iPhone X The "I will return my iPhone X" - Thread

[barjam]

Going from an iPhone 7 to the X was the biggest upgrade I hade had in all my years of iPhone usage. Having the larger screen has drastically lowered my iPad usage because the screen is finally big enough to be really used.

I am guessing the folks posting on here aren’t heavy phone users? During work hours I am constantly on mine returning emails, setting up meetings and the like. The screen size is spectacular for that.

The negligible price difference between the X and the 7/8 was made up for me in a week due to increased productivity.

To each their own though!

 

[macher]

Going from an iPhone 7 to the X was the biggest upgrade I hade had in all my years of iPhone usage. Having the larger screen has drastically lowered my iPad usage because the screen is finally big enough to be really used.

I am guessing the folks posting on here aren’t heavy phone users? During work hours I am constantly on mine returning emails, setting up meetings and the like. The screen size is spectacular for that.

The negligible price difference between the X and the 7/8 was made up for me in a week due to increased productivity.

To each their own though!

It wasn’t the price for me not even a little bit. The X footprint didn’t work for me.

 

[barjam]

It wasn’t the price for me not even a little bit. The X footprint didn’t work for me.

It is effectively the same as the 6/7/8. Were you a + person?

 

[Aguila05]

The X hardware is the best in the business. But when you open up the home screen and use it ‘it’s just another iPhone’. Which isn’t a bad thing but it’s just another iPhone.

Those felt like honest thoughts. Thank you for sharing that.
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I am a bit sad right now.

I have decided that I will return my iPhone X... I got it a few hours ago (Germany), installation went smoothly. First impressions: I hate the sharp edges between the screen / back and the metal, and I also cannot comfortably reach the emoticon/keyboard button in the lower left side with my thumb (I use the phone with one hand), which is a deal-breaker. Also, the display changes color too much when viewing at slight angles, reminds me of 10 year old LCD displays unfortunately.

I owned every iPhone since the start, and this is the first one I will be returning. Disappointing.

Am I alone?

I never had an iPhone X. But, solely based on what you said, I think you made the right decision. Did you get another phone after returning the X?
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So turn True Tone off. The viewing angles are better with the X than most OLED displays. It is clearly superior to LCD. The sharpness, the contrast ratios, the absolute black.

Viewing angles are better? How's that even a valid comment? When your screen turns blue as soon as you move the phone around

OLED has better viewing angles than any LCD IPS or not. You might have a defective screen?

That's absolutely false. A google Pixel screen does not have better viewing angles than an iPhone 6. OLED screens can look disgustingly blue as soon as you tilt them a few degrees.
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So turn True Tone off. The viewing angles are better with the X than most OLED displays. It is clearly superior to LCD. The sharpness, the contrast ratios, the absolute black.

You forgot to say Burn-in, blue shift and completely obsolete after a year.
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Fact is...it won’t work for everyone and we all have different wants and needs. Tons and tons of iPhones are returned every year. No reason to get agitated, or throw around labels over someone wanting to return their iPhone X.

Exactly, they get triggered when someone does not validate their $1000 stupid purchase.

 

[autofree]

Return window for holiday purchasers ends 1/8.

I assume this means I can return tomorrow?

Any last minute returners?

I returned my iphone X last night at 8:55pm, right before store close.

It's a nice phone, but it wasn't a big enough upgrade over my 7+. It was not noticeably faster than my 7+. Camera was barely better (only marginally in low light). And i did miss touch ID and double click home for multitasking.

 

[Aguila05]

I returned my iphone X last night at 8:55pm, right before store close.

It's a nice phone, but it wasn't a big enough upgrade over my 7+. It was not noticeably faster than my 7+. Camera was barely better (only marginally in low light). And i did miss touch ID and double click home for multitasking.

You made a good decision.

 

[noobinator]

FYI If you initiated the return online you still have until the 17th to drop it in the mail if you purchased in the holiday window.

 

[archvile]

I wound up returning/exchanging mine because it had red/pink light bleed on the left side near the volume buttons and the top left ear. Exchanged it for a Black version that as soon as I got home and looked at it in non-Apple Store lighting, the entire right half of the screen had a pink tint to it. This is looking at it dead-on and not at any angle. So I just returned it for now. Both of them had horrible color shift at angles too. I think my Apple Store just may have had a bad batch of them. I went back to the 8 for now which surprisingly I am very content with, I do enjoy Touch ID and don't have to worry "will Face ID work?" when I go to unlock my phone. Even though it only failed a few times, I just don't feel it has that level of unsurpassed trust that Touch ID does.

 

[barjam]

I wound up returning/exchanging mine because it had red/pink light bleed on the left side near the volume buttons and the top left ear. Exchanged it for a Black version that as soon as I got home and looked at it in non-Apple Store lighting, the entire right half of the screen had a pink tint to it. This is looking at it dead-on and not at any angle. So I just returned it for now. Both of them had horrible color shift at angles too. I think my Apple Store just may have had a bad batch of them. I went back to the 8 for now which surprisingly I am very content with, I do enjoy Touch ID and don't have to worry "will Face ID work?" when I go to unlock my phone. Even though it only failed a few times, I just don't feel it has that level of unsurpassed trust that Touch ID does.

I was the opposite, I was happy to be rid of unreliable Touch ID for something that worked better! I have only had a handful of FaceID misses so far, I would have many a day with TouchID.

 

[newellj]

I was the opposite, I was happy to be rid of unreliable Touch ID for something that worked better! I have only had a handful of FaceID misses so far, I would have many a day with TouchID.

It would be interesting to see how people's satisfaction with TouchID correlates with iPhone models. I would guess that satisfaction is lower with the 5S and 6 and higher with the 6S, 7 and 8, but I could be wrong. I was blown away with the improvement from the 6 to the 6S. My two adult sons both finally upgraded from a 5S within the past month and both had had a lot of complaints about TouchID with those phones.

And I might be wrong about that guess, too...

 

[noobinator]

Ended up packing up my X that I purchased in mid December to be returned. For me it came down to a few things:

1. FaceID - it is really cool. I love the tech and look forward to what they are doing with it. However, there's just something a bit clunky about it at this point in my opinion. In addition I have my phone lying on my desk quite often and have to tilt it up or enter my pass code. It also fails more often than TouchID on my previous devices. It works most of the time but less than TouchID.

2. Size/screen - This one hurts because I love the form factor of the X but I do miss the extra width of the Plus models and having some different options of apps in Landscape mode on the plus models.

3. Battery - It is good but not near as good as my last Plus model.

4. Price - I can afford it but the price compared to similar models isn't worth it yet IMO.

I picked up an 8 Plus from a friend who owned the X and 8 plus. I got it for $600. So I still get many benefits of the X (wireless charging, glass back, fast processor etc...) for a bit over half the price of my X. I paid nearly $1100 for my X after taxes and the 8 Plus for $600 and no tax. Now I have $500 to try and buy a used Pixel 2.

Both phones are amazing and this one was a hard decision. I'll miss the OLED screen of the X and the form factor.

 

[Bearxor]

So I had used an X for about a month, swapped back to my 7+ for a few weeks and then back to the X for another few weeks.

Tonight I swapped the SIM back in to my 7+ and it will stay there.

I have had to put my PIN code in so many times over the past few weeks it’s not funny.

The weird interaction with Apple Pay where I have to hold the phone to see my face then put it on the reader is a way worse experience than simply tapping my phone to the reader with my thumb on the home button.

And, finally, I just can’t get over this 19.5:9 screen. I don’t mind the display. I still think the bezels are a bit too fat compared to competing products.

I don’t mind the notch and I know that FaceID is the future so I’ll have to deal with it next year.

If the iPhone XS+ keeps the notch but brings back the 16:9 aspect ratio I’ll probably be a lot happier. Have to wait and see.

 

[magbarn]

Returned mine awhile ago and I’m glad as of today, hardly any of my medical software still hasn’t been upgraded for the X. Therefore making the X screen about as usable as a 8 instead of a 8+...

TouchId also superior while driving for obvious reasons...

 

[blco02]

Thanks for this post. Makes me not regret passing on the X.