iPhone 8 & iPhone X Thread

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poffle said:
So those who have had the phone for a few days now what's your verdicts? Pros/cons? Battery life and all the rest?
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The big screen is great for apps that have been updated - the boxed view for compatibility is a bit crap on older apps.

Don't notice the notch, and FaceId works most of the time. But it is slower than TouchId.

Feels weird using the home button on my iPad pro as swiping up to go to home feels natural now, but app switching and force closing apps are a longer process.

Battery seems good, but then I have never had issues with battery life.

You can't go wrong with the 8 or the X.
 
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tRoN said:
Istore says stock will be available mid November
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That’s a lot quicker than I expected.Will be interesting to see how quickly they sell and of course very dependent on how much stock SA gets.
 
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DisplayMate publishes results of iPhone X testing

DisplayMate has published its results of testing the iPhone X display and has called it the best smartphone display on the market.

The company specializes in making professional grade software for display calibration and also routinely publishes test results for popular devices on the market for the benefit of consumers, journalists and manufacturers.

Over the years Apple has had some of the highest rated displays on the market but it was usually Samsung who took the cake in terms of having the best smartphone display on the market in that particular year. This year, Apple has leapfrogged Samsung in the DisplayMate results.

Here are some notes from the article, which is worth reading in its entirety.

- The iPhone X display has the most accurate display of any phone DM has ever tested. In their own words, "It is the most color accurate display that we have ever measured. It is visually indistinguishable From perfect, and is very likely considerably better than any mobile display, monitor, TV or UHD TV that you have." The display targets sRGB and DCI-P3 and accurately hits both.

- The iPhone X display has the highest brightness for OLED smartphones, maxing out at 634 nits. The Galaxy Note8 in comparison goes up 423 nits with manual brightness and 560 nits in auto brightness. This results in a more readable display under bright sunlight.

- The iPhone X display uses a diamond sub-pixel layout, which puts the individual red, green and blue subpixels in a 45-degree tilted diamond layout for better anti-aliasing while displaying diagonal lines. It's identical to the one used by the Note8.

- The viewing angles are still impressive and there are only small deviances in brightness and color when viewed at an angle.

- The display can get as dim as 2 nits without sacrificing color accuracy. Usually LCD maintain their colors even at low brightness since the brightness is a factor of the backlight but OLEDs occasionally tend to shift colors at lower brightness levels, which isn't the case with the iPhone X.

- The display has one of the lowest reflectance DM has tested, making it easier to use in bright environments. It also works with polarized sunglasses in both, portrait and landscape orientations.

- DisplayMate concluded by saying that the iPhone X is 'the most innovative and high performance Smartphone display that we have ever tested'. They credited Samsung for the quality of the OLED panel but also pointed out that it was Apple's precise color calibration that got them the perfect scores. Essentially, Apple got higher scores with a Samsung display than what Samsung gets with its own displays.

https://www.gsmarena.com/displaymate_publishes_results_of_iphone_x_testing-news-28115.php
 
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FiestaST said:
DisplayMate publishes results of iPhone X testing

They credited Samsung for the quality of the OLED panel but also pointed out that it was Apple's precise color calibration that got them the perfect scores. Essentially, Apple got higher scores with a Samsung display than what Samsung gets with its own displays.
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Cue screams of outrage from Samsung fans in 3...2....1...
 
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iPhone X arrives in Israel, Malaysia, South Africa, and eleven other countries starting November 23

Apple announced on Tuesday that iPhone X will be available in an additional 14 countries by the end of the month. Starting with Israel on November 23, and continuing into Albania, Bosnia, Cambodia, Kosovo, Macau, Macedonia, Malaysia, Montenegro, Serbia, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand and Turkey on November 24, iPhone X will then be available in a total of 71 countries and territories around the world.

As of today, iPhone X is available in these 57 locations: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UAE, the UK, the US and US Virgin Islands.

Despite early rumors of short supplies, it appears that Apple has had plenty of inventory to fulfill demand in available countries.

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2017/1...-eleven-other-countries-starting-november-23/
 
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Now for pricing ... Comon local people release the pricing already
 
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samcro said:
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I don’t know who is crazy enough to buy this...Ouch.
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This is grey stock and people trying to take the Micky out of peeps. No ways anyone should be paying that. If they do they really need help form a psych
 
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SauRoNZA said:
You are playing right into my point.

Apple doesn't care about pretty pictures and frivolous nonsense, only usability.
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I disagree! They very much about the aesthetic, but their interpretation and no one else's.

They spent a lot of time developing their icons and icons continue to evolve with new versions of iOS. I also consider all the animations baked into iOS unnecessary eye candy. How about an option to switch those off? And I don't mean reduced motion.
 
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