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I’m skipping this generation. I feel like the iPhone x is a beta test
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The X is more like early access rather than a beta test, I can't see the depth sensors and screen etc changing all that much next year.
If people are expecting a different phone next year in terms of design (i.e the black bar gone) or touchID coming back, you're out of your minds 
Apple will ride this design for 2 years, all we'll get next year are some improvements in terms of face recognition like we did with touchID the second year, as well as a nice spec bump and camera improvements
The demand for the X has been crazy, rightly so
Apple will ride this design for 2 years, all we'll get next year are some improvements in terms of face recognition like we did with touchID the second year, as well as a nice spec bump and camera improvements
The demand for the X has been crazy, rightly so
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If people are expecting a different phone next year in terms of design (i.e the black bar gone) or touchID coming back, you're out of your minds
Apple will ride this design for 2 years, all we'll get next year are some improvements in terms of face recognition like we did with touchID the second year, as well as a nice spec bump and camera improvements
The demand for the X has been crazy, rightly so
Only 2 years? Probably more like 4
How long has the iPhone 6 design been around now?
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Touch ID debuted with the 5S and wasn't updated till the 6S, not really the 2nd year. I don't expect Face ID to change next year.If people are expecting a different phone next year in terms of design (i.e the black bar gone) or touchID coming back, you're out of your minds
Apple will ride this design for 2 years, all we'll get next year are some improvements in terms of face recognition like we did with touchID the second year, as well as a nice spec bump and camera improvements
The demand for the X has been crazy, rightly so
6S had the big leap in Touch ID but the 6 also had marked improvements in terms of speed and reliability
Yet most reviews recommend buying the GS8 plus, simply because the extra features for the Note 8 don't represent good enough value to warrant the extra cost, plus the 8 plus has better battery life. iOS is no longer a significant enough factor to justify a £1000 price tag when you can get just as good a phone (if not better) from Samsung or even OnePlus for quite a bit less.
In fact it wouldn't make a tat worth of difference to me what the OS was. If the phone is too much money (and it is) then I would not buy it, as I would never feel comfortable owning something whereby I felt I had been ripped off.
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You're comparing the wrong things... iOS justifies the £699 cost... when the Pixel 2 and S8 are in the low £600s. So 10-15% premium for iOS.
The X doesn't have direct competition in the marketplace at the moment.
Yet many reviews are saying the Galaxy S8 is the best phone your money can buy right now (and they took the X into account). I just don't see where the X scores any knock out blows against the opposition, including the iPhone 8 8 plus.
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Screen / size / package / build quality.
The S8 has a big mark against it... it runs Android
The S8 has a big mark against it... it runs Android
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Face ID, AR, Performance, Camera
A huge mark. Plus the Apple ecosystem is very good
Android had face unlock back in 2012. AR... I'll just have to find another way to play Dungeons & Dragons with my friends.
Please don't tar the Android experience like this, it's only 99.9% (i.e not running stock Android on a Pixel) bad! Try 8.0 or better still 8.1 on a Pixel and then tell me it's clunky and unfinished.
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The of the best things Apple does is put the icing on the cake, whether with re-hashed technology or in some rare cases, emerging technology of it's own. As it stand I don't think Apple has the best display, camera or audio out there at the minute and I doubt the X with change that, but hopefully it will be a complete polished package otherwise my pre-order will be getting sent back.
This side by side keeps popping up in the video reviews. To me, the X looked washed out / no as vibrant as the 8 plus.
Look at the greens in the phone and message app.
Yes I’m sure in person, the OLED with a contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1 is going to look crap compared to the 1,300:1 LED on the 8!
Sure, but I'm talking about this image.