An actual, genuine iPhone X review

[SBruv]

Apologies if already posted, but this is the only iPhone X piece truly worth reading right now. Full of detail and actually qualifying as a 'review'…

https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/31/review-the-iphone-x-goes-to-disneyland/

 

[ray6712]

Great review!

 

[_Refurbished_]

Apologies if already posted, but this is the only iPhone X piece truly worth reading right now. Full of detail and actually qualifying as a 'review'…

https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/31/review-the-iphone-x-goes-to-disneyland/

Great review, except when he got to the notch. I was so irked by Apple’s reasoning to include a notch, that I stopped reading the article. Jobs would have turned red in the face and stormed out of the room with the bullcrap defense they gave.

 

[ales876]

What an awesome review. Like the detailed way of explaining a lot. Thanks for sharing!

 

[WilliamG]

THAT'S how you do a review.

Also, anyone catch this?

"The faster 120hz refresh rate of the touch array means that every action is buttery smooth and reacts immediately to your touch."

Very interesting!

 

[KingslayerG5]

“I heard some rumor [that] we couldn’t get Touch ID to work through the glass so we had to remove that,” Riccio says, answering a question about whether there were late design changes.

^ So basically Face ID is a band-aid feature but a very good one. Faster than 1st gen Touch ID but slower than 2nd gen. Definitely much more seamless than Samsung's iris scanner. Just not great partying for tonight.

Gen 1
2007 - iPhone
2008 - iPhone 3G
2009 - iPhone 3Gs

Gen 2
2010 - iPhone 4
2011 - iPhone 4s
2012 - iPhone 5
2013 - iPhone 5s

Gen 3
2014 - iPhone 6
2015 - iPhone 6s
2016 - iPhone 7
2017 - iPhone 8

Gen 4
2017 - iPhone X
2018 - iPhone Xs or XI
2019 - iPhone XI or XII
2020 - iPhone XIs or XIII

Gen 5?
2021?

In time, Face ID keeps improving like Touch ID did. Since when have they went backwards? I expect the screen ears to be gone by 2019 or 2021. Apple can use it to differentiate for now but can't use that style forever.

By 2021, no ports. Only power button. AirPower will improve by then and hopefully get much faster. Wireless charging and wireless headphones era revolution begins.

iPhone X is very, very polished for a Gen 1 new design / tick model.

 

[gelie]

Great review!

 

[Jjayf]

Who wouldn't want a X after reading that.. Should put the face ID naysayers to rest.

 

[eoblaed]

Great review, except when he got to the notch. I was so irked by Apple’s reasoning to include a notch, that I stopped reading the article. Jobs would have turned red in the face and stormed out of the room with the bullcrap defense they gave.

Not sure why the notch annoys some people so much.

There's going to be space next to the camera/sensors/etc. You can choose to use it (make it part of the display) or just have it be dead space.

I think the proper decision was made.

 

[dazz87]

Not sure why the notch annoys some people so much.

You are telling us the notch is not an issue? Look at it on this video (3mins 29 seconds mark).......It looks ridiculous

 

[KingslayerG5]

The only times it wouldn’t work at all is if I had my nose and mouth covered — something that Apple has said from the beginning was a deal breaker.

Ninjas weep. And Muslim women.

 

[Cryates]

To be fair, they gave TC a week to use the phone and most reviewers only got 24 hours before the embargo was lifted.

 

[serialiphoneuser]

This isn't a genuine review.. he's trying to be on the good-side of Apple by praising Face-ID and dissing Touch-ID which felt totally forced and contradictory.

 

[pat500000]

THAT'S how you do a review.

Also, anyone catch this?

"The faster 120hz refresh rate of the touch array means that every action is buttery smooth and reacts immediately to your touch."

Very interesting!

Until the next major ios.

 

[Cryates]

This isn't a genuine review.. he's trying to be on the good-side of Apple by praising Face-ID and dissing Touch-ID which felt totally forced and contradictory.

Yeah, that’s it. 🙄

 

[oplix]

there wont be any real reviews until they are sold in stores. everything right now is just praises, unicorns, and strawberry farts about the iphone X

 

[44267547]

This isn't a genuine review.. he's trying to be on the good-side of Apple by praising Face-ID and dissing Touch-ID which felt totally forced and contradictory.

So, it's not a 'genuine' review because this review doesn't align with your own narrative? Others seem to disagree.

 

[Knowimagination]

^ So basically Face ID is a band-aid feature but a very good one. Faster than 1st gen Touch ID but slower than 2nd gen. Definitely much more seamless than Samsung's iris scanner. Just not great partying for tonight.

How did you get this out of that quote? That's the complete opposite of what they said.
[doublepost=1509494635][/doublepost]Really great review, I especially liked the talk on the screen tech as that is something I was curious about. Friday needs to hurry up and get here.

 

[rdr7]

I really enjoyed the review! Can hardly wait for my iPhone X to arrive!!

 

[tromboneaholic]

Great review, except when he got to the notch. I was so irked by Apple’s reasoning to include a notch, that I stopped reading the article. Jobs would have turned red in the face and stormed out of the room with the bullcrap defense they gave.

“You have no idea how I would react.”

-Steve Jobs’ corpse​

 

[Oridus]

“You have no idea how I would react.”

-Steve Jobs’ corpse​

This, this, and more this.

 

[macfacts]

Great review, except when he got to the notch. I was so irked by Apple’s reasoning to include a notch, that I stopped reading the article. Jobs would have turned red in the face and stormed out of the room with the bullcrap defense they gave.

What is the reason?

 

[Chupa Chupa]

Good stuff. My only complaint is when he talked about performance:

The reception is still fairly poor in many areas of the park and the radio goes to seek a lot inside rides

I'd love to know if he was using the model with the Intel or Qualcomm modem. A bit geeky maybe but he is writing for TechCrunch not USA Today.

 

[_Refurbished_]

Not sure why the notch annoys some people so much.

There's going to be space next to the camera/sensors/etc. You can choose to use it (make it part of the display) or just have it be dead space.

I think the proper decision was made.

The same reason I don’t like curved “edge” displays, 120hz soap opera TVs, or plugging in a mouse from the bottom: It’s bad design.

I will be viewing pictures and videos at nearly the same size as my four year old, $650 iPhone 6....all because of the decision to go with an assymetrical display.

Love iOS, Android isn’t an option. I wanted the Plus screen on a phone similar to the 6 design. That didn’t happen. I loved my Plus when I had one, but couldn’t deal with its size.

Oh well, better luck next time.

 

[tromboneaholic]

The same reason I don’t like curved “edge” displays, 120hz soap opera TVs, or plugging in a mouse from the bottom: It’s bad design.

I will be viewing pictures and videos at nearly the same size as my four year old, $650 iPhone 6....all because of the decision to go with an assymetrical display.

Love iOS, Android isn’t an option. I wanted the Plus screen on a phone similar to the 6 design. That didn’t happen. I loved my Plus when I had one, but couldn’t deal with its size.

Oh well, better luck next time.

Regarding the mouse, Lightning cable was not designed to have that tension at the connector, so they put it on the bottom to prevent it being used as a wired mouse. They could have come out with a reinforced cable and connector and included it with the mouse, but they are moving away from wires. It was an intentional choice, not a mistake.