The iPhone XR is among the three iPhones that were launched in 2024 It’s the most affordable among the three models as it cost just $749, so it does not come with all the high end features you will find on the iPhone XS and XS Max. You will notice that Apple uses a Liquid Retina LCD display instead of an OLED one, and the screen resolution is also lower.
It’s built with Aluminium Alloy instead of stainless steel and glass, and it has an IP67 rating instead of IP68 rating on the later. Other noticeable changes are the lack of 3D Touch and it has a maximum inbuilt memory of 256GB.
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It has a single rear camera on that back with selfies snapper as well. Must of the difference here is not that much and they don’t really matter much to users. What matters the most is the hardware which the iPhone XR still maintain the latest Apple A12 Bionic chip with next-generation Neural Engine.
On the model, the iPhone XR is available in 4 models and they are A1984, A2105, A2106, and A2108. In this article, we will be looking at their differences with their network bands and other info you’ll like to Know.
iPhone XR A1984
The iPhone XR A1984 is the US version and you can use it on both GSM and CDMA networks. This model came as a SIM-free unlocked version at Apple Store.
Its support dual SIM, one is Nano while the other is eSIM. You should buy the unlocked version so that you can be able to use two different carriers at the same time.
| Model A1984 (GSM) Model A1984 (CDMA) |
United States |
|---|---|
| 1 (2100 MHz) 2 (1900 MHz) 3 (1800 MHz) 4 (AWS) 5 (850 MHz) 7 (2600 MHz) 8 (900 MHz) 12 (700 MHz) 13 (700c MHz) 14 (700 PS) 17 (700b MHz) 18 (800 MHz) 19 (800 MHz) 20 (800 DD) 25 (1900 MHz) 26 (800 MHz) 29 (700 de MHz) 30 (2300 MHz) 32 (1500 L-band) 34 (TD 2000) 38 (TD 2600) 39 (TD 1900) 40 (TD 2300) 41 (TD 2500) 46 (TD Unlicensed) 66 (AWS-3) 71 (600 MHz) |
Alaska GCI Appalachian Wireless AT&T Blue Wireless Bluegrass Cellular Boost Mobile Bravado Wireless C Spire Carolina West Wireless Cellcom Wisconsin Chariton Chat Mobility Consumer Cellular Copper Valley Telecom Credo Mobile Cricket Family Mobile Illinois Valley Cellular Inland Cellular iWireless Metro PCS Nemont Nex-Tech Wireless Northwest Missouri Cellular Panhandle Wireless Pioneer Wireless Silver Star Wireless Simple Mobile Spectrum Mobile Sprint Wireless Strata T-Mobile USA Thumb Cellular Ting TracFone / Straight Talk Triangle Mobile Truphone Union Wireless United Wireless US Cellular Verizon Wireless Viaero Virgin Mobile West Central Wireless Xfinity Mobile |
| Canada | Bell Cityfone EastLink Fido Freedom Mobile Koodo MTS (Canada) PC Mobile Rogers Sasktel TbayTel Telus Videotron Virgin Mobile |
| Guam | DOCOMO PACIFIC GTA iConnect |
| Puerto Rico | AT&T Claro Open Mobile Sprint Wireless T-Mobile USA |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | AT&T Sprint Wireless |
iPhone XR A2105
The iPhone XR A2105 is for those that live in Europe and Asia and it doesn’t support CDMA networks.
Model A2105
1 (2100 MHz)
2 (1900 MHz)
3 (1800 MHz)
4 (AWS)
5 (850 MHz)
7 (2600 MHz)
8 (900 MHz)
12 (700 MHz)
13 (700c MHz)
14 (700 PS)
17 (700b MHz)
18 (800 MHz)
19 (800 MHz)
20 (800 DD)
25 (1900 MHz)
26 (800 MHz)
28 (700 APT MHz)
29 (700 de MHz)
30 (2300 MHz)
32 (1500 L-band)
34 (TD 2000)
38 (TD 2600)
39 (TD 1900)
40 (TD 2300)
41 (TD 2500)
46 (TD Unlicensed)
66 (AWS-3)
| Country | Cellular |
|---|---|
| Andorra | Andorra Telecom |
| Afghanistan | Afghan Wireless |
| Albania | Telekom |
| Angola | Unitel |
| Argentina | Claro |
| Armenia | Beeline Ucom |
| Aruba | Setar |
| Australia | Optus Telstra Virgin Vodafone |
| Austria | 3 A1 T-Mobile tele.ring |
| Bahamas | Aliv BTC |
| Bahrain | Batelco Viva Zain |
| Bangladesh | Grameenphone Robi |
| Belgium | BASE Mobistar Proximus Telenet |
| Belize | DigiCell Smart |
| Bermuda | Digicel |
| Botswana | Mascom Orange |
| Bolivia | Tigo |
| Brazil | Claro Oi Porto Seguro TIM Vivo |
| Brunei | DSTCom |
| Bulgaria | M-Tel Telenor |
| Cambodia | Seatel Smart |
| Cayman Islands | Digicel |
| Chile | Claro Entel Movistar VTR WOM |
| Colombia | Avantel Claro ETB Movistar Tigo |
| Costa Rica | Claro kölbi Movistar |
| Croatia | Hrvatski Telekom Vip |
| Cyprus | Cyta MTN PrimeTel |
| Czech Republic | O2 T-Mobile Vodafone |
| Denmark | 3 TDC Telenor Telia |
| Dominican Republic | Orange |
| Ecuador | Claro CNT Movistar |
| Egypt | Orange Vodafone |
| El Salvador | Movistar Tigo |
| Estonia | Elisa EMT Tele2 |
| Finland | DNA Elisa Saunalahti Telia |
| France | Bouygues Free Mobile La Poste Mobile NRJ Mobile Orange SFR Virgin Mobile |
| French Polynesia | Vini |
| Georgia | Geocell Beeline |
| Germany | 1&1 O2 Telekom Vodafone |
| Greece | Cosmote Vodafone Wind |
| Greenland | Tele Greenland |
| Guatemala | Claro Movistar Tigo |
| Honduras | Tigo |
| Hungary | Magyar Telekom Telenor Vodafone |
| Iceland | Nova Siminn Vodafone |
| India | Airtel Reliance Jio Vodafone |
| Ireland | 3 Meteor Vodafone |
| Isle of Man | Manx Telecom Sure Mobile |
| Israel | Cellcom HOT mobile Partner Pelephone |
| Italy | 3 TIM Vodafone Wind |
| Jersey | Jersey Telecom |
| Jordan | Umniah Zain |
| Kazakhstan | Kcell |
| Korea | KT LG U+ SK Telecom |
| Kosovo | IPKO Telekom |
| Kuwait | Ooredoo Viva Zain |
| Kyrgyzstan | Beeline |
| Latvia | Bite LMT Tele2 |
| Lebanon | alfa touch |
| Liechtenstein | Salt Swisscom |
| Lithuania | Bite Omnitel Tele2 |
| Luxembourg | Orange Post Telecom Tango Mobile |
| Macedonia | T-Mobile |
| Malaysia | Celcom Digi Maxis U Mobile |
| Maldives | Dhiraagu Ooredoo |
| Malta | Vodafone |
| Mauritius | Emtel Orange |
| Mexico | AT&T Movistar Oui Telcel |
| Moldova | TeliaSonera |
| Monaco | Monaco Telecom |
| Montenegro | Crnogorski Telekom Telenor |
| Morocco | inwi Maroc Telecom Meditel |
| Myanmar | Ooredoo Telenor |
| Namibia | Telecom Namibia |
| Netherlands | KPN T-Mobile Tele2 Vodafone |
| New Caledonia | OPT |
| New Zealand | 2degrees Spark Vodafone |
| Nigeria | Globacom MTN |
| Norway | Telenor Telia |
| Oman | Omantel Ooredoo |
| Pakistan | Mobilink Telenor Warid Zong |
| Panama | Digicel Movistar |
| Paraguay | Tigo |
| Peru | Claro Entel Movistar |
| Philippines | Globe Smart |
| Poland | Orange Play T-Mobile |
| Portugal | MEO NOS Vodafone |
| Qatar | Ooredoo Vodafone |
| Reunion | Free Mobile Orange SFR |
| Romania | Orange Telekom Vodafone |
| Russia | Beeline MegaFon MTS Tele2 Yota |
| Saudi Arabia | Mobily STC Zain |
| Senegal | Orange |
| Serbia | Telekom Serbia Telenor Vip |
| Seychelles | Airtel Cable & Wireless |
| Singapore | M1 Singtel StarHub |
| Slovakia | Orange Slovak Telekom |
| Slovenia | A1 Slovenija Telekom Slovenia |
| South Africa | CellC MTN Vodacom |
| Spain | Movistar Orange Vodafone Yoigo |
| Sri Lanka | Dialog |
| Sweden | 3 Tele2 Telenor Telia |
| Switzerland | Salt Sunrise Swisscom UPC Wingo |
| Taiwan | APT Chunghwa Telecom FarEasTone Taiwan Mobile Taiwan Star |
| Tajikistan | Beeline |
| Thailand | AIS dtac True Move |
| Tonga | TCC |
| Tunisia | Orange Tunisie Telecom |
| Turkey | Turk Telekom Turkcell Vodafone |
| United Arab Emirates | du Etisalat |
| United Kingdom | 3 BT EE Giffgaff O2 Sky Virgin Mobile UK Vodafone |
| Uruguay | Antel Claro Movistar |
| Uzbekistan | Beeline |
| Vietnam | Mobifone Viettel VinaPhone |
| Zimbabwe | Econet |
iPhone XR A2106
The iPhone XR A2106 is exclusive for those in Japan and it supports band 11 for au and SoftBank, band 21 for Docomo, and band 42. It also makes an audible shutter sound when taking shots.
| Model Number | Country | Cellular network |
|---|---|---|
| 1 (2100 MHz) 2 (1900 MHz) 3 (1800 MHz) 4 (AWS) 5 (850 MHz) 7 (2600 MHz) 8 (900 MHz) 11 (1500 MHz) 12 (700 MHz) 13 (700c MHz) 14 (700 PS) 17 (700b MHz) 18 (800 MHz) 19 (800 MHz) 20 (800 DD) 21 (1500 MHz) 25 (1900 MHz) 26 (800 MHz) 28 (700 APT MHz) 29 (700 de MHz) 30 (2300 MHz) 34 (TD 2000) 38 (TD 2600) 39 (TD 1900) 40 (TD 2300) 41 (TD 2500) 42 (TD 3500) 46 (TD Unlicensed) 66 (AWS-3) |
Japan | au NTT DOCOMO SoftBank |
iPhone XR A2108
The iPhone XR A2108 is for China and Hong Kong and it supports dual physical Nano SIMs.
| Model Number | Country | Cellular |
|---|---|---|
| 1 (2100 MHz) 2 (1900 MHz) 3 (1800 MHz) 4 (AWS) 5 (850 MHz) 7 (2600 MHz) 8 (900 MHz) 12 (700 MHz) 13 (700c MHz) 14 (700 PS) 17 (700b MHz) 18 (800 MHz) 19 (800 MHz) 20 (800 DD) 25 (1900 MHz) 26 (800 MHz) 29 (700 de MHz) 30 (2300 MHz) 32 (1500 L-band) 34 (TD 2000) 38 (TD 2600) 39 (TD 1900) 40 (TD 2300) 41 (TD 2500) 46 (TD Unlicensed) 66 (AWS-3) 71 (600 MHz) |
China | China Mobile China Telecom China Unicom |
| Hong Kong | 1O1O and CSL 3 China Mobile Hong Kong SmarTone |
|
| Macau | 3 China Telecom (Macau) CTM SmarTone |
