Our Verdict
The iPhone X would be a huge gamble from Apple, but one that actually paid off. Losing the house button and altering the design was a dangerous move, but one that was sorely needed after many years of similarity and the premium design, extra power, all-screen front mix together to generate - undoubtedly - the top iPhone Apple's available. It's impossible to give a perfect score to something costs close to this much - but this is actually the closest to smartphone perfection Apple has ever got.
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The most costly flagship phone around
Metal rim can scuff without case
The iPhone X may be the huge revolution that Apple's handsets needed. Aside from the original iPhone in 2007, this new iPhone is set to have the biggest effect on Apple's smartphone direction ever.
Update: We've been while using iPhone X for a couple weeks now, so check out our updated findings throughout this review
Apple itself is calling it the way forward for the smartphone, the embodiment of the items it's been attempting to achieve for any decade. But as the iPhone X is focused on premium parts as well as an all-new experience, it's actually a huge gamble for your Cupertino brand too since it tries to reclaim some leadership in smartphone innovation.
Losing key, reliable elements just like the Touch ID fingerprint scanner, the home button; introducing new ways of navigating and unlocking the product - and charging a lot more for that privilege - seems risky for any company which was already treading new ground by getting rid of the traditional headphone jack a year ago.
But the iPhone X will be the handset were demanding from Apple for years - your global away from the increasingly-tired designs those who just want a new iPhone also have to make do with.
Watch our review outlining the structure of the iPhone X below.
The fervor surrounding this phone tells that story - everybody wants to know if the new iPhone X may be worth having, partly as it actually represents a whole new iPhone, knowning that fervor is unquestionably that they are not appearing to care regarding the cost.
So… could be the iPhone X worth having, Will it change the direction of the industry where many from the specs Apple has devote - wireless charging, bezel-less displays and face recognition - are already on the market,
Can Apple place all this together in the manner that just works, that will create the greatest iPhone of them all,
iPhone X specs
OS: iOS 11
Screen size: 5.8-inch
Screen Resolution: 1125x2436
CPU: A11 Bionic
Front camera: 7MP
Released on November 3
Comes in 64GB and 256GB options
It's almost pointless to go over the price from the iPhone X - it's the most high-priced flagship phone available on the market, but iPhone users tend to be willing than most to check past cost.
But, whilst the focus this is going to be around the technology, we still must at least mention the price and release date.
The iPhone X costs $999 / £999 / AU$1,579 for that basic, 64GB model. If you want the bigger 256GB model it will cost you $1,149 / £1,149 / AU$1,829 for your privilege.
Word is the fact that Apple is looking with a cheaper variant for 2018 , because it looks to get the bezel-less form factor to a lower-cost, non-OLED variant... but that is strictly rumor in the meantime.
If you need to buy the iPhone X it is possible to already pre-order it - of the question for doing this opened on October 27. We mention that because as the iPhone X release date was November 3, stock it still rather limited. However, we're seeing more available than anticipated, despite rumors of the phone selling well, if you decide to want one it shouldn't be too long before you'll be able to get your hands on one.
Screen
Clear, vibrant colors
Notch at top slightly irks, but doesn't get in the manner
The first thing you'll notice concerning the new iPhone is difficult to miss: the newest screen blazes in your eyes the next you pick inside the handset.
The 5.8-inch OLED display is, quite simply, the top thing Apple has ever crammed into an iPhone. It's leaps ahead from the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus for a lot of reasons: the sharpness, the high quality, the truth that it fills the complete front of the device, along with the color reproduction.
It's also utilizing a new, longer, screen, but although it looks bigger than the iPhone 8 Plus ' 5.5-inch display in writing, it's only marginally bigger when it comes to actual screen real estate - it is just stretched upwards.
The stretched screen is often a completely different experience around the iPhone X
OLED technology means you're getting deeper blacks plus more blinding whites, so from websites towards the photos you're taking will look a bit better.
Some will point to the fact Samsung continues to be using OLED screens on its phones since the first Galaxy, but Apple counters that by saying it's only now that the technology is good enough for its phones.
On the face area of it that sounds defensive, however when you use the iPhone X it is possible to see it's a screen that's incredibly, well, Apple.
It's not the sharpest or most colorful screen over a smartphone, yet it's clean, crisp and doesn't suffer from terrible color shifts once you move it around. It's a great display to check at, and that's what you want with a phone.
It's also been dubbed the top in the world, with the esteemed DisplayMate testing , showing that it is the brightest plus much more color-accurate OLED available on the market and good off-centre brightness shifts - showing Apple can tune the tech from Samsung rather well.
The term ‘bezel-less' continues to be bandied about to the iPhone X, but that doesn't really tell the correct story. Yes, you will find slight bands round the edges in the screen, but they don't mar the ability - they provide the fingers something to land on, preventing accidental touches of the screen.
Apple could reduce these further inside future and offer a more visually-appealing iPhone, but about the X the knowledge is still striking.
Talking of looks, the notch at the top from the iPhone X is a thing that's going to divide opinion, understanding that's fair. Apple has had this little chunk out with the top with the screen to house the brand new TrueDepth camera, plus it encroaches for the display.
In portrait mode it is difficult to notice it's there, as well as the way the notifications bar spills around it really is nice.
However, place the device in landscape mode plus it's much more noticeable; it becomes an irritant when you're watching movies, as whenever we wanted to expand these to fill the screen (one of the real beauties of having a longer display) elements from the action were cut out with the notch.
The longer screen can also be thinner though - this means there's less real-estate for typing. We didn't notice this in the beginning, however, if flipping between your X plus an older iPhone, you'll really see there's less space for your digits to tap onto.
While we're talking about that longer screen, the 18:9 format is one area we've seen over a number of other phones this season, and inside Android world the apps are largely encoded to fill the display just fine.
On the iPhone X, however, it's not the case, with many apps we used packing massive black bars above and below the display. That's quickly begun to improve though, and every day more apps update for that longer screen.
Native apps have a very space below the laptop keyboard where your home button might have gone
The problem with apps using the black bars is that it helps make the iPhone X resemble any other handset from Apple - even an iPhone 3GS - and due to the screen could be the main visual differentiator about this phone, and you want every app to fill the display nicely, so it's good many developers are receiving their act together and making an X-friendly version of the wares.
Oddly, Google is one from the big hold outs, with Maps, Mail and Keep (among others) still not updated. We might have expected the search giant to acquire cracking on improving its apps because the iPhone is really a big niche for it.
The new display around the iPhone X also showcases a whole new feature for Apple: HDR playback. The phone can show movies encoded in the HDR10 and Dolby Vision formats, and with the OLED display the photos offer so much more depth and realistic color reproduction.
If you're watching a scene with explosions in it, the effect is incredible for the iPhone X - just like with all OLED screens.
However, it's inherently harder to create out detail in darker scenes in HDR movies - that's something you'll have to adjust to.
Compared for the LCD screen with the iPhone 8 Plus, there are times when you can see less from the action, but compare them side by side so you'll see how the overall richness, depth and quality for watching movies is simply higher on the iPhone X.
Like the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, the X utilizes a True Tone display, which mimics the lighting conditions around it and can adjust the white balance accordingly. It's not grounds to buy the phone on its own, but it's actually a really premium little extra you will grow to like.
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