Has anyone upgraded from their iPhone 7? I have my X delivery sitting on my desk and I'm debating if it's worth it (price). Are you happy with your upgrade?
My main draw for upgrading is camera. I'm a photographer and sometimes I just can't haul my DSLR around. I don't care much about animoji and that stuff. FaceID does have a draw since I work in extremely cold conditions often and wear gloves. I also typically like to resell my unlocked phone every year or two while it still has a decent battery.
Thanks!
I'm on the fence. I've got my 7 here still, but I bought and have been using an X for about three weeks.
As a piece of hardware, it's both beautiful and brilliant. Very fast, great battery life.
I have two general categories of reservations.
As far as UI/UX goes, I think iOS 11 has a number of places where things could be better on the X. Control center feels awkward and is a two hand effort unless you invoke reachability, which is a fairly high-miss gesture, at least for me, because it's not really clear when you need to start from, and if you bobble the gesture you launch dock apps. I would like a numerical battery percentage display rather than going back to the old iPod Touch graphic-only display. Unlocking feels a little awkward because it requires a screen tap and correct orientation of the phone - for example, it doesn't work on a desk or table or in most vehicles. These are examples...
FaceID, which I initially thought was amazing, is...amazing but also amazingly limited. As mentioned, it doesn't work on a desk or in a vehicle unless you move the phone to the right place and angle to scan your face. It has proven to be a giant handicap with ApplePay, which I use frequently. TouchID was simple: grab the phone by the Home button and jab it at the reader - done. FaceID is a PITA: double-click the side button; make sure the phone is at the right distance and in the correct orientation to scan your face, then move it to the reader. I get it right the first time no more than maybe 60% of the time. The phone is prone to unlocking at times when I don't want it to, and discrete checks of notifications on the lock screen don't seem to work very well.
The OLED display is absolutely gorgeous, so good I am not sure I am actually willing to go back to my 7, which I used to think had a great display. However, dimming is achieved digitally with PWM (pulse width modulation), which basically means rapidly reading power to the display (240Hz). The means the display flickers, and it gives a fair number of users headaches.
It's hard. There's a lot I really love and would be really reluctant to give up. But overall, I feel there are some real limitations, especially with FaceID. My current feeling is that FaceID is making me work for the phone, rather than the other way around. I am tilting slightly toward returning it. Fortunately, because I bought it on the 19th of November, I have about another month before the return period is up.
The only thing I can really tell you is that Apple's return policy is very generous. They WANT you to try their products. Take them up on it and see what you think!
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Anyone know if I can simply swap the SIM from my iPhone 7 to iPhone X? Or do I have to go into TMobile?
I did this with my VZW iPhone 7 sim.
