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I know it looks bad in photos, but using the iPhone X I honestly do not even notice it at all

Yep, I had the same experience. I also thought getting rid of the home button would drive me crazy, by I don’t miss it at all.

I’ve never used an iPhone X - how does one get back to the home screen from an app?

It's gesture based - swipe up from the bottom.

Swipe up from the bottom of the screen (similar to how you used to activate control center to toggle wifi).

The iPhone X's interface is more gesture based than ever before.

On iPhone X how would I get to control centre if Swipe Up has been remapped for home screen?

(I still swipe up for Control Center on the 6S)

You swipe down from the right of the notch at the top to get control center.

Swiping down from the left of the notch at the top (or from the notch itself directly - yes it recognizes touch) you get your notifications/lock screen.

Kinda irrelevant to the discussion, but the 'swipe down from top right' for Control Center is pretty universally hated AFAICT. The best solution I've seen suggested is to make it part of the multitasking interface: you swipe up and right from the bottom to go to the previous app, CC should be swipe up and left.

Is it like driving in the rain with broken winshield wipers?

More like driving with your rear view mirror. You don’t notice it.

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