-Smaller keyboard compared to Plus.<p>-Nearly all apps adding black bar to top and bottom which severely reduces screen size.<p>-Videos sized to full screen chop off the bottom, or if you don’t expand to full screen the video feels very small.<p>-FaceID didn’t work when phone was positioned on center console of car.<p>-FaceID takes 1+ sec to unlock compared to instant Touch sensor.<p>-No headphone jack unlike 6s Plus.<p>-No noticeable speed increase in web browsing and normal (non-gaming) activities compared to 6s Plus.<p>-If you lock phone using right side button, you need to click right side button again (?!) and then use FaceID to unlock.<p>-Weird (bad) glare in sunlight when wearing polarized sunglasses.<p>-Screen resolution and quality didn’t seem that much different/better then my 6s Plus except when looking at Photos.<p>-Corners of X chop off precious real estate from phone.<p>-Annoying to have to position fingers/hand at top left and right of phone to swipe to access menus.<p>-2716mAh battery of X compared to 2750mAh of 6s Plus.<p>-174gram weight of X compared to 188 grams for 6s Plus, so practically the same weight but much smaller screen.<p>Only positive was the camera did take nice pics.
There are literally hundres of updates for apps that make them iPhone X screen and FaceID friendly. Pretty prematured reaction to return a device because third party software isn't updated in the first hours of release.<p>Moreover, you were using it wrong: You don't have to click th button to use FaceID to unlock the device.
If you lock it with the side button you don’t need to hit the side button again. You can tap anywhere on the screen on the X to wake the screen up while locked.<p>And with the “one second to unlock”. You don’t have to wait for it just swipe up and usually it’ll be done by the time you finish gesturing. There are also scenarios in which it is faster eg when you tap on a notification on the lock screen it goes straight into the app instead of having to tap then Touch ID.<p>I’ve had a plus 6/6S/7 and yeah the screen is a bit smaller but I am kind of enjoying having a screen that is <i>almost</i> as big but it’s not so huge in my pocket. That said if they make a X Plus next year I would love that.
The X width matches the 6/6S/7/8 and not the Plus models even though the screen is diagonally longer due to a change in the aspect ratio. It’s not really a replacement for people who like Plus (like me, and it appears you).