Apple iPhone X
iPhone X is an overdue and winning
evolution of the iPhone, but you’ll need to leave your comfort zone to make a
jump into the face-recognizing future
A great blend of
handheld comfort and a big, gorgeous OLED screen. Rear telephoto camera
outshoots the 8 Plus in low light, and the front camera snaps impressive
portrait selfies. Face ID generally works fine
New interface and
no home button mean major adjustments, and key features such as the Control
Center are harder to reach and use. It’ll take time for most apps to be
optimized for notched screen. The phone is hella expensive, and the all-glass
design means a case and an insurance plan are musts.
For some, the
moment to upgrade will be now. For others, it might be farther down the line,
when Apple has perfected the new features and design X offers. Until then,
taking the safe path of an 8 or 8 Plus is fine (and saves you some money). It's
not an easy decision. And it's getting more difficult now that Apple has even
more iPhones. I'm not thrilled with all the design decisions the X made. It
some ways, it still feels like an experiment. But it's growing on me.
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NETWORK
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LAUNCH
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2017, September
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Available. Released 2017, October
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BODY
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143.6 x 70.9 x 7.7 mm (5.65 x 2.79 x 0.30 in)
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174 g (6.14 oz)
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Front/back glass & stainless steel frame
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Nano-SIM
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- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes - Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified) |
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DISPLAY
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Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
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5.8 inches, 84.4 cm2 (~82.9%
screen-to-body ratio)
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1125 x 2436 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~458 ppi density)
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Yes
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Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating
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- Dolby Vision/HDR10 compliant
- Wide color gamut display - 3D Touch display - True-tone display |
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PLATFORM
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iOS 11.1
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Apple A11 Bionic
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Hexa-core 2.39 GHz (2x Monsoon + 4x Mistral)
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Apple GPU (three-core graphics)
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MEMORY
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No
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64/256 GB, 3 GB RAM
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CAMERA
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Dual 12 MP, (28mm, f/1.8 & 52mm, f/2.4), OIS,
phase detection autofocus, 2x optical zoom, quad-LED (dual tone) flash, check
quality
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Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image
recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
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2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, check
quality
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7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face
detection, HDR
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SOUND
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Vibration, proprietary ringtones
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Yes, with stereo speakers
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No
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- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic.
- Lightning to 3.5 mm headphone jack adapter |
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COMMS
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Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
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5.0, A2DP, LE
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Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS
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Yes (Apple Pay only)
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No
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2.0, proprietary reversible connector
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FEATURES
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Face ID, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass,
barometer
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iMessage, SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push
Email
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HTML5 (Safari)
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No
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- Fast battery charging: 50% in 30 min
- Qi wireless charging - Siri natural language commands and dictation - iCloud cloud service - MP3/WAV/AAX+/AIFF/Apple Lossless player - MP4/H.265 player - Audio/video/photo editor - Document editor |
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BATTERY
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Non-removable Li-Ion 2716 mAh battery (10.35 Wh)
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Up to 21 h (3G)
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Up to 60 h
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MISC
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Space Gray, Silver
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About 1150 EUR
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TESTS
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Battery life:
I'm a little let down by the
iPhone X's battery life so far. In everyday use, I've needed to recharge by
midday to feel like I wasn't going to be in trouble later. So far, our CNET
battery tests have been running inconsistently on the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X.
We're still finalizing where it all falls, but the X is definitely getting at
least an hour less battery on video playback. It feels that way in daily use,
too. If you care about battery more than anything, consider the 8 Plus;
otherwise, carry a portable charger.
design
Yes, the iPhone
X changes the look and function of the iPhone. Before the X, the iPhone design
was frozen for years: Home button at the bottom, thick bezels above and below
the screen. iOS made some subtle changes over the years, but losing the home
button completely shifts the definition of an iPhone.
The basic
pitch for the iPhone X is this: Take the iPhone 8 Plus and cram all of its
features into a body that's closer to the size of the iPhone 8. Add Face ID but
subtract the Touch ID home button, a casualty of the new, nearly all-screen
design. That's the iPhone X.
To be
clear, except for that home button -- and Touch ID -- all of the other iPhone 8
Plus features are here, including a blazing fast six-core A11 Bionic processor,
water-resistance and -- unfortunately -- no headphone jack. The iPhone X also
boasts dual rear cameras which are even a bit better than the already superb
ones on the Plus. (More on that later.) Wireless charging is on board too, as
is the glass-backed design needed to enable it. Yes, you'll need a good case.
And you should strongly consider Apple Care Plus, because repair costs for
smashed front or rear glass on the iPhone X are exorbitant.
Screen
The first
thing you’ll notice about the new iPhone is hard to miss: the new screen blazes
into your eyes the second you pick up the handset.
The
5.8-inch OLED display is, quite simply, by far the best thing Apple has ever
crammed into an iPhone. It’s leaps ahead of the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus for so many
reasons: the sharpness, the quality, the fact that it fills the whole front of
the phone, and the color reproduction.
Like the
iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, the X uses a True Tone display, which mimics the lighting
conditions around it and will adjust the white balance accordingly. It’s not a
reason to buy the phone on its own, but it’s a really premium little extra that
you’ll grow to like.
VERDICT
The iPhone
X was a huge gamble from Apple, but one that really paid off. Losing the home
button and altering the design was a dangerous move, but one that was sorely needed
after years of similarity and the premium design, extra power, all-screen front
mix together to create - by far - the best iPhone Apple's ever made. It's
impossible to give a perfect score to something that costs this much - but this
is the closest to smartphone perfection Apple has ever got.
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