The iPhoneX is Apple's underrated masterpiece
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as a side note regarding the design, i really dislike the camera sticking out the way it does. i tried it out at a store. i don't use cases for my phones, for many reasons, and so when you set the iPhone X (and 8 for that matter) on a table, it rocks back and forth due to the asymmetric stick out. pretty annoying and cheap feeling. there are plenty of other things wrong with this phone's design, so calling it a masterpiece is more than suspect.
Apple did it very well, but it isn't "true courage" to follow clear market trends.
Edit: this still works even if the battery/signal icon isn't there, you just have to guess approximately where the new location for the 'top right' of the screen is, and swipe down there to get the control center.
Edit2: messed around a little more and I guess you can actually access notifications using this method, it doesn't feel very consistent for me though.
For more, Google is your friend.
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In my circle, where at least one person always buys the new iPhone, there isn't a single iPhone X owner. I know several would love to have it, but the improvements vs. the previous generation can't justify the expense.
My opinion is similar. Before the announcement, I wanted to change my Android for an iPhone. After seeing the price, I'll go with a vastly more capable Android again.
I like a phone with a place I can grab without worrying about activating it. Perhaps it's just psychological. Perhaps it's OK to grab the phone anywhere and it won't blow up or start dialing or whatever.
That said, every member of my family with an X can do nothing but rave about it; and they're anything but techies.
I'm not a butterfingers, so I've not had any problems with dropping or breaking any of them yet.
However, there is a butterfingers in my family who's dropped her X at least three times that I know about onto hard surfaces (concrete sidewalk, gravel driveway, tile floor) and it was undamaged.
You don't say...
Subjectively: There is nothing I can do on the iPhoneX that I would want to do on my iPhone6s. Basically, its just .. too fat .. too extreme .. and the wall of the garden far, far too well laid out for me to want to upgrade.
I'll hold out and switch to something .. anything .. in desperation .. that will return the feeling of free reign over my personal data, like the PC did .. but I really wonder how that'll happen.
In the meantime, sure is weird to see things go the way they have gone, in the last 15 years. I mean, sheesh.
We've unleashed a monster.
It's like Steve Jobs's last request to Tim Cook was to make everything smaller at any cost and every bonehead idea Apple has made since stems from this request.