The iPhone X is the huge leap forward that Apple's handsets needed after ten years, and it's even better in 2021 thanks to its iOS 14 upgrade and continually-added new features. Aside from the original iPhone in 2007, the iPhone X had the biggest impact on Apple’s smartphone direction ever – and even its newest successors haven't changed much of its design innovations.
Apple itself is calling it the future of the smartphone, the embodiment of what it’s been trying to achieve for a decade. But while the iPhone X is all about premium parts and an all-new experience, it was a huge gamble for the Cupertino brand too – which paid off, as every new iPhone since then has largely kept the design, up to the latest iPhone 12 Pro.
Losing known, reliable elements like the Touch ID fingerprint scanner, the home button; introducing new methods of navigating and unlocking the phone – and charging a lot more for the privilege – seems risky for a company that was already treading new ground by doing away with the traditional headphone jack.
But the iPhone X is the handset we’d been demanding from Apple for years – a world away from the increasingly-tired designs leading up to the iPhone 8 that have continued to live in the nearly identical-looking iPhone SE 2020.
Watch our review of the iPhone X's design below.
The fervor around this phone tells that story – everyone wants to know if the iPhone X is worth having, partly because it actually represents a new iPhone, and that fervor is such that they don’t seem to care about the cost. Thankfully, that cost has come down over the years, and it's still a powerful phone.
So… is the iPhone X worth having? Did it change the direction of an industry where many of the specs Apple has put in – fast charging, wireless charging, bezel-less displays and face recognition – are already on the market?
We've had the iPhone X in our grasp for years now, and it's easily one of the best smartphones around – even in the face of the newest yet similar-looking iPhone 12 line including this phone's successor, the iPhone 12 Pro – but there are still a few things that might throw even long-time Apple fans.
If you're loving your iPhones X, or considering buying one, the package is about to get a lot more tempting now that iOS 14 is out. Apple's latest operating system brings many new features like widgets, Dark Mode and a range of app speed increases, so you can make the most of your iPhone experience.
It’s almost pointless to discuss the iPhone X price – it launched as the most expensive flagship phone on the market and it's still pricey now, but iPhone users are more willing than most to look past cost.
But, while the focus here is going to be on the technology, we still need to at least mention the price and release date. It's out now, having launched worldwide on November 3 2017. The price is harder to swallow.
At launch, the iPhone X cost $999 / £999 / AU$1,579 for the basic, 64GB model. If you wanted the larger 256GB model it cost $1,149 / £1,149 / AU$1,829.
Since then of course the iPhone XS has launched and as a result Apple has stopped selling the iPhone X. You can still buy it elsewhere though, and are looking at much more significant price drops in the years since it launched.
Although it's expensive for sure, you can use our iPhone X deals page (UK only) to ensure you get the best value contract available.
Screen
By far the best screen on an iPhone prior to XS
Clear, vibrant colors
Notch at top slightly irks, but doesn’t get in the way
The first thing you’ll notice about the new iPhone is hard to miss: the new screen blazes into your eyes the second you pick up the handset.
The 5.8-inch OLED display is, quite simply, the best thing Apple has ever crammed into an iPhone, or it was, until the iPhone XS arrived. It’s leaps ahead of the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus for so many reasons: the sharpness, the quality, the fact that it fills the whole front of the phone, and the color reproduction.
It’s also using a new, longer, screen, but while it looks larger than the iPhone 8 Plus’ 5.5-inch display on paper, it’s only marginally bigger in terms of actual screen real estate – it’s just stretched upwards, so it's taller, not wider.
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