special abilities, "Titanfall 2" is an incredibly well-balanced game in this respect.</p>

<p>"Dark Souls 3" is an incredibly hard, incredibly rewarding game.There's also a rich backstory that explains the environments and enemies you encounter, with plenty of references to the first "Dark Souls" game.</p>

<p>"Doom" is a fast-paced arcade-style shooter where standing still often means dying a gruesome death. Thelook, feel, speed, and attitude of this game is unparalleled — it's pure, unadulterated fun.</p>

<p>"Monster Hunter World" gives you a beautiful but menacing fantasy world that asks you to hunt monsters, and then skin their hides to make more powerful weapons and gear. It's an incredibly satisfying feedback loop with an extremely long campaign and high replayability value. It's also a great game to play with friends and strangers.</p>

<p>"Overwatch"is an online multiplayer game exclusively— meaning there's no single-player campaign — but the game has tremendous replay value through its number of characters, classes, settings, and match-ups. It's the perfect game to play when you can't decide what to play.</p>

<p>"The Last Guardian" is all about solving puzzles, but it's also about love and friendship, too. Most notable here is the hand-drawn art style — it looks and feelsmore like a living Studio Ghibli movie than a video game. <strong> It's also a PS4 exclusive. </strong></p>

<p>"Fortnite" is one of the world's hottest games right now — for good reason. Its popular Battle Royale mode built upon the successful formula of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds," the biggest game of 2017, making it more colorful and more accessible. The game is free-to-play on most platforms you could think of, including iOS, PC, Xbox One, as well as PS4.</p>

<p>In "The Witness," you're alone on a colorful, sereneisland teemingwith puzzles. Your job is to solvethose puzzles. Some are easy, others will drive you to the brink of insanity — there's no other game like it.</p>

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<p>If you own an iPhone 6 or later and have issues with your phone's battery life, now's the time to visit an Apple Store and <a id="1a64c2e5-5a4f-305b-af60-56770d8db069" href="https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/battery-power">  get your battery replaced </a> .</p>

<p>Last December, <a id="00d13347-9596-3c26-a43a-6bea368b90c6" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-batterygate-how-older-iphones-slowed-down-and-why-its-a-big-deal-2017-12?utm_source=intl&amp;utm_medium=ingest">  Apple acknowledged something that iPhone owners had suspected </a> for some time: It had been quietly "throttling," or lowering, the performance of older iPhones.</p>

<p>It said the goal was to preserve battery life on those older phones and <a id="a5ee6a3f-8ea3-3e9c-a7ae-9d55873ddfbe" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-apple-slows-down-iphones-old-batteries-explained-2017-12?utm_source=intl&amp;utm_medium=ingest">  prevent them from shutting down unexpectedly </a> , but customers felt as if Apple communicated this message too late, as many had come to believe that iPhones purposefully got slower to compel people to upgrade to newer models.</p>

<p>After a good deal of consumer outrage, Apple addressed iPhone battery and performance <a id="24ef15d2-4676-3ce5-a503-9b2e354df945" href="https://www.apple.com/iphone-battery-and-performance/">  in an open letter to customers </a> later that month.</p>

<p>The most important part of Apple's informational letter was an offer toward the end:  <strong> Apple said it would reduce the price of an out-of-warranty iPhone battery replacement to $29 from $79 "for anyone with an iPhone 6 or later whose battery needs to be replaced, available worldwide through December 2018." </strong></p>

<p>And so if you own an iPhone 6, an iPhone 6s, an iPhone 7, or any other phones made after that and are experiencing battery issues — maybe it's draining faster than it used to — head to an Apple Store before December 31.</p>

<p>A small anecdote: My wife owns an iPhone 6s and had been experiencing battery issues for months. She'd constantly need to recharge her phone at work and at home, and she felt as if it hadn't always been this bad. So a couple of months ago, we visited an Apple Store, where an employee measured her phone's battery life and found the degradation to be at about 83%.</p>

<p>Apple says it will offer to replace batteries when battery degradation reaches 80%, but the employee gave my wife the option to replace it right then and there for $29. So we did that and walked around the mall for a few hours while we waited.</p>

<p>It was worth the wait: Since that visit, she's noticed improvement in her phone's battery life and no longer needs to charge it throughout the day.</p>

<p>So if you're experiencing anything similar, go visit an Apple Store or <a id="cc9562df-3e0b-36bf-a297-372f67fb739a" href="https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/battery-power">  mail your device </a> before December 31 and pay the $30 to get your battery replaced. You'll be paying more if you choose to wait.</p>

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<h1> The phones are powered by the same processor — Apples A12 Bionic chip — so you wont notice a difference in speed or performance. </h1>

<h1> All three phones also run iOS 12, the latest version of Apples mobile operating system for iPhones and iPads, out of the box. </h1>

<h1> They all support wireless charging. </h1>

<h1> The iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR have the same front-facing camera for selfies and Face ID. </h1>

<h1> Their rear cameras are nearly identical, too, even though the iPhone XR has one fewer lens than the iPhone XS and XS Max. </h1>

<h1> They all have similar designs. They look like the iPhone X from 2017, with its nearly edge-to-edge display and "notch" cut-out for the front-facing camera system. </h1>

<h1> They all support two SIM cards (one physical nano-SIM and one electronic SIM card, unless you live in China), which lets you connect to multiple carriers and networks. </h1>

<h1> But thats where the similarities end. </h1>

<h1> The 6.1-inch iPhone XR has a slightly bigger screen than the 5.8-inch iPhone XS. </h1>

<h1> Neither phone compares, though, to the massive screen on the 6.5-inch iPhone XS Max. </h1>

<h1> The iPhone XS and XS Max feature OLED technology. They have two of the best smartphone displays ever made. </h1>

<h1> The iPhone XR uses LCD technology, which is still good, but it doesnt compare to the gorgeous colors, contrast, and brightness of the OLED screens on the iPhone XS and XS Max. </h1>

<h1> The iPhone XR also has a slightly thicker bezel, or border around its display, compared to the iPhone XS. </h1>

<h1> The iPhone XS gets about 13 hours of battery life. The iPhone XS Max gets about 14 hours of life. </h1>

<h1> The iPhone XR has the best battery life of them all, though: It gets around 16 hours on a single charge, which is about three hours longer than the iPhone XS battery. </h1>

<h1> The iPhone XS and XS Max support up to 512 GB of internal storage. The iPhone XR only supports up to 256 GB of storage. </h1>

<h1> Both phones will survive just fine in the rain, but the iPhone XS is slightly more water resistant than the iPhone XR. </h1>

<h1> The iPhone XS and XS Max support 3D Touch, where you can push into the screen to get more menu options. The iPhone XR does not support 3D Touch, but it has a similar system where touching and holding the display can make menu options appear. </h1>

<h1> The iPhone XS and XS Max support 2X optical zooming, where you can zoom in without losing any quality. </h1>

<h1> Since the iPhone XR only has one rear camera lens, it cant perform optical zooming. </h1>

<h1> The iPhone XS and XS Max come in just three colors: black, gold, and silver. </h1>

<h1> The iPhone XR comes in six colors: white, black, red, blue, yellow, and coral. </h1>

<h1> The iPhone XS is expensive. It starts at $999 for the 64 GB model. The 512 GB model costs $1,349. </h1>

<h1> The iPhone XR is slightly more affordable, but its still expensive. It starts at $749 for 64 GB. The 256 GB model costs $899. </h1>

<h1> The iPhone XS Max is the most expensive phone, though. It starts at $1,099 for 64 GB. The 512 GB model costs $1,449. </h1>

<h1> If you ask me, the standard iPhone XS is the phone to buy. </h1>

<p>There are benefits and drawbacks to each phone.</p>

<p>The iPhone XR is more affordable and has better battery life compared to the iPhone XS, but it's hampered by an inferior display, which looked too dim and almost sunken throughout my time with it. Apps and movies did not look good. Meanwhile, the iPhone XS has one of the best screens you'll get on any smartphone.</p>

<p>The iPhone XR <a id="a53c2c09-012d-3e4d-aedb-86649b0fce37" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-iphone-xr-colors-red-blue-yellow-white-black-coral-photos-2018-9?utm_source=intl&amp;utm_medium=ingest">  is available in more colors </a> than the iPhone XS, but I didn't like how the colors looked in person. Aside from the black and white colors, which are also available on the iPhone XS, the red, yellow, blue, and coral colors looked tacky on the iPhone XR.</p>

<p>The iPhone XR is a good phone, for sure, but most people are going to be happiest with the iPhone XS. If you have really large hands, you might like the iPhone XS Max, but it felt a bit too unwieldy for me. The iPhone XS is the perfect balance: It has a better screen than the iPhone XR, it's not as big or costly as the iPhone XS Max, it feels comfortable to hold, and it's wonderful to use.</p>

<p>You won't be disappointed with the iPhone XS — to me, it's the clear winner.</p>

<ul><li> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-iphone-xr-impressions-2018-11?utm_source=intl&amp;utm_medium=ingest">After seeing the iPhone XR in person, I'm not sure if I can recommend it</a> </li><li> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-iphone-7-vs-iphone-xs-iphone-xr-2018-9?utm_source=intl&amp;utm_medium=ingest">8 reasons why you should get the iPhone 7 instead of the new iPhone XR, XS, or XS Max</a> </li><li> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-macos-mojave-best-features-mac-computers-2018-6?utm_source=intl&amp;utm_medium=ingest">Here are the 7 best features in 'Mojave,' Apple's latest and greatest Mac software yet</a> </li></ul>

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