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

[elmaco]

I hate the notch.

And lifting up your phone against your face looks cumbersome.

 

[bigjnyc]

Ahm .. and the previous screen/back gesture is where? Oh it's still a < Back button residing inside the header. Unbelievable how they didn't think this through.

If you are going to rip off Palm/Nokia/Blackberry then at least do it right. iPhone X manages to become worse in usability than all three of them by having a weird mixture of onscreen swipes for basic OS navigation while still some of the basic OS functions reside on screen as pixel buttons and use of hardware keys where you still have to tap two times. three times, hold and what not to get to something.

You can swipe along the bottom to go to previous app and keep swiping through all open apps. It was demonstrated in the keynote

 

[Gudi]

omg look at this:

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Everything someone says before "ONE MORE THING" and after "STARTING AT JUST $999" is animoji smiling horse ****.

 

[macaronie]

delete

 

[semka]

I have not posted here in a very long time but after today announcement I feel compelled. Sadly, after last year's mediocre introduction of the iPhone 7 I decided to keep the 6S Plus as I felt the 7 was incremental at best. I feel no differently today, in fact I could say I'm even less enthusiastic than ever.

The X is a joke with the ugly notch and flakey Face ID. Starting with only 64GB raises the price for me as I need at least 128GB.. This makes the X a $250 premium over the 8 Plus with really no functional gains.

Disappointed.

There is a reason, why they didn't drop the prices for 6s.

 

[mrrydogg]

At this point I'm more likely to just upgrade to the iPhone 8+ for a speed and camera bump and wait until iPhone 9 or iPhone XI and see how they handle the complaints about the black bar, face ID, wireless charging and more. I'm guessing future versions will have a more elegant solution. Really hoping they find a way to incorporate Touch ID into the screen itself to give users an option. He'll both would be ideal really.

 

[dampfnudel]

+ lots of people (me included) have glasses that auto-darken in sunlight.

I would be very surprised if the FaceID team neglected sunglasses and glasses which become darker in sunlight.

 

[Enabledobject]

I have not posted here in a very long time but after today announcement I feel compelled. Sadly, after last year's mediocre introduction of the iPhone 7 I decided to keep the 6S Plus as I felt the 7 was incremental at best. I feel no differently today, in fact I could say I'm even less enthusiastic than ever.

The X is a joke with the ugly notch and flakey Face ID. Starting with only 64GB raises the price for me as I need at least 128GB.. This makes the X a $250 premium over the 8 Plus with really no functional gains.

Disappointed.

General consensus I think. Shame.

 

[_Kiki_]

Very similar to BlackBerry 10, circa January 2013. Swipe up to unlock even from a blank screen, swipe up for multitasking, slide from the left to go back in apps, swipe from the top to get system toggles or settings, etc. I always loved how BB10 worked from that standpoint, no home button taking up space on the screen or bezel and it works very smoothly. Had a couple Z10's and now a BB Classic I keep around for the OS and as a spare and I still enjoy using it.

Glad Apple took it and ran with it as I like this implementation.

I still have Z30 and after last update even battery is hold nicer

 

[mcdeeee]

Think it's a yes for me to get the same screen size of the 8 into a small package that will fit much better into my hand.

And for being on the AT&T next plan, it's only $8 more per month vs. a new 8.

I'll take it!

 

[xeio]

for me a great phone. all the haters here: you gonna buy it anyway. you guys are the first who stands in line

 

[dragicon]

Wow I've never seen so many negative comments on a new IPhone, especially one that Apple is going to push hard due to the pricing...Anyway my thoughts:

1)Looks like a beta device to me
2)Face ID seems slower than Touch ID, no thanks
3)That notch, ughhh no thanks

Were you around last year when they removed the headphone jack?

 

[HEK]

The notch kills it for me

Embrace the notch

 

[BiscottiGelato]

$1,529.00 CAD *before* tax for the 256GB model. I never thought it'd happen, but I guess I've just been priced out of the newest iPhone.

Yeah. This is too much.... They should've done $999 USD for 128GB. and $1300 USD for 128 GB... 64 is too small. At $1500 I might as well get a new Macbook.....

 

[tridley68]

The I phone X is absolutely stunning in every way I do hope shipping times get faster 2months is a bit excessive.

 

[DakotaGuy]

It will work with sunglasses - the S8 does, as long as it isnt a HUGE glare in your face.

With sunglasses that are not shiny my S8 will scan my irises right though them. If I have on mirrored sunglasses it won't work. It will be interesting to see how this handles them.

 

[thirteen1031]

I also call BS on their claim a face is more unique than a finger print, how often do hear I seen someone that looks just like you. I have always thought finger prints are all different

Did you watch the keynote? They said that your phone could mistake 1 fingerprint out of 50,000 fingerprints for yours. Doesn't matter if that 1 fingerprint IS not identical to yours. The technology isn't a fingerprint expert (a person) looking at the lines. It can make that mistake 1 in 50,000 times. BUT with the face, it's 1 in 1,000,000 times. So while a person might mistake your cousin (who looks like you) for you, the technology won't.

So, this technology (in theory) is LESS likely to mistake another's face for yours than the fingerprint software is to mistake another's fingerprint for yours.

Don't confuse the technology/software with a person. It is NOT a person. That fingerprint button does it's best to get all of your print--sides, tops, etc. But it can make mistakes (my first phone with the button kept failing to recognize mine--the one I have now, 6S, does fine). A fingerprint is small. BUT a face is bigger and the software here, from what I'm understanding, can map more than that fingerprint button. If that's the case, then it has more information to work with and is more likely to recognize your face than the fingerprint button is your fingerprint. So. Uniqueness of fingerprints isn't the point. It's what the technology can map. Facial recognition can map more = more accurate.

 

[nickdsimons]

UK iPhone upgrade plan has been wwwaaaaayyyy more expensive. £69 upfront and higher monthly payments.

 

[HEK]

I hate the notch.

And lifting you phone against your face looks cumbersome.

You could always bend your face down to the phone.

 

[Olganech]

You can swipe along the bottom to go to previous app and keep swiping through all open apps. It was demonstrated in the keynote

Welcome to 2012 !!!!

 

[nepalisherpa]

With 4K 60fps video capability, iPhone X should have been released in 256GB and 512GB flavors at those prices.

 

[deimantasn]

I’ve expected a lil bit more to hear about iOS 11

 

[Chomp81]

The lack of showmanship with this crew is astounding. This was the big one. How do you manage to make this one boring?

Phil Schiller is death at these things consistently, but the rest of them were terrible too.. Tim Cook was the only one with a couple flashes of being interesting to watch.

The whole thing made me miss Steve so much.

The Watch guy is TERRIBLE! He made me love my FitBit...

Besides, the Heart rate inclusions, are standard for FitBit, haha =)

 

[Wags]

Also see Apple again has Qualcomm model that does both CDMA/GSM and Intel model that only does GSM.
So again have to wait for Sim free or don't have true unlocked phone.

Sim free could even be longer than past especially with X

 

[badboy600]

There still should be a discrete way of unlocking your phone. If your are at a play or in a meeting, using FaceID may not be ideal