Apple Announces 5.8-inch 'iPhone X' With Super Retina OLED Edge-to-Edge Display

[kdarling]

But I wonder — if it was feasible to implement Touch ID under the screen, would they have done it or not? Was FaceID the mechanism they always wanted, or was it the only one they could practically implement on an edge-to-edge display?

From all the previous rumors and rumor sources since the beginning of the year, it seems clear that Apple originally wanted an under-display TouchId solution. It just wasn't ready in time.

I think it's impressive that Apple had Face Id as a backup solution in their pocket, even if it was originally just going to be a secondary choice (or not included at all).

Bet there was a lot of sleepless nights for the Face Id team recently

 

[johnnygee]

Yeah, the iPhone X is pretty underwhelming to be honest. And as someone who has used Windows Phone for the last 1/2 decade, I really don't see things like "swipe up to unlock" to be revolutionary. In fact, I find the touch to wake to be more of a pain than a good thing.

Cool! So when's that new Windows Phone keynote?

 

[mdelvecchio]

Oh look, the most upvoted comments on MR hate it. Color me surprised. Not.

 

[cableguy84]

Headphone jack?

Yea, there's a headphone jack built into the huge notch, at the top of the phone.

 

[Yuthopia]

So what's so special about this thing that you can't do with an iPhone 6s or 8? Cool, it has a 5.8" screen. But it still runs iOS which means you can't do many useful things with it and it's treated and used in pretty much the same way as an iPhone 6s. A 2 year old device.

"Unless you have an identical twin" you see, TouchID doesn't care about that since even identical twins have different finger prints. So there's that. Now we're waiting for a price.

edit aaaaaand it's $1000. $1000 for a ****ing phone. What a joke.

I'll be honest, not very impressed so far and I use iPhone 6s still.

Surely the display is gorgeous but the design is still very similar. I also think it's large.

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Looks like LG came out with the edge to edge first, and Samsung came out with the facial recognition first in the S8.

Though not a surprise as Samsung and LG are making the displays for Apple.

I scrolled through many many comments. Yours is the qui

The S8 only has 2D recognition that can be beaten by a photo. Did you even watch the keynote?

Yeb. S8 is a joke. Seriously Samsung is a very lazy sales-oriented company.

If u cannot tell the difference between face id and stupid useless Samsung face recognition, then go buy the hideous samsung s8 with fingerprint scan in the back. U will learn something soon

 

[Delgibbons]

Exactly, it looks especially bad on white UI apps

I'm going for a Note 8 or an S9.

I still think the iPhoneX looks ok though. Better with a black UI bar across at the top for sure.

 

[lexvo]

So much negativity here. Yes, FaceID failed at first but TouchID still fails occasionally. It took Apple several iOS upgrades to get TouchID to work as well as it does. FaceID will be no different. Good grief guys.

I know, and it is the reason I'm thinking to either buy the iPhone 8 or wait for the next generation.

 

[Enabledobject]

Perfect. More chances for me to get one since you guys aren't buying it. Thanks.

Have at it. I'm pretty bummed. Guess I'll just hold onto my 3 year old 6+ a bit longer?

 

[paulkaliciak]

Canadian Prices (if not yet posted)
64GB - $1,319
256GB - $1,529

At current exchange rates that should be $1219 for the 64Gb. So they are skimming another $100 off of Canadians? OK, now maybe I'm losing interest (or buying one from the U.S.)

 

[827538]

Did anyone else notice this iPhone supports Galileo for navigation? That's actually a really neat feature.

 

[johnnygee]

Headphone jack?

What's a "headphone jack"?

 

[Asclepio]

omg look at this:

 

[Rum_Becker]

Notch inside the screen is fine. But the top of the screen (on either side of the Notch) should be persistent status bar, black. Indistinguishable from being part of the Notch except that the info displayed is animated.

Why they didn't do this is beyond me.

Nothing a software update can't fix, but it may unbalance the phone with a larger black bar than the bottom.

 

[pat500000]

My thinking is that they intended to announce ip 8 and plus today along with x so that they could try to persuade people to get ip 8 and plus and decrease the demand on x.

 

[Ryanmrash]

I want the lock screen flashlight and cam buttons on my 7+. Did anyone else notice that?

 

[dampfnudel]

Whoops. Looks like Face ID isn't quite as seamless as Touch ID.

Yeah, I'm sure Tim and the rest were cringing big time at that moment. The worst possible moment to fail. I was a little worried about FaceID before this and I'm a little more worried now. I know integrated TouchID in the display exists in the Apple lab and I'm guessing it's plan B or even destined to make a return next year as another option in case FaceID isn't as reliable as Apple was expecting it to be. I hope they get it right before release and FaceID doesn't become a black eye for Apple.

 

[chagla]

looks like the "Essential" phone, but more expensive.

 

[1Zach1]

What the hell!!

The iPhone X is STILL ONLY IP67 rating! Hahahahaha. For £1150....

http://www.apple.com/uk/iphone-x/specs/

I don't understand, do you want to be able to swim with your iPhone in your pocket?

 

[Gudi]

Canadian Prices (if not yet posted)
64GB - $1,319
256GB - $1,529

On the plus side, you get a Lightning-to-3.5-mm-Headphone-Jack-Adapter included for free.

 

[kilcher]

People are going to be so confused. I just texted my wife about the iPhone 8 pre-orders this Friday and the iPhone 10 on 10/27. She replied "What happened to the iPhone 9." I really don't know how to respond to that.

 

[bpeeps]

So much for face ID didn't work on 1st or 2nd try had to go old fashion route to get in

The phone was restarted and required him to input password first before Face ID could work. Human error, not software error.

 

[TigerWoodsIV]

Noone is impressed by that ugly thing

LOL. I'm impressed. I hope that Face ID will work better by the time it comes out, but in terms of everything else, I am very happy. The only complaint (and it's not really a complaint, I just wish it was cheaper) is the price, but it's Apple, I knew what I was in for. It's like how long will it take before I stop seeing people come on here after a new release and say something is absurdly expensive, just to see it sell insanely well.

 

[Bawstun]

SKIPPING. I'll drop $1,000 next year when they've figured out how to remove the ugly notch and improve face ID. Those are the upgrades coming. Stuff that should have been perfected before it was even released. Smh.

 

[Adam Henry]

sorry apple but face id is a fail. no one wants to hold their phone up to their face to simply unlock it.

 

[Hustler1337]

Just trying to figure out how X is pronounced ten.

It's Roman numerals. Just like how you'd pronounce Mac OS X as "Mac OS ten". There would be inconsistencies otherwise.