The iPhone 7 is a tempting option here if you’re tight on budget, but 32GB will be too small for most users. Upgrade the storage and you might as well spend the extra to jump to the brilliant XR.

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Preorders for Apple's iPhone XR go live in a matter of hours. If you're looking to upgrade, but don't want to spend $1,000 on an iPhone XS, the XR delivers many of the same technologies at a ...