A few days ago, I got a text from a family member asking me if it’s worth buying the iPhone XRS — and no, that’s not a typo. A few weeks earlier when I was home for Thanksgiving, a friend excitedly ...

Back in 2018, when Apple was in the iPhone-naming wilderness between the iPhone 8 and the iPhone 11, we got the uniquely oddly-named iPhone XR. Something of a throwback to the colorful iPhone 5S, the ...

Apple discontinued the iPhone XR after the launch of the latest iPhone 13 series, which is understandable given that it’s a three-year-old phone. The smartphone had been the go-to budget iPhone since ...

is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. As a slew of new iPhones come in, several ...