Consumer Reports Ranks iPhone X Below iPhone 8 Because of Durability and Battery Life

[cmaier]

There goes the grandpa market.

 

[Zaft]

Everybody has an opinion.


























Just kidding folks..

 

[ctyrider]

Consumer Reports is becoming irrelevant, they needs some news today

"Becoming"? The only person I know who reads Consumer Reports is my 76 year old father-in-law. Other than that - the only time I ever hear of Consumer Report is when they publish another ridicullous Apple related "recommendation" (like this one).

They have been irrelevant for years.

 

[theheadguy]

Prepare for lots of butthurt posts.

Oh, people have already beat you to the punch. These same people can't stop loving on CR when they give Apple a highest award/rating in any product category. However, if Apple is criticized, even rightly, CR becomes nothing but a worthless rag (even though they still put the X in the top ten category of all smartphones). It's stunning how the comment section has devolved since I first joined MR.

Durability is completely subjective. That's based on how someone treats their device and what type of protection they use. Every iPhone will react differently to a drop based on angle and impact.

sounds like consumer reports is trying to get more views

Consumer Reports has been hating on Apple since antenna-gate. They'll always find a reason to recommend Samsung over Apple. Nothing surprising here. Funny observation - another apologist who didn't read the article didn't notice that the article didn't recommend Samsung over Apple - in fact, they even said the Samsung's glass shell broke during their tests as well. SMH.

Consumer Reports is becoming irrelevant, they needs some news today

Consumer Who?

People still give Consumer Reports attention?

They have been irrelevant for years.

 

[ricktat]

It's a flop!

 

[jasonklee]

Why I personally have disavowed CR's credibility, per Wirecutter's coffee maker review:

The problem here (as with many CR reviews) is that their ratings are developed in a vacuum. They set a rubric, run controlled tests based on that rubric, and the scores are the scores. They're unchangeable. So while say, having a perfectly drip-free auto-stopping mechanism may be worth 10 points, or whatever, the OXO would get a 0, because it does drip a little bit. But the coffee it makes tastes better. And the carafe has great thermal performance (which they don't test for). They did however, give it an "excellent" for brewing performance. But their only criteria is: "does it maintain optimal temperature for 6 minutes." They don't consider important features that affect flavor a lot such as filter shape, pre-infusion, etc. In fact, they don't test for flavor at all. So basically, they're rating these machines based on features and by that token, the more features, the better, which is how you end up with a bunch of programmable, but mediocre-tasting coffee makers as the top picks.

CR has been completely useless to me in the past and continues to be irrelevant.

 

[kre62]

I find myself disagreeing with CR more and more over the years, but have to agree here. The 8+ is the best phone Apple has out this year. Maybe next year they will nail the X.

 

[Steve686]

Moral of the story?

Don’t drop your **** and enjoy life a little more than using your phone/battery every hour of the day.

 

[ValO]

The way they test things it would be a breeze for apple to get an iphone top rated. Just release a 4 inch phone of about an inch thick with a 4000mah battery, and a titanium shell.
Great battery life and it won’ t shatter when dropped.

 

[Scottsoapbox]

2.5' drop test is much more reasonable than the 6' ones. You will generally drop a phone at waist or table or elbow (half raised) level not head level. Still that would put it closer to 3-4'.

The 50-100 times seems excessive though, anyone dropping a phone that much would have a (serious) case.

5-10 drops from 3-4' on a hard indoor surface seems the most "real world".

 

[jdillings]

Why I personally have disavowed CR's credibility, per Wirecutter's coffee maker review:



CR has been completely useless to me in the past and continues to be irrelevant.

Wirecutter is a joke compared to CR.

 

[itsmilo]

Well iPhone batteries have always been crap tbh. Source: using iPhone 3G, 4, 4S, 5, 6, 7 Plus

 

[ValO]

I find myself disagreeing with CR more and more over the years, but have to agree here. The 8+ is the best phone Apple has out this year. Maybe next year they will nail the X.

It has the same glass back and same dureability though. A better camera, and the x has better battery life than my iphone 7 plus.
All the iphone 8 plus has going for it is a wider screen(not taller, though).

 

[barkomatic]

Oh come on, why the angry reaction to a magazine that dares to rate the iPhone X as anything less than the best smartphone in history? It's been demonstrated over and over again that the iPhone X is relatively easy to damage.

 

[oneMadRssn]

I'm glad the early adopters are psyched about the iPhone X. And I'm doubly glad for the people who like their iPhone X.

But for me, personally, I have learned to stay away from first-gen / first-rev technology. I'm patient enough.

 

[atikalz]

Consumer Reports today shared its final iPhone X testing results, and while the site has given the iPhone X a recommendation, Apple's new flagship smartphone has been ranked below the iPhone 8 and the iPhone 8 Plus in the Consumer Reports recommended list.

The iPhone X did make the Consumer Reports list of top 10 smartphones in the number 9 slot, but the site says it did not beat out the iPhone 8 or the iPhone 8 Plus because of its poor performance on a durability test. Both the iPhone 8 and the iPhone 8 Plus better survived a tumble test for emulating real-world drops and fumbles of about 2.5 feet that can result in device damage, despite the fact that all three devices have glass bodies.

After 50-100 tumbles, one iPhone X model suffered serious body damage, while two others had screen defects. The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus ended up with just a few scrapes after the test. Front displays for the iPhone X, 8, and 8 Plus all came away unscathed, and the iPhone X did well on scratch tests and water resistance tests.

Consumer Reports also had some complaints about the iPhone X battery life, which does not last as long as the battery in Samsung phones like the Galaxy S8. The iPhone X lasted 19.5 hours in the Consumer Reports battery test, compared to 26 hours for the Samsung Galaxy S8 and 21 hours for the iPhone 8 Plus.

The iPhone X didn't fare well on durability or battery tests, but it did earn the highest camera score out of all the smartphones tested by Consumer Reports. The site also listed the OLED display and the Face ID facial recognition system as iPhone X strengths.Overall, Consumer Reports continues to rank the Samsung Galaxy S8 and the Samsung Galaxy S8+ as its top two recommended smartphones, mainly due to superior battery life, followed by the iPhone 8 Plus and the iPhone 8 in spots number three and four. At number nine, the iPhone X is at the bottom of the list, but only a few points separate all of the devices tested.

Article Link: Consumer Reports Ranks iPhone X Below iPhone 8 Because of Durability and Battery Life

Case. Closed.

 

[tillsbury]

I'm sure there's something software-related going on with battery usage. My X used to have fairly averagely bad battery life, getting very low by the time I was off to bed (after say 17-18 hours use). But more recently it's been ridiculously good unless I'm doing a lot of video. The other day I went to bed and had 70% charge remaining.

The main culprit for me now is Sonos, which is now taking up the majority of my battery usage even if I use it only two or three times a day. And even though the app is eating up all this background battery time, it always needs to re-connect to the system when I go to use it (and often claims that it's failed before it manages it). Something in a recent update has broken it, but if that were to be fixed I would get another big chunk of battery life back.

 

[Cankoda]

So what they’re saying is that just because of a random chance durability test where people would normally have a case, and a battery life test, which is subjective to when they did this test (11.2 has been a lot better) this phone is worse than the older designed one? Even though they say it’s better in every important aspect? Yea really good assessment there guys

 

[CrystalQuest76]

...50-100... drops?!? What are people doing with their phones? Anyone who drops the same object even 10 times probably is in dire need of medical attention....

Or they are Teenagers that insist on constantly having them in their hands and not paying attention to where they walk.

 

[Syk]

Oh, people have already beat you to the punch. These same people can't stop loving on CR when they give Apple a highest award/rating in any product category. However, if Apple is criticized, even rightly, CR becomes nothing but a worthless rag (even though they still put the X in the top ten category of all smartphones). It's stunning how the comment section has devolved since I first joined MR.

I'm far from butt hurt. I'm just surprised CR is given any credence when you have YouTube, Forums and other social media. Them doggin on the X doesn't matter to me, I give Samsung all kind of praise in threads about Apple Pay or Apple Watch so I'm not an Apple worshiper. I just think it's pretty silly to drop a phone X/8/S8 that has glass and worry about how durable they are.

 

[macmyworld]

Yep, they are right. Just dropped my X 100 times and it did break. . Seriously who drops a phone that many times?

They forgot to test it with a semi running over it OR putting it in a blender.

 

[CrystalQuest76]

"Becoming"? The only person I know who reads Consumer Reports is my 76 year old father-in-law. Other than that - the only time I ever hear of Consumer Report is when they publish another ridiculous Apple related "recommendation" (like this one).

Just since you and your immediate circle does not read the publication does not mean that it is irrelevant. It just means that your circle is something of an echo-chamber.
The publication is considered reliably objective since it does not receive free samples nor does it receive advertising money from manufacturers or retailers.

 

[dontwalkhand]

Not surprising.. Apple isn't all it's cracked up to be..

Actually it is all CRACKED up. Hahahahaha

 

[fokmik]

"Consumer Reports also had some complaints about the iPhone X battery life, which does not last as long as the battery in Samsung phones like the Galaxy S8."

Really??? My S8 i never got more than 5.35 min battery usage, my iphone X i never got under 7 hours (100% -10%)

My god these guys are liars and imxxxciles

 

[DNichter]

Sounds like the best phone out there