Moto Z4 (2019) vs Apple iPhone XR (2018)

We couldn't find enough data on either product to be able to come to any reliable conclusions. We highly recommend that you take a look at some other options in the $500 and $290 budget ranges instead.

While the Moto Z4 (2019) wasn't able to make it to the very top of any roundups from sources that perform quality hands-on testing, it still got featured in a large number of them. PhoneArena, PCmag, Techradar, The Verge, Android Authority, and Android Central have all deemed it worthy of a place on their respective shortlists.

Returning to the Apple iPhone XR, AVForums, a source that's known for its high-quality in-depth testing, has great things to say about it. In fact, it was named its "Best Smartphone Under £750 2018" in its "Editor's Choice Awards - Best Smartphones 2018" roundup, which is quite a feat.

We analyzed all of the review data that we could find on these two Smartphones. First, we examined sources that tested and scored both of these products - Techradar, Digitaltrends, and The Verge favored the Apple iPhone XR over the Moto Z4 (2019), whereas reviewers at PhoneArena and PCmag haven't shown a preference for either.

Then we took a look at which sources liked them the most - we found that the Moto Z4 (2019) was best received by PhoneArena - it gave it a score of 9, whereas the Apple iPhone XR got its highest score of 10 from reviewers at What Hi-Fi?.

Lastly, in order to better compare them to the rest of their competition, we averaged out their review scores. The Apple iPhone XR managed to get 8.6 out of 10 - considerably better than the 7.5 review average of Smartphones in general - whereas the Moto Z4 (2019) earned 7.1 points.

It should be said that doing a direct Moto Z4 (2019) vs. Apple iPhone XR comparison might not be entirely fair due to the difference in their prices - some sources don't put much weight on value for money and thus tend to give better review scores to more expensive products.