iPhone X is Apple's long-awaited & extensively leaked special version of the iPhone, with a full-screen OLED display, Animoji support, and much more.
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Impressively underwhelming.
Design-wise, I don't find the black front camera strip appealing. I perceive it as negatively disrupting the way we look at screens. The borders look thick and not really giving you that infinity screen experience like the Samsung S8.
Don't get me started on the protruding camera on the backside.
In terms of hardware and tech, this might be the best phone ever made but I'm also an aesthetics guy and this just doesn't do it for me.
@mdnahom the headphone jack is not coming back to iPhone. It looks like it's going away on Android phones too. The Essential doesn't have one. I give it 5 years and you probably won't see a headphone jack on phones at all.
@ernopp what if someone wants to pick a call while driving obviously they need to have automated car
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I'd have to use it, but I have some reservations about Face ID. First off, I was just getting used to TouchID, and it's gotten a lot better since they first released it.
Second, you have a lot less control over who has access to your face than your finger tip. Someone could easily pick up your phone, point it at you, and then they would have access to your device. Also, if you're near a checkout but not quite ready to pay, or some popup appears asking for authentication and you're already looking at your phone, I hope they have some way to confirm you actually approve the action.
I also don't know how I feel about that black bar at the top, but again I'd have to hold it in my hands to really know.
EDIT: also, in the status bar there doesn't seem to be any room for the Bluetooth indicator…?
Unless they plan on squeezing it in on the left next to the time?
Here's a useful hands-on from The Verge: that mentions the issue I raised here with being able to unlock someone else's phone by pointing it at their face.
Relevant article from MacRumors discussing Face ID further: https://www.macrumors.com/2017/0...
Works with most sunglasses because of IR, have to stare at phone to unlock, and can temporarily disable Face ID quickly by gripping the buttons on both sides of the phone
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Pros:FaceID
Cons:It finally has features Android had 5 years ago.