FaceID will steal your soul after 3 failed attempts. (my best tweet of the event)

OK, I'm an Apple ubergeek, and therefore already predisposed to love this phone before I got it. But then I got it, and I was blown away. Long story short, if you love Apple products, you'll love this. If you prefer Android, then you probably feel the same way about the Pixel 2 as I do about this phone, and that's great. Different strokes and all that 😊

Pros:

Pretty much everything

Cons:

The cost. Apps that aren't updated yet.

WANT.

I wish they would have done a true infinity edge screen, and then just made the top a slight bezel instead of a notch. Infinity on the sides and bottom, slight bezel on the top. it certainly doesn't look bezel'less from the photos. obviously the top/bottom is now generally gone, but its not like infinity edge. I'm also disappointed in screen size. Wish they did it with the 8Plus dimensions. Instead from what I've read "its 5.8 inch display is bigger than the 5.5 inch Plus, but with a much, much smaller body!!!" So if they were able to make the display 5.8 inches in a small form factor, I imagine the display size would be at least akin if not bigger than the Note 8's 6.3 inches if they used the larger form factor? And then it would look MEANINGFULLY bigger than the current plus' 5.5 inches. I watch lots of sports, netflix, youtube, etc. on my phone. And the current PLUS size doesn't feel unnatural to me. In fact I've gotten used to it. So now if I went with the X I'd have to go back to getting used to a smaller form factor again in terms of feel. I don't care much for Animoji's, but I do see all the potential in the future for this feature, the AR features, etc. Could imply big changes to how one operates the phone in the future. But for now... meh. Wireless charging is ok. But as noted, its a bit of catchup. And its also another buy more Apple accessories move - OF COURSE I'm going to need the airpower pad to charge all my apple stuff. Maybe TWO! Not to be negative. The airpower pad is going to be great. But not included. The phone is $1k. For 64 GB... not expandable. I think I'll just pony up the cash to get my cracked to all hell 6S screen replaced.

No innovation as such, all features existed since a long time.

Pros:

The Marketing

Cons:

The Ugly notch at the top.

I'd have to use it, but I have some reservations about Face ID. First off, I was just getting used to TouchID, and it's gotten a lot better since they first released it. Second, you have a lot less control over who has access to your face than your finger tip. Someone could easily pick up your phone, point it at you, and then they would have access to your device. Also, if you're near a checkout but not quite ready to pay, or some popup appears asking for authentication and you're already looking at your phone, I hope they have some way to confirm you actually approve the action. I also don't know how I feel about that black bar at the top, but again I'd have to hold it in my hands to really know. EDIT: also, in the status bar there doesn't seem to be any room for the Bluetooth indicator…? Unless they plan on squeezing it in on the left next to the time? Here's a useful hands-on from The Verge: that mentions the issue I raised here with being able to unlock someone else's phone by pointing it at their face. Relevant article from MacRumors discussing Face ID further: https://www.macrumors.com/2017/0... Works with most sunglasses because of IR, have to stare at phone to unlock, and can temporarily disable Face ID quickly by gripping the buttons on both sides of the phone

To me, the notch at the top interferes with the UI on the screen. I need to process that a bit more before I can pull the trigger on this one.

Fascinated by Apple's response to the "Light Phone" trend with Apple Watch Series 3 cellular. Anyone still keen to get the Light Phone and others like it?

FaceID now.. how long until we can scroll and tap with eye tracking?

I get the bezel-less edge-to-edge screen appeal, but that top-notch is a bit annoying in video playbacks. Is it just me or do I just have to just get use to it?

Between developer access to the front-facing (depth sensing) camera on the iPhone X and ARKit... RIP Snapchat. Death by a thousand clones now.

Does the iPhone X really need hunting though 🤔

Sorry @apple but you must fire @jonyive and hire a better designer from @lg because #v30 looks much better.

Probably more related to the OS than the phone, but integrating a QR reader into the phone's camera opens up opportunities! The lack of native QR readers has always been the reason, I think, that QR codes did not take off since introduction. Thanks to apps like Snapchat, making QR codes a cultural element of the app use, and more apps adopting it, this has led to a good use case for native integration. And the phone looks amazing :)

I would rather go for an iPhone 8, even if both phones would cost the same.

Pros:

Camera & all its features, AR Support

Cons:

Annoying to watch videos or images on the display, because of the overlapping top area, where they have put in the front camera etc.

Does anyone know how to open Control Center on X? And the Notif Center?

I am just amazed by Animojis 😍😍

I don't care about the specs. I'll buy it anyways. ✌🏻

Am I the only one who likes how the home and status bars use up the rounded corners of the screen so the app real estate still fits into a nice rectangle without having to clip the corners? Maybe it's just the UI guy in me

This may be the biggest update to the iPhone in the last several years. It's expensive but I think I'll pull the trigger. Thoughts?