New video catches Apple's iPhone X ahead of Nov. 3 release date
A video uploaded on Saturday appears to show yet another iPhone X "in the wild," despite even preorders having to wait until next Friday.
In the 10-second clip, found on Reddit, a person shows off the back of a silver phone, unlocks it with a vertical swipe, then opens Instagram. While the hardware's authenticity can't be guaranteed and its provenance is unknown, it carries all of the design traits of the real iPhone X such as a glass back, a vertically-aligned rear camera, and a sensor notch interrupting an edge-to-edge display.
A number of iPhone X units have already been seen in the hands of Apple workers in San Francisco. Since the device was officially revealed last month, there may be no special reason to prevent staff from using it in public -- especially if they're conducting real-world testing that could result in later iOS updates.
The iPhone X is expected to be in very short supply when it arrives on Nov. 3, owing to production bottlenecks related to the TrueDepth camera used for Face ID and animoji. Indeed Apple COO Jeff Williams is expected to discuss the issue when he meets with Foxconn chairman Terry Gou later this month.
In the 10-second clip, found on Reddit, a person shows off the back of a silver phone, unlocks it with a vertical swipe, then opens Instagram. While the hardware's authenticity can't be guaranteed and its provenance is unknown, it carries all of the design traits of the real iPhone X such as a glass back, a vertically-aligned rear camera, and a sensor notch interrupting an edge-to-edge display.
A number of iPhone X units have already been seen in the hands of Apple workers in San Francisco. Since the device was officially revealed last month, there may be no special reason to prevent staff from using it in public -- especially if they're conducting real-world testing that could result in later iOS updates.
The iPhone X is expected to be in very short supply when it arrives on Nov. 3, owing to production bottlenecks related to the TrueDepth camera used for Face ID and animoji. Indeed Apple COO Jeff Williams is expected to discuss the issue when he meets with Foxconn chairman Terry Gou later this month.
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That notch is certainly...noticeable. And I didn't really like the look that much in this clip, all shiny and reflective. But I suppose the 8plus would look the same the way it has been filmed.
edit: on the matter of the glass back, it must be pretty strong, I recall when the 4 came out apart from the whole antenna gate meme, there were a lot of complaints about the glass back breaking.
I wonder if he is going to catch heat.
In another forum, somebody tracked him down and claimed to have been met with dickishness.
Keep in mind commenters on the thread said the Instagram app hadn’t been updated for the X with regards to the Safe Zone or whatever.
I think what I will do is get the X as soon as I can, then if I don't like it return it for an 8 plus.
I am beginning to wonder if Apple may be at the end of the road in terms of the design/functionality of the iPhone form factor as we've known it for the past ten years.
The iPhone has never been symmetrical either vertically or horizontally. The "notch" is not intrusive in fact there is no notch. The screen is intrusive, it's intruding up into the bezel area, which means that you can now have status information there which means that that strip across your screen with status information does not need to be there any more. What you refer to as a 'notch' is in fact the phone itself, namely the sensor array. What appears to you as a notch is in fact what you get when you add two tangs from the screen to the bezel. It's not as if there was ever going to be screen there so it is not notched.
When you watch a movie it will by default fill the top and bottom first and fall well short of the bezel. If you have a very wide 1:2.39 movie then it will automatically size right up to the bottom of the bezel. You can still tap to enlarge if you want.
This sounds awfully doublespeaky.
All kidding aside, if it bothers me, I can always sell it maybe for more than I paid for.
It’s also about 40% heavier than my iPhone 6, despite being only a few millimeters taller and wider, and about a millimeter thicker.
I’m really curious to check this thing out in person.
Since 1982 with the Lisa, Apple UI design has had a top menu/information bar on the home screen/page and in most software.
That upper menu/information bar continued all the way to the current iOS. I'm looking at it now on my iPad.
* What the iPhone X does is split the information bar to the top corners.
- Then iPhone X takes the middle area of the information bar (which would be used for showing the time) and put the front facing modules in that space.
* Result with the iPhone X? Top information bar + front facing modules in the same space.
As with current iOS, software usually would be below the top information bar. This is not changed with iPhone X.
- The only serious complaint imo would be with full screen video. But with the iPhone X, 16:9 video can be shown with black bars side to side which leaves out the top information bar/front module area.
* So, I see no problem with the iPhone X UI.
- What I do see is a large screen phone in a very compact design.
- My next iPhone will have this X front design simply because it is efficient; it's physically a bit bigger than an iPhone 6/7/8 with a much larger screen.
It has more battery per space, so that explains the weight since battery weight a lot.
The screen is bigger than your 6 in most uses too.