If the x had a home button it would be easy. Now, I am having trouble deciding which to get. Or I guess if the 8 plus has the better screen it would be easier as well. Decisions, decisions.
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Is anyone else having trouble deciding between the 8 and the x due to the lack of home button?
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Only thing making it tough for me is waiting until the X's release day! Thinking I might have to time ordering an 8+ so its return policy covers the X coming out 
No trouble at all in making a choice.
The 8 Plus will be here tomorrow. I've been using Plus phones for 3 years... I'm used to it. I like the Touch ID. I like the screen size.
The X brings neither of those.
The Plus shares the same processor as the X.
Easy choice.
The 8 Plus will be here tomorrow. I've been using Plus phones for 3 years... I'm used to it. I like the Touch ID. I like the screen size.
The X brings neither of those.
The Plus shares the same processor as the X.
Easy choice.
No Problem. I will wait for the X preorder. If it takes more than 2 weeks to ship, I will not buy at all.
It's a scam anyways, OLED is available, there is nothing special to produce the X.
Apple just wants the higher margin of the 8, so they make it difficult.
I'm still owning a 6, if Apple does not deliver at - what Apple claims is the high-end - I don't need to buy at all.
It's a scam anyways, OLED is available, there is nothing special to produce the X.
Apple just wants the higher margin of the 8, so they make it difficult.
I'm still owning a 6, if Apple does not deliver at - what Apple claims is the high-end - I don't need to buy at all.
This ^
Maybe next year I will get the XI/Xs/X2 or whatever it's called if they completely go that design.
Same here. Biggest (usable) iPhone screen of all iPhones, Touch ID, Home Button - very easy choice.
I didn't like the idea of not having the home button, but the reality is, we've been using it for a decade. I'm all in to try something new. I'll be getting the x.
[doublepost=1506021934][/doublepost]I didn't like the idea of not having the home button, but the reality is, we've been using it for a decade. I'm all in to try something new. I'll be getting the x.
[doublepost=1506021934][/doublepost]I didn't like the idea of not having the home button, but the reality is, we've been using it for a decade. I'm all in to try something new. I'll be getting the x.
Gotta love how Apple fixes things that aren't broken.
Sorry... but that "The 1 in 50,000 chance you have of getting your iPhone opened by a random fingerprint is now 1 in 1 million with Face ID" Apple kool-aid spewed during the keynote made no difference to me.
My 8 Plus with Touch ID will be here tomorrow.
Just me, but no TouchID, obstructed view, equals waiting to see what next year brings. Sadly that makes the longest time not upgrading my iPhone which I did every year like clockwork until the 7.
I never minded the bezels, in fact I felt the home button and bezels were almost iconic for Apple. Bezels could have shrunk, that would have been cool, but trying edge to edge appears to be just trying to copy others instead of continuing to focus on user interface and usability.
The bottom of screen on the X is actually harder to reach for me, especially the left corner. Smaller bezels would have been the best move to me, I wish the would have shrunk the bezels on the 8 plus for more dramatic redesigned.
When you see an iPhone, it’s unmistakably Apple, looking at my iPad Pro now the bezels and home button are really part of the design, and you know what, I like it.
I never minded the bezels, in fact I felt the home button and bezels were almost iconic for Apple. Bezels could have shrunk, that would have been cool, but trying edge to edge appears to be just trying to copy others instead of continuing to focus on user interface and usability.
The bottom of screen on the X is actually harder to reach for me, especially the left corner. Smaller bezels would have been the best move to me, I wish the would have shrunk the bezels on the 8 plus for more dramatic redesigned.
When you see an iPhone, it’s unmistakably Apple, looking at my iPad Pro now the bezels and home button are really part of the design, and you know what, I like it.
You don’t do change well I take it. What do you think phones will be in ten years? They will all have full screen displays. Buttons are on the way out.
The only iconic thing Apple needs is the Apple logo on the back of the phone. Do you really need a big button and large bezels to remind you it’s Apple? Or are you saying you want other people to see you’re using an Apple phone without flipping over your phone? If that’s the case then I think you have to reavallute more things in your life.
It’s a device used to improve your life. Not flaunt
I’m happy apple is going full screen as I see all manufactures do that fast as that is your content. You don’t need show off you have an Apple phone.