Apple's iPhone lineup is the weakest it's been in years - and it has everything to do with the iPhone XR

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• The iPhone XR is an awkward smartphone: It's sized between the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, but it's more affordable than both of those phones.
• The iPhone XR is made of cheaper materials than the iPhone XS and XS Max, and unfortunately the difference in quality shows.
• If Apple wanted to make a 6.1-inch phone, they should have made the best possible phone they could have at that size, instead of sacrificing here and there to fit a price point.

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