The iPhone X impressions thread

logical said:
The only thing that annoys me about faceID is you have to look at the phone dead on. You cant be too far off to the side and the phone has to be oriented the proper way. It also seems to have some issues recognizing my face when I wake up sometimes. :lol: Other than that FaceID works as advertised and is pretty quick for how accurate it is. Its no TouchID, but it does the job fine.

I havent taken as many pictures as Raz but from what I can see they arent heads and shoulders above the 7+ I had in terms of quality. They look to be marginally better if that. The tele lens with OIS and better fstop does help a lot though for that lens. That is night and day... before I didnt even really want to use the tele lens unless it was really sunny or in a really bright room. Now the option is almost always there to use it.

The screen is great and the notch doesnt bother me at all. But now all X users are waiting for the all important update to their favorite apps so take advantage of the taller screen and to fit the notch into their apps. Its going to take some time but when it gets done apps look nicer.

The only real adjustment for me to make is the physical size of the phone. It is so much smaller than the 7+ I had before and sometimes I feel like I miss the bigger(wider) screen of the 7+. I will definitely jump on board next year if Apple does a iPhone X+. Id like the size of the iPhone 7+/8+ but all screen.
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that and the glass back (2x the chance to break ) killed it for me and it feels slippery get a little refrigerant oil on my hands and poof it flying down the roof :bleh:
hope for a x+ next year with a metal back
 
I'm planning to get mine tomorrow. I have my iphone 7 now and it was damaged after I tried using it underwater. Is it totally worth it to switch?
 
fleetnorton said:
I'm planning to get mine tomorrow. I have my iphone 7 now and it was damaged after I tried using it underwater. Is it totally worth it to switch?
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To me, coming from the 6S Plus, it's a great upgrade.

OLED, Wireless charging, next gen CPU/GPU, design, display, FaceID, camera quality. All top notch. It actually feels like a new phone, unlike the same old with iPhone 8.

The only thing now is getting apps updated for the screen horns.
 
Razeus said:
To me, coming from the 6S Plus, it's a great upgrade.

OLED, Wireless charging, next gen CPU/GPU, design, display, FaceID, camera quality. All top notch. It actually feels like a new phone, unlike the same old with iPhone 8.

The only thing now is getting apps updated for the screen horns.
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I got mine on 11/3. I've only used it for a day so far, need to do that itunes back up and restore from the 8 plus. Honestly, I am not impressed. Never has something "new new" felt so old.
 
Elysian said:
Is that because of the OS?
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Probably. If you blind tested people by covering up the whole phone and only showing the screen no one would be able to tell the difference between a 6,7, or 8 iPhone.

iOS hasnt done anything new on the software side for a long time. It would be nice if they actually started innovating. I like the iOS ecosystem and its simple enough that I just dont have to worry about it which is why I never go android anymore. It works so well in everyday use for most things but when you run up against that one thing that iOS cant do its a huge downer.
 
logical said:
Probably. If you blind tested people by covering up the whole phone and only showing the screen no one would be able to tell the difference between a 6,7, or 8 iPhone.

iOS hasnt done anything new on the software side for a long time. It would be nice if they actually started innovating. I like the iOS ecosystem and its simple enough that I just dont have to worry about it which is why I never go android anymore. It works so well in everyday use for most things but when you run up against that one thing that iOS cant do its a huge downer.
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I know, I wrote a whole wall of text on it :lol:

With my new Android phone I'm actually using it the same way I did my iPhone, not worrying about tweaking it to death, just going with the out of the box experience, and if I'm being honest, it's at least on par, but better in several ways.
 
Elysian said:
Is that because of the OS?
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Well the main thing I liked about ios was the part where it just works and it doesn't hick up that much. The 6s kinda really nailed this in for me. Prior iphones crashed a lot more for me etc. I ran with the 7 plus as a daily for a year and I got the 8 plus on launch ( didnt cost me anything so why not). I gave up on rooting androids and romming years ago. Many of the things i rooted for became standard so it became pointless. When the note 8 came out I started using it daily, I had an adjustment period as it was like I was too dumb for the phone. I realized that using IOS for an extended period of time actually effected my ability to operate my phone. An example would be, in android you have many methods to get something done, vs ios you kinda have the 1 or 2 ways to get to an option/item/whatever and you repeat the process over and over. I never really cared for the 1080p on the 6/7/8 plus I thought it was good enough over all the 1440p screens. Sure the amoled screens were a lot more impressive to look at but day to day it's kinda whatever. With the X I don't think the screen is that amazing unless you never used an amoled before. It's the same experience and I think that's the problem. Phone size was never an issue for me so size isn't part of my evaluation. I like the fact that it now looks like a modern phone vs the 6/7/8 which were just outdated in design (but not bad looking). It's still an iphone and it does what an iphone does and nothing more and that really is my gripe and that's why it feels old. Everything new like wireless charging, face id, gesture control, amoled. It's all old and not new. As for face ID I prefer it to retina scan as samsung retina scan doesn't play that well with eyewear for me at least. The lack of a home button or smart lock is annoying. I have to pick the phone to check it and that gets annoying. My note has the rear fingerprint sensor but at last it has smart lock, this thing has me entering a pincode like 2006. Why isn't there a gesture lock code on the lock screen by this point. The phone looks great but just feels dated by it's compromises.
 
nycdarkness said:
Well the main thing I liked about ios was the part where it just works and it doesn't hick up that much. The 6s kinda really nailed this in for me. Prior iphones crashed a lot more for me etc. I ran with the 7 plus as a daily for a year and I got the 8 plus on launch ( didnt cost me anything so why not). I gave up on rooting androids and romming years ago. Many of the things i rooted for became standard so it became pointless. When the note 8 came out I started using it daily, I had an adjustment period as it was like I was too dumb for the phone. I realized that using IOS for an extended period of time actually effected my ability to operate my phone. An example would be, in android you have many methods to get something done, vs ios you kinda have the 1 or 2 ways to get to an option/item/whatever and you repeat the process over and over. I never really cared for the 1080p on the 6/7/8 plus I thought it was good enough over all the 1440p screens. Sure the amoled screens were a lot more impressive to look at but day to day it's kinda whatever. With the X I don't think the screen is that amazing unless you never used an amoled before. It's the same experience and I think that's the problem. Phone size was never an issue for me so size isn't part of my evaluation. I like the fact that it now looks like a modern phone vs the 6/7/8 which were just outdated in design (but not bad looking). It's still an iphone and it does what an iphone does and nothing more and that really is my gripe and that's why it feels old. Everything new like wireless charging, face id, gesture control, amoled. It's all old and not new. As for face ID I prefer it to retina scan as samsung retina scan doesn't play that well with eyewear for me at least. The lack of a home button or smart lock is annoying. I have to pick the phone to check it and that gets annoying. My note has the rear fingerprint sensor but at last it has smart lock, this thing has me entering a pincode like 2006. Why isn't there a gesture lock code on the lock screen by this point. The phone looks great but just feels dated by it's compromises.
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I love Smart Lock, hadn't used it too much in the past.
 
Faceid works perfectly in all light conditions, whatever I have glasses on or not etc

I didnt think it would be this good, so it's much better than touchid for me

I have alot of sweat on my fingers all the time so touchid worked only 50% of the time for me. All other times I needed to wipe the damn touchid button or my fingers

Now I just take the phone up and its open :drool:

- for me is that it is no longer and singel handed phone and I need to use 2 hands

Love the bezel less screen and I could never go back to a phone with bezels again
 
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