iphone x review - Apple iPhone X 256GB
I'm a total gadget nerd,
and it's been five years since a new smartphone made me nod to myself with the
understanding that, "Yes, I need that thing more than I need air."
But the buzz around the iPhone X has had me a little more hyped than usual.
Not just because the iPhone finally ditched the bezels
and got an OLED display -- Samsung's Galaxy S8 lost its bezels in March -- but
because the iPhone X is the line's first significant overhaul since the iPhone
4. I should know better than to fall for the hype, but after spending nearly a
week with the device, I've actually convinced myself that spending $1579 on a
phone seems like a good idea. If you hate me for saying that, that's OK, I hate
me too.
The display is clearly the
first thing you notice, and if not for the famed notch, it would merely be as
impressive as a Samsung Galaxy S8 or Note8. The colours aren't as vibrant as
what you'll find on a Samsung phone -- Samsung phones tend to oversaturate the
colours, but as someone who prefers accuracy over eye-bleeding pop, I really
like how naturally the iPhone renders colours.
But let me just say: I love the distinctive notch. Some
consider it an eyesore, but for me, that notch screams the phone's ostentation
in a deeply satisfying way. It gives the whole 5.8-inch display a sense of
space that simply isn't found on competing phones. In fact, its display is
actually larger than the 5.5-inch screen on the physically larger iPhone 8
Plus. When screen curves around the front camera module, it feels a little like
Apple has somehow cheated and rewarded the phone with more visual real estate
than it deserves.
At least while you're on the home screen or in apps
specifically updated to work with the iPhone X's unique display. In other apps,
the iPhone X feels a little small, with the a black band at the top and bottom
of the display confining what was once expansive feeling.
The big
display doesn't dramatically affect battery life too much. I never found myself
wanting more power throughout the day, and I even went into day two with
regular use. In our battery rundown test, in which we stream a YouTube video
over Wi-Fi until the phone dies, the iPhone X managed a little less than 10
hours, which is perfectly average battery life when compared to all the phones
Gizmodo's tested this year, and thanks to its ability to charge quickly and
wirelessly, it's never an issue to re-juice it.
What surprised me most
about the phone is how I don't miss Touch ID or the home button. Since the
first rumours cropped up that Touch ID might not make it to Apple's 10th
anniversary iPhone, I've obsessed over the shift from Touch ID. How could they
possibly do it! It became a reality, and like many, I was frankly aghast that
the technology would be forever replaced by Face ID. Instead of pressing your
finger to a home button, you now glance at the phone and quickly swipe up with
your thumb.
Over the last few days, I've spent hours fiddling with the front-facing
"TrueDepth" setup that makes the Face ID magic possible. It's by far
the most technologically innovative aspectof the phone. It uses a
combination of a camera, IR lasers, and IR scanner to create a 3D map of your
face. The camera allows you create animoji, and gives apps like Snapchat access to your facial map so
they can toss realistic-looking masks on your face.
But the killer feature is
obviously Face ID. I look at the phone, and it opens instantly. From there it
works like an even fancier version of Touch ID. When I went to sign into
Twitter, it recognised my face and logged me in. When I ordered a midnight
burger off Seamless, and used Apple Pay, it scanned my face before asking me to
press the power button to confirm.
While at first there were some hiccups, the TrueDepth
camera has learned my face since I picked the phone up from Apple on Monday.
And now it doesn't hesitate when I try to use it in the dark, or while wearing
sludgey makeup, or huddled on a bench at the dog park in the morning with my
hoody pulled down low. This camera gets me, and I don't even have to hold it up
directly in front of my face, as long as the camera is pointed in my face's
direction, and I'm looking at it, the phone will open.
The rear cameras can't do
anything that cool. They're still very nice, as but if you're trying to decide
between the iPhone 8 or 8 Plus or the iPhone X, it won't be the rear cameras
that sway you.
The reason you buy the iPhone X is because of that too
luxurious design, and that audaciously hedonistic display, and that super cool
depth-sensing selfie camera. This phone isn't remaking the way we think about
phones in as grand a manner as the original iPhone, or even the iPhone 4. While
Face ID could be the future of biometric tech on phones, that future won't
shift your world view as dramatically as the move from passcode to biometrics
in the first place. The iPhone X isn't a leap into a new world of phone design,
it's just a showcase for what a really expensive luxury phone should look and
feel like. I don't need the $1579 iPhone X, but after the last few days with
it, boy do I want to go buy one.
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