The iPhone XR (stylised and marketed as iPhone Xʀ; Roman numeral "X" pronounced as "ten" ) is a smartphone designed and manufactured by Apple Inc. It is part of the twelfth generation of the iPhone, alongside the higher-end iPhone XS/XS Max models. Pre-orders began on October 19, 2018, with an official release on October 26, 2018. The iPhone XR is the least expensive device in Apple's twelfth generation of iPhones, which also includes the iPhone XS and XS Max, and was th…