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Which Phone will you order?

  • iPhone 8

    Votes: 19 1.2%
  • iPhone 8 plus

    Votes: 60 3.8%
  • iPhone X

    Votes: 1,527 96.6%

  • Total voters
    1,581
I'm done restoring from back-up and I am exploring.

First impressions...

1) Smooth as silk!
2) The screen seems smaller than my 6S. It's more narrow? I'm sure I'll get used to it, but at this very moment I want the phone to be bigger.
 
My phone is missing, the delivery guy delivered to the wrong address, it's Friday, I asked the neighbors for the package.
 
Does Apple send stuff out on Saturdays or only Monday-Friday? My order updated to preparing for shipment yesterday (Friday) at 1pm. I really hope they do as there will be a small chance I can get my iPhone on Monday :/
 
was supposed to get mine today and didnt. got "upgraded" to saturday delivery.

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Oh wow, how did you get that?? I had asked UPS if that was possible and they told me no, and that I’d have to wait till monday for it
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My phone is missing, the delivery guy delivered to the wrong address, it's Friday, I asked the neighbors for the package.

Oh wow, really?? Mine requires a signature so they better not deliver it to the wrong address
 
10 years of giving Apple way to much money!

About 10 years ago,June 2007, I lined up for the OG iPhone and thought it was the most amazing tech! A “full” computer in my pocket! After all this time, it’s crazy to think of a time when we didn’t have smart phones! Thanks Apple! I’m sure I’ll be around another 10 years!

Hope you all get yours ASAP. Enjoy!

FYI the last picture I’ll take with my old iPhone!

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First impressions...

1) Smooth as silk!
2) The screen seems smaller than my 6S. It's more narrow? I'm sure I'll get used to it, but at this very moment I want the phone to be bigger.

The screen is “factually” wider and taller than your 6S.. But the lack of the bezel around the screen now makes your thumb, in one-hand use, stretch further to the left (if in your left hand) and that can have the sense of narrowness. But it’s just the way the new screen is nearer to the edge of the unit.

Now in comparison to the Plus size phones - the screen of the X is ever so slightly thinner - but taller than them.

The casing in your hand dimension comparison:
iPhone 6S - 5.44 in by 2.64 in
iPhone X - 5.65 in by 2.79 in

So in every dimension your X is slightly larger than your 6S was. It would feel significantly smaller in your hands than a Plus - but the X’s screen itself is taller than the Plus and only 0.1 inches thinner than Plus. So they essentially gave you the screen of a Plus in a very slightly larger body than the nonPlus phones.

Great design. But the “mobs” will force Apple to make an XPlus next year.. just like they forced Apple into the Phablet market 3 years ago.

Never liked the hand-held size of my 6SPlus and 7Plus but needed that larger screen. Now I have the best of both worlds.. smaller hand held size (loved my iPhone 6 size in my hand) and the larger plus sized screen (in apps that have been optimized for it... *sigh*.. Tapatalk has not been yet....) .
 
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Mine just arrived at the local hub with delivery scheduled today between 12:45 and 4:45..... just a little longer to wait. Just 24 days from order to receipt.......

It’ll have been worth the wait.. Promise!

But like all of us tech weenies - you’ll be bored after a few days.. lol. Same ole iOS.
 
Man I hate when I apply the screen protector poorly. It's slightly off center but I guess I can live with it. Case and screen protector are applied. Now to set it up!

Congrats on the new phone. I have a case on mine but no protector yet. Which one did you go with?
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OH good lord who the hell remembers their encrypted backup password???

I had to reset all settings on my 6S then do a new backup and then try again.

WHY DON'T I WRITE THIS **** DOWN???

Keep all your passwords in one big excel file and be super disciplined in when you update it, etc. you can put it in the cloud too as a backup.
 
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Congrats on the new phone. I have a case on mine but no protector yet. Which one did you go with?
He mentioned earlier he uses Zagg Invisishield HD.. same one I’ve used for years.
Keep all your passwords in one big excel file and be super disciplined in when you update it, etc. you can put it in the cloud too as a backup.
This is my method too. Always in cloud. But make sure to password protect that Excel doc too. And that one you just have to memorize.
 
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OH good lord who the hell remembers their encrypted backup password???

I had to reset all settings on my 6S then do a new backup and then try again.

WHY DON'T I WRITE THIS **** DOWN???
I’m a big fan of 1Password. Use to hold all my passwords and sync to all my devices. Being paranoid I don’t use their cloud sync but do sync locally between all 5 of my devices.
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My phone is missing, the delivery guy delivered to the wrong address, it's Friday, I asked the neighbors for the package.
I honestly see this all to often myself. They transpose numbers and a neighbor gets my packages as often as I get theirs.
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It’ll have been worth the wait.. Promise!

But like all of us tech weenies - you’ll be bored after a few days.. lol. Same ole iOS.
Yea, I know, lol.... next on my list is the HomePod whenever that becomes available....it’s an addiction.
 
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No idea what's up with mine....still no delivery date and it still has not left Windsor Locks. So I'm guessing I'm out of luck till Monday
 
When did you order?
11/21. It just needs to take the next step, been sitting in Windsor Locks since 11:41 am yesterday, it got bumped from Friday delivery by a late plane. So got to Windsor Locks to late to head out to the local delivery point (which is it's next stop) But still has not left for the local point and delivery date is still showing as no information available.

Was hoping they'd deliver today
 
Does Apple send stuff out on Saturdays or only Monday-Friday? My order updated to preparing for shipment yesterday (Friday) at 1pm. I really hope they do as there will be a small chance I can get my iPhone on Monday :/
UPS only delivers on Saturdays when they've missed their Friday delivery commitment (and, then, it needs to be in an area that they do Saturday deliveries). Apple doesn't actually pay the extra for Saturday deliveries by default.
 
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