While I do understand some of you are happy with your X and will be keeping it, I had hoped the thread would focus more on those returning it and why.
Also, there's no need to thread crap. Let's keep this a friendly forum!!
The first day or day and half I noticed significant drain on the battery. Worse than my 6S plus as well. I also noticed it got hot to the touch and close to burning level. It's definitely the hottest phone I've ever held! That said, things calmed down the third day. It got warm a little here and there, but never super hot. The battery lasted a LONG time too, tho I had enabled night mode on most of my apps. Also, I use a very low brightness level.
I agree w/ the smaller content problem in portrait. It kills that method of holding the phone and reading, so I'm forced to turn the phone landscape to read and then it's weird because it's so short and long...like a strange compressed rectangle. Going back and forth between portrait and landscape's no fun!
I don't really notice the shift @ all, but I always use the phone front and center.
The eye fatigue and headaches are real.
I had to watch football yesterday with a demon headache 800mg of ibuprofen were powerless to stop. I went back and forth between the 6S Plus and the X today reading the same article and I can feel the pain start @ the top of my eyes.
Face ID did not work so well for me. I tried retraining it a couple times and if I'm in a dark room or a slight angle, nothing. I would say it failed once every ten times. It's also not as easy or consistent to unlock as touch id. I'm absolutely not sold on it.
The speakers just impressed the hell out of me! The mic and speakers work amazingly well for speakerphone usage.
I will miss being able to hold the phone up to my ear and actually use it as a phone, haha! I will miss the smaller form factor in my pocket.
I'm going all in with the 8 Plus!
