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iPhone X is small and a little disappointing
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no necessarily the X uses a narrower aspect ratio, so while it’s longer on the diagonal, you still get more surface area on the Plus overall
My bet is you can take advantage of the denser display if you wish in XCode, but it has been a while for me so I can't say that with absolute conviction.
Some size comparisons with my iPhone 7 Plus screen shining through the clear case for my iPhone X.
I’m disappointed with it as well missing those features. Like you I pre-ordered it and my plan is to play with it in store and if I don’t like it I will just return my order to T-Mobile and eat the restocking fee
size looks so perfect on those pics. right between the 7 and the 7+.IPhone 7 inside my new clear iPhone X case from Spigen...
Exactly. I’m completely satisfied with this size. 5.8” screen on such a small, compact, pock-able size. The fact the entire front is a screen for me it’s awesome. Glad to see those bezels gone and looking forward to no more home button. When I received the case and compared it I was completely satisfied. This is what I’ve been wanting for the last 2-3 years now.
Here you can print iPhone X, 8+, and 8 if you really want to compare overall sizes: http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/news/printable-iphone-x-size-in-hand-template/
I don't see any black bars on the plus in YouTube. In x you will see a big notch if you want full screen.
If you watch a 16:9 video (YouTube standard) in full screen on any 18.5:9 ratio screen, you’re losing a whole lot more than just a notch. It has to crop a lot out to do that.
If you look at comparison photos the iPhone X is closer in size to the iPhone 7/8 than the iPhone 7/8 Plus
This is a good point, it depends on the content whether it's a plus or minus. And I agree with you, a lot of things I do have lists and I also like to see more rows (I find that in general this is more useful than wider rows). A lot of phone apps are vertically scrolling lists. I also like maximum height for web pages.
Also, 16:9 is the minimum aspect ratio for modern movies and television, and many are wider, sometimes much wider (for example, The Hateful Eight is 2.76:1), so the iPhone X could actually be better for movies (OLED+HDR is also great). Although, you could argue the notch partly negates that advantage, I guess depending on how much it bothers you and whether you choose to shrink the video to avoid it (I wish Apple would offer an option to shrink the video by the minimum amount to have the left edge touching the notch and the right edge touching the right side of the screen, right now it looks like they favor symmetry and shrink more to make the gap even on both sides).
Yes, I was referring to physical size since people seem so surprised when they receive their X cases.
Sounds like next year we will be getting the X and X plus(basically an X in an 8 plus form factor.
These will also not be the names. Likely they’ll just drop numbers and go with just “iPhone” and “iPhone Plus”
Nope, I posted about this earlier. It's a denser display but Apple has scaled all assets on the X to be larger than Plus devices. Higher raw screen density, yes, but lower density in software scaling when compared to the 8/7/6 Plus.
I know this has probably been said already but I think what you're saying is technically false. Let me explain why.
The amount of content that fits on a display (at least for iOS development) isn't determined by raw pixel count, it's determined by 'points' on the display and by scaling. The iPhone X's display has the exact same number of 'points' horizontally as the iPhone 8 despite their different resolutions. Sure, there's about 20% more 'points' vertically in iPhone X when compared to the 8 but they both have the same display scaling. What that means is if you load MacRumors on the 8 and X, the images, text and whatever will all appear the same size on both devices (albeit, you'll just get to see a few more lines of text vertically on the X). If we add the 8 Plus into the mix, things change up a bit because the 8 Plus has more 'points' to work with on the display, in other words it appears to be a denser display.
I suppose a decent way of seeing this in action is if you play with the display scaling settings on your retina Mac. If you set the scaling to 'Larger Text' on a 15 inch MacBook Pro and then set the scaling of a 13 inch MacBook Pro to be 'More Space', which display looks bigger? Or rather, which display can fit more content? The 13 inch one because it has a dense scaling applied. I think that's the same thing going on here with the X, yes it's a bigger measured display and yes it has more raw pixels than a Plus device but the software is more a regular non-Plus device.
It's been said before but I'll say it again: the X is going to feel like a taller iPhone 8, kinda like going from the 4s to the 5. If you're coming from a Plus device, I reckon some people are going to *feel* as though the display is smaller, simply because all the assets on the X are scaled up to be bigger than that of the Plus (at least when web browsing). I'm okay with that for now but I'm certainly going to buy the Plus version of the X next year if they have it.
Sorry if this was a naff explanation, I'm tired and I just want my X
I know lol. So I was debating with a next member that the plus screener is noticably bigger when it comes to showing content.
Some size comparisons with my iPhone 7 Plus screen shining through the clear case for my iPhone X.
Thanks for using the translucent case. That puts things into prospective for me.
The Verge confirms things like Notes / Email / Safari etc are using the iPhone 8 layout, not the plus (no two side panels, no tabs, etc).
You are definiately going to lose real estate. Sure there are more pixels on the X but they aren't displaying context in pixel perfect mode. Everything will be too small to read if it's in pixel perfect mode. Everything has to be scaled. And once it's scaled, pixels don't play much of a role other then making things more sharp after scaling.
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The black outline is definiately smaller. The metal part should be the same. Maybe just a tinny but smaller but not by much.hopefully, until i hold it...going to be hard to tell. it does look like the X also has a narrow bezel
Well I thought to write this back. I got my iPhone X. the size is perfect. come down from 6 plus. My hands and thumb felt so much better. it was easy to read on screen. can't tell that much different from Plus. you guy gonna love it !! hope you all do. . if Apple every come out with 6.4 X next year I gonna stay with X size. Enjoy it!!!
. if Apple every come out with 6.4 X next year I gonna stay with X size. Enjoy it!!!
I love mine and am not disappointed in the least. Actually I am very impressed with the design. I love the XL screen and smaller footprint. Win for me!