11-05-2017, 09:11 PM
Just got it setup. It's an iPhone in many, many ways. Those are almost all good from my perspective as an owner since the original. Plenty of great positive reviewers on the Interwebs. But I think they are not seeing all of the negatives, so I'm posting those below.
Size DOES matter - but bigger isn't always better on iPhones. It's a LOT smaller than my plus iPhone. For my wife, this size WILL work - she does not want a plus phone. For most users, this is a terrific form factor upgrade. It'll be the future reference iPhone for years to come - just fits in the hand right.
Most of the glitches I'm having are found in iOS11 and not hardware-specific.
FaceID seems to work fine. I've had to put my password in a few times - more than TouchID. But I'm hoping it'll be much better in MN cold, where TouchID would regularly fail me when my hand got cold (which happens all the time...)
I didn't have any trouble using the WebOS swipe interface except when it comes to manually quitting apps. This was surprising to me, since I think of myself as persnickety. And I've already found myself trying to swipe up when using my older iPhone. Palm was right with this interface.
I wanted to add a few comments I have not seen emphasized on the online reviews:
1) The white background colors DEFINITELY change just slightly moving the phone in your hand. Reading MRF (top priority!) or Messages, or anything with a white background means you see yellow vs white vs blue by rotating 20 degrees. I may be extra sensitive, but this is far worse on the OLED than my iPhone6S+ LED screen.
Bottom line: OLED is better for blacks etc, but worse than whites. I'll see how this feels, seems like I'll get used to it eventually. I'm just surprised at how obvious it was (I found it annoying right away, thinking I was 'holding it wrong'. I do not think it's a defective unit).
I may switch apps to darker background - I do that for twitter already.
2) I will reinforce the idea that this screen on the X is almost exactly the same effect as going from the iPhone 4 vs 5 - it's just taller, not taller AND wider (think iP5 to iP6 - taller AND wider, or iP6 vs plus - also taller AND wider). So it's not as wide as a plus device. If you have an iP6/7/8, the new screen is MORE real estate. If you have a plus device, be aware that you are getting a device with a SMALLER screen. This seems an ok compromise to me. Also sets Apple up for an iPhoneX plus model in the future.
(The larger screen is only good when the apps use it. Early adopter cost).
3) The new screen real estate is not used by many, many apps - not even Apple apps like Safari and Messages (the latter is astounding to me). It took awhile for the developers to update from the 4 to 5; took some app developers YEARS to go to the 6. We will see how long it takes for the X.
4) The charging is great. Period. (You get this on an iP8 series phone, too).
5) It's fast - but I didn't find the iP6 or iP6S models slow.
Bottom line: If I didn't have a reason to upgrade this year, if you own an iPhone 6 or later I probably would not recommend it to most people. And until the software catches up, for most people the iPhone 8 (or even the iPhone7) is likely as good a device (and less human reprogramming with its super-fast TouchID). And cheaper - did I mention to MRFers that the iPhone X is expensive?
And if you REALLY like the plus devices, you are downgrading screen real estate - even when the apps use it.
I'll add to this post as I use it for awhile. Go ahead and post questions, will try to answer.
Size DOES matter - but bigger isn't always better on iPhones. It's a LOT smaller than my plus iPhone. For my wife, this size WILL work - she does not want a plus phone. For most users, this is a terrific form factor upgrade. It'll be the future reference iPhone for years to come - just fits in the hand right.
Most of the glitches I'm having are found in iOS11 and not hardware-specific.
FaceID seems to work fine. I've had to put my password in a few times - more than TouchID. But I'm hoping it'll be much better in MN cold, where TouchID would regularly fail me when my hand got cold (which happens all the time...)
I didn't have any trouble using the WebOS swipe interface except when it comes to manually quitting apps. This was surprising to me, since I think of myself as persnickety. And I've already found myself trying to swipe up when using my older iPhone. Palm was right with this interface.
I wanted to add a few comments I have not seen emphasized on the online reviews:
1) The white background colors DEFINITELY change just slightly moving the phone in your hand. Reading MRF (top priority!) or Messages, or anything with a white background means you see yellow vs white vs blue by rotating 20 degrees. I may be extra sensitive, but this is far worse on the OLED than my iPhone6S+ LED screen.
Bottom line: OLED is better for blacks etc, but worse than whites. I'll see how this feels, seems like I'll get used to it eventually. I'm just surprised at how obvious it was (I found it annoying right away, thinking I was 'holding it wrong'. I do not think it's a defective unit).
I may switch apps to darker background - I do that for twitter already.
2) I will reinforce the idea that this screen on the X is almost exactly the same effect as going from the iPhone 4 vs 5 - it's just taller, not taller AND wider (think iP5 to iP6 - taller AND wider, or iP6 vs plus - also taller AND wider). So it's not as wide as a plus device. If you have an iP6/7/8, the new screen is MORE real estate. If you have a plus device, be aware that you are getting a device with a SMALLER screen. This seems an ok compromise to me. Also sets Apple up for an iPhoneX plus model in the future.
(The larger screen is only good when the apps use it. Early adopter cost).
3) The new screen real estate is not used by many, many apps - not even Apple apps like Safari and Messages (the latter is astounding to me). It took awhile for the developers to update from the 4 to 5; took some app developers YEARS to go to the 6. We will see how long it takes for the X.
4) The charging is great. Period. (You get this on an iP8 series phone, too).
5) It's fast - but I didn't find the iP6 or iP6S models slow.
Bottom line: If I didn't have a reason to upgrade this year, if you own an iPhone 6 or later I probably would not recommend it to most people. And until the software catches up, for most people the iPhone 8 (or even the iPhone7) is likely as good a device (and less human reprogramming with its super-fast TouchID). And cheaper - did I mention to MRFers that the iPhone X is expensive?
And if you REALLY like the plus devices, you are downgrading screen real estate - even when the apps use it.
I'll add to this post as I use it for awhile. Go ahead and post questions, will try to answer.
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