it's disappointing to see such a contentless puff piece upvoted on hackernews. "radically reinvent?" "cynical view"? "minor qualifier"? it's a suffocating piece with dangerous language meant to subtly sway its readers towards a predetermined conclusion.
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.