Samsung Galaxy S10e vs Apple iPhone XR

The biggest downside of most great phones in 2019 is without a doubt their price: as smartphone unit sales slow down, the biggest phone makers have collectively decided it is time to raise the prices of their top phones higher than ever.

But not everyone is ready to pay $1,000 or even more for a new phone, especially one that is not necessarily a revolutionary change over their current device. So this is how the “almost-flagship” category was born: out of necessity to meet the needs for a great device that keeps cost at a certain limit.

Apple did it first with the iPhone XR and now ...