I just got the phone guys, form factor is pretty good, then again I'm coming from an S8+. Will use it extensively from today, so will know more. Besides the leather cases, I got few other cases for the iPhone and the iPad Pro.
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iPhone X | OT | Hello Future | November 3
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FYI Caudabe is updating their Lucid Clear to have a bit more of a lip on the front. I emailed them to complain about it and they offered me a free replacement when that happens. They said hopefully end of this month. Guess I'll keep this case then
Does anybody have the Spigen Ultra Hybrid? On the back plastic there are these 2 little holes near the bottom corners. Why?????????
Does anybody have the Spigen Ultra Hybrid? On the back plastic there are these 2 little holes near the bottom corners. Why?????????
mine is finally here, geez UPS took freaking forever. my dogs really had to go take a shit but I didn't wanna go outside for fear of missing them
Anybody concerned about burn in, especially with Apple saying it will happen?
I normally watch tv shows on my phone at full brightness, but I'm nervous to on the X over fear of burn in, especially since so many shows have the networks logo sitting in the same spot on the screen throughout the episode.
I normally watch tv shows on my phone at full brightness, but I'm nervous to on the X over fear of burn in, especially since so many shows have the networks logo sitting in the same spot on the screen throughout the episode.
XEETECHCARE, EverythingApplePro and Techisode TV have also done speed tests, similar results. Ironically the Galaxy line of phones actually get much quicker when you go into dev tools in settings and reduce animation times. If you turn them off completely, apps start nigh on instantaneously.
Regarding why there is a difference and why the iPhone 7+ can be quicker than the iPhone X in such speed tests, it's likely down to a combination of optimisation and resolution. The iPhone 7+ uses a 1920 x 1080 display, whilst the iPhone X uses a 2436 x 1125 display. In other words, it's pushing roughly 32% more pixels. It's also pushing a whopping 194% more pixels than the standard iPhone 7.
The weird thing about the Note 8 competing so closely or better than the iPhone X in such tests, is that the Note 8 is actually also pushing 56% more pixels than the iPhone X.
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The "Plus" iPhones starting with the 6 Plus actually render at 2208x1242 internally and downscale to the screen (except in specific apps like games and video that render directly at native resolution). In terms of how many pixels the GPUs are having to push, the resolutions are therefore almost identical.
I actually did not realise that. Very strange thing to do. I wonder if the improved IQ is even worth the extra resources needed to render that resolution given the actual pixel density of the display.
The reason they do this is just because iOS's UI scaling only operates at integer scales of the original iPhone's scaling. For a 5.5" screen, Apple treats the Plus phones as if they were 736x414 resolution (compared to an original iPhone's 480x320) operating at 3x, which comes out to 2208x1242 - but they presumably wanted cheaper or easier-to-source panels, and thus the physical screen is 1920x1080.
If they wanted to render at native res, they'd either have to do 960x640 at 2x, in which case everything on-screen would be way smaller, or 640x360 at 3x, in which case you'd actually get less "real estate" than on a non-Plus 6/7/8 (which are 1334x750, or 667x375 at 2x).
More sources than not say the opposite and support what sangreal is saying.
And just like Apple notes in his link, there's varying degrees of how much True Tone can tweak the screen available to App devs. If it was improving color accuracy all the time, why would those options be there, and why would they recommend lessening and even turning off the effect when dealing with work that needs to be color accurate?
I'm sure Tom's Guide did get a slightly better reading in that instance, but that number could change depending on the ambient light.
I love True Tone for what it does when I'm reading general mail, and browsing the web. But if I'm showing off pictures, or editing photos/video, I turn it off temporarily.
Really liking this but it takes some getting used to...someone needs to make an animoji all app that isn't reliant on just one face recognition instance though...kid really wanted to send a poop animoji and it didn't recognize her face lol
Right - I'm just saying the Plus and X performance should be very comparable, since they're both rendering similar resolutions on the GPU.
My daughter is 6 and had a problem with it as well. Then i held the phone further away for her and it worked perfectly. i think it all has to do with distance.
It's not. Anyone's face will work. My daughter's been obsessed with it.
Don't put it too close is the only tip I could give.
Will Apple need to change the animoji name? There's a U.S trademark infringement lawsuit filed against Apple regarding the animoji name: https://www.scribd.com/document/362092175/Animoji-Complaint
I use the phone as a voice messaging service on messenger and I'm finding the volume to be very soft on my end. is this a common occurrence? That it's very soft in volume. this is via Facebook's app
Wow I'm finally able to post!!
I luckily got mine this past Saturday when I went to the mall for a completely different reason. The Apple Store there just so happened to have stock for store pickups and so I took a chance and got the last Space Grey iPhone X. Also ended up getting my brother his.
So far I'm in love with it. This is the damn upgrade we should've gotten when the iPhone 7 released. It's such a different experience coming from the iPhone 7 Plus, and the camera on this thing is amazing. I thought the 7 Plus cameras were so good, I was wrong.
I'm still getting used to the gestures.
I luckily got mine this past Saturday when I went to the mall for a completely different reason. The Apple Store there just so happened to have stock for store pickups and so I took a chance and got the last Space Grey iPhone X. Also ended up getting my brother his.
So far I'm in love with it. This is the damn upgrade we should've gotten when the iPhone 7 released. It's such a different experience coming from the iPhone 7 Plus, and the camera on this thing is amazing. I thought the 7 Plus cameras were so good, I was wrong.
I'm still getting used to the gestures.
Agreed although that piano black 7 was sweet at the time I probably would have gotten one if they offered one in white: glad I waited! Side note has anyone tried a tempered glass case? I don't want to put this in a case but know I'm asking for trouble...
Same - I emailed them too. Still using this ringke until I get a temporary screen protector though. If the new lucid clear has a decent lip I'll take off the protector and switch to that case.
My guess with the ultra hybrid is to help getting the case on/off - so it doesn't create a vacuum? But don't know really. I returned it as I found the Ringke Fusion to be pretty much the same but felt and looked slimmer on the phone. And not holes in the back
Honestly sometimes I think the killer app is the "reveal on look" for notifications. The overall Face ID experience has been superb. The only part I didn't like, really, was initial setup, because it was so quick and aggressive on acceptance that I really had trouble feeling like I was performing the setup properly.
(EDIT: Actually, the real disappointment is simply being strongarmed into 256GB. Honestly have no reason to go above 128, but 64 is too tight. It's futureproof, I guess, but I'll be on to the next phone before I need it.)
(EDIT: Actually, the real disappointment is simply being strongarmed into 256GB. Honestly have no reason to go above 128, but 64 is too tight. It's futureproof, I guess, but I'll be on to the next phone before I need it.)
Good lord I didn't realize how slow my 6Plus had become...of course my X died being first day and all so I went back to my fully charged plus...painful.
I just emailed them because I was unhappy with it and wanted a partial refund or return. That's what the rep told me in an email so I'll just wait for that and end up with two cases.
Nice, thanks I'll try out the Ringke. I want a black edge one for my silver X. I guess the vacuum thing makes sense, but others don't need it haha. Weird design
Still waiting on being able to get mine. Tons of scalpers willing to sell to you for 1-200 over retail, but I'm not quite that desperate [yet...]
Right now just debating on whether to get one for the gf. I don't think she'd need that much storage so I think she'll be fine with 64GB. Man, two Xs is a not insignificant blow to the bank account, haha.
Right now just debating on whether to get one for the gf. I don't think she'd need that much storage so I think she'll be fine with 64GB. Man, two Xs is a not insignificant blow to the bank account, haha.
Got tired of space grey after two days and exchanged it for silver. This silver band is A+++. Was curious about the differences between chrome and stainless steel, and found out that the Chrysler Building is made of the latter and has only been ever cleaned twice since it was built in 1930.
I really would like to see a detailed test but it seems like most professional testers would think it's a waste of time and useless as the results would be obvious.
First person I actually see being disappointed with the SG after using it :(
Time to second guess my SG preorder again.
Why not look at them in person but instead second guess based on one opinion?
So far i am using on my iphone 7 the momentapp. Using it because it was the first where i could select the depth of field.
@topc: i preordered the x. i am so weak.
Living in a small place, the only local store only had one silver unit to display last Friday. Perhaps this week I can see it. Although, I'm not too keen on changing or making a new preorder. The wait is already excruciating as it is.
I just found the color to be unremarkable. I've always had a black or space grey iphone and the SG in the X felt like it couldn't decide which color it wanted to be...in certain light it almost looked like that old samsung blue/black, and it didn't appeal to me. If it was jetblack, i think i would have been ok with it. They really should have straight up did a tribute to the iphone 3G colorways and made a jet black option with a silver stainless steel band. The SG X feels like a picked-over and over designed color.
Halide if you know how to achieve the effect you want without presets. I think it's also on sale right now in lieu of the iPhone X launch (as I said before, their use of the ears is great too; it really looks like it's made for the X from ground up). They launched a YT channel yesterday so you can watch some footage of the app to make up your mind: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihOic5gBug5K-cxaymwhQw/videos?disable_polymer=1
For editing images with depth data I also have Slor, Anamorphic and SWRLY. Some people scoff at it but I love the whole computational photography thing with post focus etc. Can't wait for future improvements, obviously there are still problems with fine detail and some other stuff.
Yeah the silver X is an exact match to the white 3G/3GS, with the black front, chrome rim, and white back.
My 3GS was black but I remember thinking that if I could choose again I'd go white. In subsequent iPhones I only considered the ones with a black front. I like the display to blend in when off.
Apple made it easy for me to choose silver (white) this time around but I guess from a mix of people being mostly inclined towards it, it resembling sometimes the colorway of some cheap Samsung phones I see around with a chrome plastic (?) rim around and otherwise white back (and front), I thought sticking to the more bespoke, aparently less popular and more discreet SG. Also I liked the real life pictures of it and the way the camera blends.
It's going in a case anyway. I need to stop sweating it.
It seems weird to me that they're like "We redesigned the app for the iPhone X" and part of their apparent redesign is the yellow box in the top right hand corner is cut off by the rounded corners...
Really? Every screenshot I can find of it has the corner cut off. There's no information in it at least, but it's still ugly.
Oh, yes. I see it now. The box isn't always there, only when you're actually changing that value. When you stop adjusting it the yellow box fades, that's why I didn't notice it and why it doesn't bother me