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iPhone X Space Grey is a fundamentally flawed product

Juan007 said:
If you have a space grey iPhone X, try this test at home. Turn off the lights, fumble around with your phone so you lose track of its orientation, then try to turn it on.
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Q: "Did you know that if you spell God backwards, you get Dog?"
A: "So don't spell it backwards."

My phone is always in a cradle, so determining orientation in the dark would never be an issue. Even without a cradle, I can discern the orientation from the edge. Single button on upper right = correct orientation. You can also tell if the screen is face-up by tapping it. No light = face-down.

The ATV remote is a bigger issue.
 
D.T. said:
Though I was kind of joking, we _do_ actually have a glow-in-the-dark case on on of our ATV remotes (it’s helpful for location and orientation) 🙂
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I was kind of joking too I actually don’t have much issue with picking up the remote the right way but people kept complaining all last year about it lol
 
Is it too hard to feel for the sleep button and volume buttons? That would be the easier quickest way to orient the phone in the dark.
 
Juan007 said:
If you have a space grey iPhone X, try this test at home. Turn off the lights, fumble around with your phone so you lose track of its orientation, then try to turn it on.
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did you forget to pay your electricity bill again?
 
Juan007 said:
If you have a space grey iPhone X, try this test at home. Turn off the lights, fumble around with your phone so you lose track of its orientation, then try to turn it on.

PROBLEM: You have no idea which side is front or back, which way is up or down. There is no home button to orient the phone. You have a 75% chance of getting it wrong on the space grey. So here is what happens:

25% chance - You guessed right, good job.

25% chance - Screen turns on but upside down, flip it over. Ok, not so bad.

25% chance - You're staring at the back of a phone, oops. After a while flip it over, you're oriented correctly now.

25% chance - You're staring at the back of a phone, oops. After a while flip it over, now it's upside down! So rotate again. It's not your lucky day.

This is a DISASTER for usability and I frankly can't believe Apple released the space grey version of this phone. Apple probably knows about this flaw, that's why they gave our white phones to reviewers during this cycle.

It's less of a problem if you use a case, but you shouldn't need to use a case to make your phone not terrible.
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Umm...... shut the **** up!!!
 
Septembersrain said:
You can feel the camera bulge.

You can feel the notch.

This is a non-issue.
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Very so right, you can feel the speaker grill in center of Notch.......who knew?
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Jjayf said:
Ya, that was before it got dark out.. Funny how a device can go from the best thing ever to fundamentally flawed overnight. I'll bet OP is afraid of the dark..
My space grey phone in a black case disappears at night completely. I thought that was the DND feature. Huh..
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But consider, in morning when sun comes up it gets better again.😵
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Aussi3 said:
What has the world come to... can’t people just enjoy something...
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You’re joking right? I tried enjoying the new president, then he started to tweet.😕
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gigaguy said:
He has a minor point. I feel around in the dark for the sleep button when I grab my 6 to know which end is up. X won't have that. (I avoid laying it face down). Don't have my X yet, I didn't know you can tap screen and something happens onscreen before the face reader.
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Dah....yeah when you tap the back nothing happens so you know to turn it over. Apple thought of that.😛
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Tmelon said:
I find this kind of ridiculous. When you pick up your phone, you do it from the sides and it’s easy to feel which side is which by the volume and power buttons.
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Stop trying to ruin a ridiculous post with logic.
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Wxchaser said:
Turn on a frikkin light!
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Don’t have to, when he picks up phone it lights up. The bright side is the front. Easy peezy
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Menel said:
You shouldnt need to feel around for a home button to orient your phone.
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I don’t ever since it turns on when I pick it up. Modern technology to the rescue.
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ZipZap said:
Nut you'll feel around for a home button?
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Gonna start eBay business selling home button stickers you can paste onto iPhone X. Will be big money maker.
 
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Juan007 said:
If you have a space grey iPhone X, try this test at home. Turn off the lights, fumble around with your phone so you lose track of its orientation, then try to turn it on.

PROBLEM: You have no idea which side is front or back, which way is up or down. There is no home button to orient the phone. You have a 75% chance of getting it wrong on the space grey. So here is what happens:

25% chance - You guessed right, good job.

25% chance - Screen turns on but upside down, flip it over. Ok, not so bad.

25% chance - You're staring at the back of a phone, oops. After a while flip it over, you're oriented correctly now.

25% chance - You're staring at the back of a phone, oops. After a while flip it over, now it's upside down! So rotate again. It's not your lucky day.

This is a DISASTER for usability and I frankly can't believe Apple released the space grey version of this phone. Apple probably knows about this flaw, that's why they gave our white phones to reviewers during this cycle.

It's less of a problem if you use a case, but you shouldn't need to use a case to make your phone not terrible.
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Costino1 said:
Took me literally 5 mins yesterday to discover this problem and find a work around. Grab from pocket. Feel for buttons. Boom.

Jeez if this is the biggest issue in my life right now, I’m the luckiest guy on earth.
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You had the solution yesterday and kept it to yourself till now. That’s so selfish.
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JWorld127 said:
Crack its a helluva drug. ....... ....just look at my picture
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And to think you are a 48 year old mother of eight.......sad.
 
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Juan007 said:
I shouldn't need to feel around for a camera bump to orient my phone. This was something simple to do with all previous 9 iPhones, now it's a big step back. I do feel this is a fundamental design flaw and I will be exchanging my space grey for a white phone or returning it altogether.
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How about feeling for the large button on the upper right side?
 
OP just wants to start another reassurance thread after realizing the silver X is the uglier of two once he saw videos like this -


Silver X is whack, dude. The better two-tone is the panda Pixel 2 XL because the upper rear is black. If all white, then it's weird. I wanted the silver X badly only to realize it's not as sleek and seamless as the space gray in person.

With silvery off-white rear, it makes the X look very inconsistent and the metal edges shows scratches and fingerprints easier like the old iPod days. Space gray X on Verizon is the best variant, period.
 
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KingslayerG5 said:
OP just wants to start another reassurance thread after realizing the silver X is the uglier of two once he saw videos like this -


Silver X is whack, dude. The better two-tone is the panda Pixel 2 XL because the upper rear is black. If all white, then it's weird. I wanted the silver X badly only to realize it's not as sleek and seamless as the space gray in person.

With silvery off-white rear, it makes the X look very inconsistent and the metal edges shows scratches and fingerprints easier like the old iPod days. Space gray X on Verizon is the best variant, period.
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LMFAO
 
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