You’re the first person I’ve ever heard say anything about the X being "in beta"
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Why do people keep saying X is beta?
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I think it's just a way of putting X users down so they feel better about their own purchase. It's strange, lots of angry 8 users on here for some reason. I think it's great Apple gave us options this year. Personally, I've had zero issues with my X so far.
the people that say it's a beta product or guinea pig phone are 99% iphone 8/8+ buyers that are buttheart about the X being the better product in every way
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Agree.
To me it's a beta phone. Apple will refine it next year, hopefully change the ugly notch.
Like what?
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I wouldn't bet on the notch being gone until at least 2020. It's here to stay for now.
oh yeah notch is here to stay. it makes the phone recognizable. so many people already started asking me about the phone cause they saw it was the new iphone from pretty far away.
Just people who either cannot afford one, want to justify buying something else to themselves or decided they d
My opinion also. Makes them feel better about their own decisions.
I could not be happier going from a 6S to the X.
My opinion also. Makes them feel better about their own decisions.
I could not be happier going from a 6S to the X.
And once again, people here are showing how ridiculously far they with stretch to call the X “beta”.
Face ID is not just for unlocking your phone, not sure how many times this needs to be stressed. Saying so just highlights how little you know about the actual user experience with it. It improves the experience within apps, and it will be interesting to see how developers use it further.
The notch will be here for a while, it was not just a design (to ID the iPhone like the home button did for so many years) but a tactical choice, which has been well explained. Many times. If you don’t like it, fine, but that does not make it beta or make your preference superior. Many have ZERO issues with the notch.
The X also had amazing gestures due to the killing off of the home button.
But yes, let’s keep saying it is beta because “notch” and “Samsung OLED”.
Face ID is not just for unlocking your phone, not sure how many times this needs to be stressed. Saying so just highlights how little you know about the actual user experience with it. It improves the experience within apps, and it will be interesting to see how developers use it further.
The notch will be here for a while, it was not just a design (to ID the iPhone like the home button did for so many years) but a tactical choice, which has been well explained. Many times. If you don’t like it, fine, but that does not make it beta or make your preference superior. Many have ZERO issues with the notch.
The X also had amazing gestures due to the killing off of the home button.
But yes, let’s keep saying it is beta because “notch” and “Samsung OLED”.
I believe the correct word is teething problems with the new iPhone X, specially a brand new phone with newer technology, but Apple will fix these in time as I believe they always do.
I find it so funny when people wanted Apple to catch up with Samsung , LG , HTC etc, and when it finally does its marked off as a "beta" product even when Ive said himself that people want things too fast and the X has been over 5 years in the making.
PS: Yes I do count Apple on par with the S8/S8+ (which they should be that phone is over 6 months old now) and the Pixel 2.
PS: Yes I do count Apple on par with the S8/S8+ (which they should be that phone is over 6 months old now) and the Pixel 2.
Pixel 2 looks archaic with huge bezels but given its a Samsung OLED is the superior choice to the plagued Pixel 2 XL LG screen While still having pure Android.
Same with LG V30, plagued LG OLED screen
Apple is in a league of Samsung quality devices, imo, but from people who prefer iOS of course.
They’re finally “caught up” and then some.
This years phones worth looking at (imo) are: Note 8, X, and Pixel2, 8/8+ depending on budget and preferences.
Everything else, whatever. S8 and S8+ are nice but approaching end of life in their cycle. And coming out in the beginning of the year is YEARS ago in Android world since those handset cycles move quick
Pixel 2 looks archaic with huge bezels but given its a Samsung OLED is the superior choice to the plagued Pixel 2 XL LG screen While still having pure Android.
Same with LG V30, plagued LG OLED screen
Apple is in a league of Samsung quality devices, imo, but from people who prefer iOS of course.
They’re finally “caught up” and then some.
This years phones worth looking at (imo) are: Note 8, X, and Pixel2, 8/8+ depending on budget and preferences.
Everything else, whatever. S8 and S8+ are nice but approaching end of life in their cycle. And coming out in the beginning of the year is YEARS ago in Android world since those handset cycles move quick
I agree with you. Another reason I'd pick the X over the LG v30 would be the software adaption rate. I guess I could say that with anything but the Pixel 2 and 2 XL.
To me the phone is beta in a sense because it’s a complete overhaul of the phone. Just how the original iPhone got rid of the physical mobile keyboards, iPhone X got rid of the physical home button. That eliminates the point of failure and gives the phone better life expectancy. This will only get better.
Many people here trying to justify their purchases if its 8, 8+, x or whatever they just bought by making sure their phone is the best one.
The thing is, with any new design the first generation always having problems, and usually Apple ironing these issues the next year with the S version… thats why people that bought the X this year are beta users, they'll complain about problems Apple didn’t find, and hopefully they’ll fix it the next year for the rest of us. It was before with iP4, 5 & 6 and it will happen again with whatever will replace the X next year.
Enjoy your X, and i’ll enjoy whatever phone im using at the moment.
The thing is, with any new design the first generation always having problems, and usually Apple ironing these issues the next year with the S version… thats why people that bought the X this year are beta users, they'll complain about problems Apple didn’t find, and hopefully they’ll fix it the next year for the rest of us. It was before with iP4, 5 & 6 and it will happen again with whatever will replace the X next year.
Enjoy your X, and i’ll enjoy whatever phone im using at the moment.
Every time someone uses the term beta incorrectly, all us developers die a little on the inside ...
Regarding the iPhone X specifically, based on how the iPhones form factor has essentially been the same since the iPhone 6, I kind of feel the X is the closest Apple product to being a beta product especially since a lot of apps haven’t comepletely figured out how to utilize the “ears”.
Didn’t Tim Cook actually state the iPhone X will be able to do things next year that it can’t now?
Not to mention all of the little “issues” with the new display.
Didn’t Tim Cook actually state the iPhone X will be able to do things next year that it can’t now?
Not to mention all of the little “issues” with the new display.
Yep, Jony Ive kinda admitted himself that it's a working beta. https://www.macrumors.com/2017/11/09/apple-jony-ive-iphone-x-change-and-evolve/
The X will become more polished and evolve gradually, so in that sense, the X in its current form is a beta, an expensive one too.
The X will become more polished and evolve gradually, so in that sense, the X in its current form is a beta, an expensive one too.
But the question that remains from that comment is it the hardware that’s beta or the software ?
He's just saying technology evolves, as it always has. Each iPhone has new tech, doesn't make it a beta. The X hasn't had any issues for me so I am just not seeing it. Easily the best iPhone I've had
What??????? iPhone X is only beta???????? Damn it!!!!!!!!! Returning my phone right now!!!!!!!!!