X is far from a cosmetic repackaging, compared to current levels of technology. Phones like the X, like Galaxy S8, like Pixel 2 - they are really pushing the tech and are advancing at insane speeds. Anything more is just unrealistic.
It’s a cosmetic repackaging. The only big new technology in the X is Face ID and the related Animoji, which is cool and all but no great leap forwards. In every single other respect it works the same as any other iPhone from about the iPhone 4 onwards, it does all the same stuff largely the same way, it fulfils the same function, most apps won’t really feel any different on it and there’s no big thing that it allows you to do that wasn’t there before, it’s just... an iPhone.
Seriously, what do you people expect? Mind-controlled devices installed behind your retinas? You do understand that ALL phones will just be "cosmetic repackages" in the same way for years to come?
Yes. That’s kind of the point I’m making.
Set expectations to realistic. I mean, they literally changed everything compared to iPhone 5.
They really didn’t. It’s a secure device that runs iOS, you interact with it by touch or by Siri, it comes with a bunch of standard apps and iCloud, you can install millions of games and apps for pretty much anything which all run quickly, it has cameras front and back, you can use it as a satnav or connect your Apple Watch to it, it has fast data, Wi-fi, Bluetooth... which am I describing, the 5 or the X?
The X is cosmetically different, but essentially the same. It doesn’t send an email, answer a phone call, or perform a lot of other functions any better than a 5 or similar. It’s Apple’s best and most concerted effort at recreating some of the wow factor over earlier releases, but the wow is pretty short lived, once you get over the slightly different look and feel you’re just left doing the same stuff in much the same way as you were before you upgraded; I think that’s what the OP is getting at.