Released almost two years ago, Apple's budget-friendly was ranked as , losing the top spot to during the . 

Interestingly, the with an IPS LCD panel in tow was not officially discontinued on the heels of the iPhone 11 family announcement last fall, instead . That didn't leave a lot of room for additional markdowns at authorized retailers, although of and of quickly found a number of ways to further sweeten their iPhone XR deals.

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