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In this video I'm gonna be sharing with you
my experience with using the iPhone X
for around about a month now,
although most people tend to call it iPhone X.
The one's I speak to anyway.
Now, I'm not gonna be going over any specs,
or anything like that, because if you're watching this video
you probably already know all the specs.
If not, check out my unboxing video,
in which I go over everything in detail.
In this video I'm simply gonna be sharing with you
my experience in terms of what I like about the iPhone X,
what I don't like about it,
what can hopefully be improved for the next version.
Now, to begin with, a lot of you guys already know
that I am primarily an Android user but,
I always do have an iPhone with me and I have had
for quite a few years now.
I've not liked an iPhone as much as I like
the iPhone X for a very long time.
The main reason for that has been all the iPhones have
looked pretty much the same over the past few years.
Let's be honest, look at the iPhone six, the 6S,
the seven and even the eight, they look practically
the same.
There's very minor design changes between them
and me personally, I was getting very, very
bored of that design, so it's great that Apple
have finally updated this and I really like the new
design of the iPhone X.
First and foremost, we have minimal bezels which allows us
to have a larger display and a relatively small
phone factor and this display is absolutely great.
It's the best display on any iPhone
and I'm so glad Apple went with an OLED display.
The colors are more vibrant.
The contrast ratio is so much better compared to
previous iPhones and yes, I know a lot of you
are gonna joke that, good job Samsung.
And that's true, Samsung have done a really good job
on this and I'm so glad Apple went with Samsung.
Let's be honest, Samsung do make the best displays
out there, so the fact that Apple have
gone with Samsung for this display is a good thing
for everybody.
Now this is also a true tone display, so that means that
it's gonna adapt the white balance depending on
where you are.
I switched this off because everything just looked
too yellow for my eyes and I do switch on a night shift
when I'm in the dark but I don't use true tone.
Now one thing that a lot of people have been complaining
about when it comes to the iPhone X display is
this infamous notch.
Personally, I don't mind it too much.
My opinion, it gives the iPhone a very unique look.
Like when you see this, it's easily identifiable
and it makes it stand out from the crowd.
This is an iPhone and Apple have really owned this notch.
Could it be better utilized with software? Yes.
Are Apple gonna really do much about it?
Probably not.
And after a bit, you kind of get used to it and
the only time you're probably gonna have an issue with this
is when you're watching videos in full screen mode.
Now, here's the thing.
Most videos out there are still in 16 by nine.
I mean, I'd say the majority of videos online
are in 16 by nine and if you do go fullscreen,
then you're gonna be losing a bit on the top and bottom
of your video and sometimes, that can be a little bit
annoying because people's heads get cut off and things.
So most of the time, when I'm watching a video,
it is still in 16 by nine and that does result
in black bars on the left and right
but I've said this before.
On a previous iPhone, those black bars would've been
there anyway but they would've been there in the form
of bezels.
Yes, it's not ideal and it's not the best use
of this full screen but most people use the device
in portrait orientation anyway and if you are
mostly using your device in portrait orientation,
unless you're watching a video, then the notch is
gonna be okay for most people, I think.
Now we don't have a headphone jack on the iPhone X.
This was not a surprise for anyone because we didn't
have it last year.
However, we do have some good speakers on here.
I'm glad that we've still got stereo speakers.
Yes, they don't sound as good as front firing speakers,
but they still sound really good.
Now, let's talk about face ID.
I was initially quite negative about face ID
but I've actually grown to like it quite a bit.
It's super fast and it just works.
So, just showing you there how quick it was,
very, very quick and easy to use
but it's not ideal.
I've said this before and I'll say it again.
I still think that a fingerprint scanner here
on the Apple logo in addition to Face ID
would've been really, really useful.
So, let me give you an example.
I personally check out my phone a lot
when I'm in bed, right?
Some of the times, I just wanna pick up my phone,
maybe just respond to a quick message or kind of
delay the alarm a little bit or something like that
and previously using touch ID, that was really
quick and easy to do.
With face ID, if my face is halfway sunken into the pillow,
then face ID's not gonna work
and then I'm gonna have to kind of take my face
out of the pillow to unlock it and I don't really wanna be
doing that when I'm half asleep.
This is something that is definitely quite inconvenient.
I couldn't unlock this with my sunglasses before as well.
There is a solution to that which I've covered in
a previous video.
So, face ID is really good but, personally speaking,
if I was given the option of face ID or a fingerprint
scanner on the back, I would always choose
the fingerprint scanner on the back.
Maybe that's just me but I just think a fingerprint
scanner would be much more convenient and easy to use.
Now, another thing that supposedly came with face ID,
which kind of isn't is Animoji.
So, it looks like Animoji primarily uses the
front facing camera, not the face ID sensors because
if you cover them up, Animoji still works
and Animoji doesn't work in the dark either,
which once again, suggests that it is using
primarily the front facing camera.
Maybe some of the sensors are being used a little bit
to make a little bit better, I don't know.
But anyway, when it comes to Animojis, I used them
for the first day and then I've not really used them since.
Yes, it was a little bit of fun and ya know,
lots of people had a lot of fun with it
and call me boring, call me old, whatever.
I just didn't find myself using Animoji again.
It was one of those things where the novelty
really quickly wore off.
If you're into that kind of thing, then hey,
if you wanna become a monkey or some poo,
then that's all up to you.
Personally speaking, yes it's a fun feature to have
but the novelty wore off very, very quickly.
Now, one question that a lot of people ask me
is do I miss the home button and the answer to that is,
no, I really don't miss the home button.
It's really quick and easy just to swipe up
and it's a very natural gesture as well.
So, when you're in an app and everything, then it is
really quick to do that.
There is some situations where it's longer.
So say, for example, when I go into my recent apps,
before I could just close these, but now,
I have to press and hold before I can close them
and it's just an additional step which I don't really want.
Now, I think what would've been nice is if
they utilized the 3D tough display to maybe
have a home button area.
This is something that we've got on the Samsung Galaxy S8.
I'm not sure why Apple didn't utilize 3D touch in this way.
Again, not the biggest of deals and I think most people
will get used to it after a couple of days.
Another thing I really like about the iPhone is
how just smooth and quick it is and that's thanks
to the Apple A11 bionic chip.
Games load up really fast, faster than most of the
devices out there, but multitasking isn't as good
as it used to be.
I'm assuming that's down to iOS 11 and not being
optimized although it should've been optimized now
'cause iOS 11 has been out for some time now.
Hopefully, this will improve over time.
I've had a few app crashes, in particular,
in Instagram stories where things just kinda
tend to freeze, but generally speaking,
the experience has been good overall.
Now let's talk about what probably my favorite feature
of the iPhone is and that is this dual rear facing camera.
You guys may have already seen some of the SuperSaf
style camera comparisons that have been told
and in my opinion, the iPhone X has one of the best
rear facing camera setups on any smartphone right now.
It has great dynamic range and in some situations,
not all, some situations, I know some people
are gonna hate on me for saying this,
the dynamic range I found was actually better
than the Pixel 2 XL.
The portrait mode as well works really well on this
and if you're somebody who takes lots of pictures
from the rear facing camera, you are absolutely
gonna love the iPhone X, no doubt
and it shoots some great quality video as well,
up to 4K, 60 frames a second, but not only that,
it also shoots at 24 and 30 frames a second as well.
This is something that we don't really find on
many of the devices.
They just have 4K, 30 frames a second, that's it.
You can't really choose different frame rates.
Me personally, I like shooting at 24 frames a second.
I just prefer that frame rate and I can use that
on the iPhone X.
I can't use that on lots of other devices out there.
Now the only issue with the different frame rates
is that you can't change them within the camera app itself.
You need to go all the way deeper than the settings
to be able to change these, which is really needless
and it should be within the camera app.
But overall, the rear facing cameras are absolutely great.
Now, unfortunately, the same cannot be said
for the front facing camera.
The best way I can describe the front facing camera
on the iPhone X, like I've described on previous
iPhones as well is that it's inconsistent.
It tends to overexpose a lot and there's so many times
where things are absolutely blown out and sometimes,
they actually will work okay but most of the times,
in my experience, it does overexpose the hell
outta things and I'm not the only one that's
experienced this.
A lot of other people do agree with me as well.
The portrait mode from the front facing camera,
I don't really use it anymore because right now,
it is that bad.
It just kinda blurs out the ears and especially
the sides of my beard.
If you like portrait mode from a front facing camera,
get the Pixel 2 or Pixel 2 XL, that does the best.
Hopefully the portrait mode will improve it's software,
however, but when it comes to the front facing camera
in general, this is something that I've noticed on
many iPhones before and I'm not sure why they
over expose so much and I really wish that Apple
applied the same sort of magic
that they're using on the rear facing camera
on the front facing camera when it comes to
dynamic range and that would make it so much better.
One of the things I don't like about recording on
the iPhone is the audio.
Now we still don't have stereo audio recording
on the iPhone.
This is really something that we should have in 2017
and it's something that we have on many other devices.
You will see in some of my camera comparisons
where I have a side by side with a smartphone
that has stereo audio recording and that just sounds
so much better.
So, audio recording on the iPhone X when it comes to
video is okay but it's not great.
Now we briefly touched on iOS 11 earlier on in the video
and iOS 11 is generally okay but, it is still basic for me.
I like the control sensor but the notifications
annoy the absolute hell out of me.
I don't know why Apple do this but just look at this.
I've got just Twitter notifications which I left on
for this demo and it's crazy.
Like my whole notifications have been taking over
just over the past few hours and I really wish that
Apple grouped these notifications together
like we have on Android.
Just copy Android.
I know a lot of you guys are gonna say,
"Hey Saf, you're just an Android fanboy."
But honestly, I've spoken to so many Apple users as well
and they've also said that it'd be so much nicer
if Apple just grouped all of these notifications together
and then you can expand those and see those more in detail
if you want but just having, just look at that,
this is crazy, it's just unusable for me.
Are Apple gonna do anything about it anytime soon?
Probably not but it's just something that I definitely
need to address.
Now battery life for me on the iPhone X has actually been
really good and I think it's gonna get most people
through the day without any issues
and you also have wireless charging as well as
fast charging this time.
Now, I personally don't use wireless charging much,
I'll be completely honest.
But fast charging is something that I have been using
for quite a few years now and I'm also glad that
the iPhone X had fast charging.
The biggest issue here is, and this is something that I've
ranted about before in this video and that is
that you need to buy the fast charger separately
and that cost £74 in the UK,
which is absolutely insane.
You can get smartphones for £74 these days.
Every other manufacturer includes fast charging
out of the box.
Apple does not and they charge you a very big premium
for that as well and that's on top of what you're
already paying for the iPhone X and as you guys know,
it's not cheap.
You're looking at $1,000 or £1,000.
This, once again, doesn't make any sense to me
because $1,000 plus taxes still does not equal 1,000 pounds.
It should be around about £900 mark
and this pricing difference is reflected on pretty much
every other device out there.
Let's take the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 for example.
It's $950 in the US.
In the UK, it's £870.
That is reflected in the price because the pound
is stronger than the dollar but, for some reason,
Apple have decided that unless you're in the US,
you're gonna be paying even more for the iPhone X
and I really think that's unfair.
So, yes, you guys already knew that the iPhone X
is expensive.
Is it worth the thousand pound, or thousand dollar
price point?
Personally in my opinion, I'm gonna be completely honest.
I don't think it's worth this price.
Why is that?
It's because there's lots of other devices out there
which offer lots of great features, some actually
better than this for almost half the price.
Let's take the Samsung Galaxy S8 for example.
It's been widely praised across the board
and that currently is for about £550 on Amazon.
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The OnePlus 5T, which just came out recently is £450.
So, you could buy two OnePlus 5T's and have £100
spare compared to the iPhone X.
Now, I know a lot of you guys are gonna say,
"Saf, you're just being really biased towards
"Android here," but I'm just being realistic here
in terms of what you can get and what else is out there.
Now, if you're part of the Apple ecosystem
and you want the best iPhone money can buy,
then this is the one to go for.
This is the best iPhone you can buy and it's my favorite
iPhone so far.
I really do like it overall but,
if this is out of your budget and I know a lot of people
for which this will be out of their budget,
then I would definitely advise looking around
because there's so many other good options
our there right now.
That's what I think anyway.
I know some of you guys are gonna disagree with me.
Once again, I do really like the iPhone X.
I just think it's too expensive for what you're getting.
What do you guys think of the iPhone X?
Definitely drop me a comment below and let me know.
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