iPhone X iPhone 6 -> iPhone X? Now or wait?

[LoveToMacRumors]

Next year iPhones will have the same design as the iPhone X, so get it now.

 

[parajba]

OMG. Have been playing with this ‘thing’ for 3 hours now.

It. Is. So. Fast.

Incredible.

And the screen. Oh that sweet screen.

FaceID works really well, and is definitely faster than my old TouchID. Can’t measure it per se but the whole unlocking experience is just so much better. You don’t even know it’s happening.

Very happy to have bought it.

Thanks all

 

[boltjames]

I am the owner of an iPhone 6 for more than 3 years, I kept it on iOS 10 and it is still working very well. Will not upgrade to iOS 11.

I have been thinking about upgrading to a Plus model for some time...then the X came out.

Has anybody done the same jump? I checked out the X in the stores and the screen seems in between the regular and the Plus size phones.

I am 50/50 between buying it or just waiting until Sep...is FaceID fast enough or is it better to wait until the 2nd iteration? Performance wise I think the X will be very fast (coming from a 6!).

I don't mind the notch, I don't watch movies on my phone as I have an iPad for that. I am worried that the X Plus will be a bit too big...

Thanks for your help!

I went from the 6 to the X in November and I couldn't be happier.

In fact, I transitioned my wife and two kids from their iPhone 6's to iPhone X's as well. It's simply the greatest consumer electronic item ever created. Don't wait. Go for it.

Edit: Ha ha. Glad you followed my advice so quickly. Congrats.

 

[rojo99]

I am the owner of an iPhone 6 for more than 3 years, I kept it on iOS 10 and it is still working very well. Will not upgrade to iOS 11.

I have been thinking about upgrading to a Plus model for some time...then the X came out.

Has anybody done the same jump? I checked out the X in the stores and the screen seems in between the regular and the Plus size phones.

I am 50/50 between buying it or just waiting until Sep...is FaceID fast enough or is it better to wait until the 2nd iteration? Performance wise I think the X will be very fast (coming from a 6!).

I don't mind the notch, I don't watch movies on my phone as I have an iPad for that. I am worried that the X Plus will be a bit too big...

Thanks for your help!

I've owned a 64GB iPhone 6S for a bit over two years now and been happy with it, but regrettably I did upgrade to iOS 11. It didn't really introduce much that was new, and my battery life suddenly dropped by around 20%. Really like the fingerprint recognition which have dropped so soon after having implemented it. I won't upgrade it to iOS 12, or maybe it will be called iOS XII. Since there is a new version of iOS each year and a new iPhone each year you would think would have things in sync by now. I've come to the point where I use very few of the new features, and DEFINITELY hate the removal of the jack for ear pods to listen to my tunes. Tried a friends bluetooth ear pods and the sound was poor let alone the fit just wasn't there. There is no way I could use them in the gym as they'd fall out all the time.
By the way, after iPhone X what will the next one be called? iPhone XI, iPhone Y, iPhone Z, iPhone 11 I must have missed something as I can't figure out what happened to iPhone 9. Whatever it's called I think have themselves in a bit of a pickle.

Also still running the late 2011 MacBook Pro with 8GB and still works fine although once I went Sierra, my MS Office for Mac and VMware Fusion slowed it considerably. Although the build quality back in 2011 was far superior to the current stuff that is being marketed, plus it's got this feature in it's design called magsafe! Oh magsafe, where art thou? Was there really no room for a magsafe connection? It's a laptop, not a laptop with a dongle for this, a dongle for that. In the last couple of months I've actually seen two new model MacBooks kicked to the floor in Starbucks when someone's tripped over the power cable. Unfortunately on one occasion, one of them didn't survive the fall. Oh, how I really miss Jobs now.

 

[1rottenapple]

Thanks all for the kind replies. Just bought a silver X 256

The main selling points (vs my iPhone 6) were:

Nicer screen and slightly bigger
Better battery life
Faster in general (my 6 was notably slower than my wife 6s Plus) and my apps keep reloading
Better camera
Convenience of FaceID

I do not watch media on my phone as I have an iPad for that.

An added 20 grams and a millimetre won't make a big difference in my case.

Oh yah the 1 gb of ram on the 6 was annoying. It constantly reloads websites even when your are tab browsing.

 

[parajba]

I went from the 6 to the X in November and I couldn't be happier.

In fact, I transitioned my wife and two kids from their iPhone 6's to iPhone X's as well. It's simply the greatest consumer electronic item ever created. Don't wait. Go for it.

Edit: Ha ha. Glad you followed my advice so quickly. Congrats.

If money is not an issue, this phone is simply amazing. I just cannot believe how different (I.e. better) it is compared to my iPhone 6.

Re money, yes it is expensive, but we use phones so much and for everything that if you actually calculate the cost per minute of use I bet it would be cheaper than your car, fridge, or even TV...

 

[boltjames]

If money is not an issue, this phone is simply amazing. I just cannot believe how different (I.e. better) it is compared to my iPhone 6.

Re money, yes it is expensive, but we use phones so much and for everything that if you actually calculate the cost per minute of use I bet it would be cheaper than your car, fridge, or even TV...

No question that if one is to invest in something that costs over $1000 doing so for an item you use as much as a smartphone is a no brainer.

After the keynote I was a very big iPhone X skeptic. I loved my 6. Didn't think the screen would be wide enough, was disappointed in the weight increase, thought Apple overplayed the animoji gimmick, didn't want a phone without a headphone jack, and of course Face ID which I thought would be awful compared to Touch ID.

I was wrong on all counts. The iPhone X is fantastic. Glad you're enjoying it.

If you didn't buy a wireless charger or a Bluetooth headphone yet, please do so. They are two of the biggest gamechangers related to the phone, the ease of nightstand charging and the freedom for your music, definitely awesome.