I wasn’t looking to be wowed or excited - the only reason I wanted a new iPhone was that I bought a white-fronted one last year on a whim and wanted to switch back to black. I considered just doing a like for like but changing the colour, but I went with the 8Plus solely on the basis that I prefer the glass back to aluminium.
I was open to the X but decided against it for two main reasons.
1) Price - the 8 Plus is already at the top end of what I feel is the maximum any phone should be retailing at. I might have paid it had there been something there that excited me enough.
2) Notch - I don’t like it, but it wouldn’t have completely put me off on its own. For me, it will never be anything other than an irritating design element that I’ll just have to live with given that it’s almost certainly going to feature in the design of new iPhones for the next few years. But i’ll live with it when i’m compelled enough by the overall package of a future iPhone to upgrade again.
I was open to the X but decided against it for two main reasons.
1) Price - the 8 Plus is already at the top end of what I feel is the maximum any phone should be retailing at. I might have paid it had there been something there that excited me enough.
2) Notch - I don’t like it, but it wouldn’t have completely put me off on its own. For me, it will never be anything other than an irritating design element that I’ll just have to live with given that it’s almost certainly going to feature in the design of new iPhones for the next few years. But i’ll live with it when i’m compelled enough by the overall package of a future iPhone to upgrade again.