iPhone X it is part of a launch disregarded from many points of view by the company Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),, and this is because the journalists did not have time to use the units. People who in the past used the new iPhone models for a few days before making reviews for them, now had the opportunity to use the iPhone X for a maximum of a day, or less, before giving their first impressions.
iPhone X was tested by journalists from the USA, just like phones are tested in Romania when a launch takes place, a single day for testing not being enough to give a valid impression about a product. The Apple company doesn't really seem to care and has put more emphasis on quantity than quality, so that the great American journalists had to share iPhone X units with various unknown YouTubers.
iPhone X was, in this way, tested by a lot of people and we have a lot of impressions about it, but they are so diverse that you can hardly make a clear opinion about the phone. Everyone used the iPhone X very little before giving their impressions about the phone, so no opinion can be considered valid, as it happens with the reviews in Romania after the launch of a new product.
iPhone X – New UNBOXING-views and truncated impressions
iPhone X has had so many unboxings in 2017 that you wonder if we're back 10 years ago when the world didn't know what was hidden in a phone box. The unboxings, or removing from the box, for those who receive the test phones in Romania, shows us that yes, the iPhone X is in the box, it comes with a cable, a charger, headphones, an adapter, a SIM key and many papers that you will forget about.
The iPhone X received a lot of praise for the large diagonal screen that impresses right from the first interaction, not only by its size, but also by the quality of the displayed colors. Face ID didn't impress everyone, but what impression can you make when you only have your phone available for 17 hours? None complete, and the same can be said about the cameras of the new Apple phone.
The iPhone X is such an important phone for Apple and it is treated with so much superficiality that it shows us that in Cupertino someone is afraid that the phone will not be successful. Apple has completely changed the marketing strategy for iPhone X reviews, so now we are flooded with truncated information about the phone and maybe this general confusion is exactly what Apple wants.
iPhone X and the first impressions about the new phone
Business Insider
"The iPhone X is a refreshing redesign. After over three years of essentially the same look, it's nice to see Apple make something radically different again. The best part is the screen. At 5.8 inches, it's slightly larger than the iPhone 8 Plus screen, but on a body that's only a little larger than the iPhone 8. For everyone avoiding the plus-sized iPhones because of their surfboard-like construction, the X will strike the perfect balance […] The X's screen is stunning, almost as if it's painted onto the phone […] In my short time with the iPhone X, Face ID has worked well. It unlocks the phone quickly in low light, bright light, the dim light of Business Insider's video studio, and even in a pitch-black closet.
Many of my apps haven't been redesigned for the new screen size, so they show up with thick black bars on the top and bottom to mimic the same aspect ratio you'd get on a regular iPhone screen. It looks like a lot of wasted space. Other apps have been refitted for the iPhone X screen, but have made a bunch of funky design choices. For example, some have large chunks of unused space at the bottom near the home bar. And I saw at least one app that showed the home bar bleeding into the menu icons at the bottom of the screen."
quick vid of Face ID doing common stuff: expanding notis, unlocking phone and opening an app. Had to start off screen because it's so fast pic.twitter.com/cCCCZpLc0c
- Matthew Panzarino (@panzer) October 31, 2017
The Verge
"The screen is bright and colorful and appears to be laminated tighter than previous iPhones, so it looks like the pixels are right on top. Honestly, it kind of looks like a live 3D render instead of an actual working phone. [The notch is] ugly, but it tends to fade away after a while in portrait mode. It's definitely intrusive in the landscape, though — it makes the landscape in general pretty messy. Less ignorable are the bezels around the sides and bottom of the screen, which are actually quite large. Apps that haven't been specifically updated for the iPhone X but use Apple's iOS autolayout system will fill the screen, but wacky things happen.
I had a lot of problems pulling the iPhone X out of my pocket and having it fail to unlock until Apple clarified that FaceID works best at a distance of 25 to 50 centimeters away from your face, or about 10 to 20 inches. FaceID works great in the dark, because the IR projector is basically a flashlight, and flashlights are easy to see in the dark. But go outside in bright sunlight, which contains a lot of infrared light, or under crappy fluorescent lights, which interfere with IR, and FaceID starts to get a little inconsistent."
Engadget
"It's the most radical visual change the iPhone line has ever seen, and I sort of love it. Aesthetics aside, the iPhone X feels fantastic, with a level of fit and finish that's highly impressive even by Apple's standards. That screen, by the way, is easily among the most impressive I've ever seen in a phone. Apple says it's tuned for accuracy over sheer punchiness, and the effect is unmistakable. While the Galaxy Note 8 delivers much more vivid colors, the iPhone X is more subdued and natural. I've grown used to Samsung's lurid screens, but the iPhone X definitely punches in the same weight class, even if it seems a little dimmer."
CNET
"Unlocking isn't automatic. Instead, the phone "readies for unlock" when it recognizes my face. So I look at the iPhone, and then a lock icon at the top unlocks. But the iPhone still needs my finger-swipe to finish the unlock. It's fast, but that extra step means it's not instantaneous. Face ID did recognize me most of the time but sometimes, every once in a while, it didn't […]
Double-clicking the side button brings up Apple Pay, but an additional face-glance is needed to authorize a payment. I tried it on our vending machine at the office and sometimes it worked great. Sometimes Face ID didn't seem to recognize me. Picture quality improvement isn't immediately noticeable over previous iPhones, but that's a testament to how good Apple's previous TrueTone displays are. The larger screen gives the iPhone a more current and immersive feel. My face ended up looking oddly cut-out and poorly lit. Unlike the rear cameras, which seemed to produce hit-or-miss Portrait Lighting shots, I haven't had luck with my own selfies."
