Overview iPhone X - frameless smartphone from Apple, which is spoken by all

Design and materials

Before proceeding to the design, a couple of words about the equipment: everything here is traditional, and without surprises. iPhone X, little daddy with stickers, documents and a paper clip to extract the cradle, headphones with Lightning-connector with Lightning adapter for mini-jack and charger odnoamperny. Everything.

iPhone X sold in two colors: silver and "gray space" (or, to speak in plain language, white and black). Apple store technology Onlyphones.ru He gave us to review the second option.

Due iPhone camera projection X twitches when on the surface. However, the case solves this problem. And for some it is not a problem at all.

On the front and back of the iPhone X «the most durable glass." To slap him, only a couple of touches, but personally I'm not scared. It still looks very cool and nice felt in the palm of your hand.

Judging by Drop TestGlass really strong. When the display iPhone 8 went cracks, building "dozens" remained almost unscathed. Therefore, the concerns associated with costly replacement in the case of household glass fall iPhone X, greatly exaggerated. Add to this now traditional protection IP67, the X and the iPhone will be a candidate for a long life in the hands of even the most clumsy owner.

glass enclosure surrounds the steel frame around the perimeter. The device gives the impression of a monolithic, no tactile transitions is not felt. If you think that a smartphone should be not only a utilitarian product, but also to bring joy, the iPhone X proves once again that Apple gadgets, there is no equal.

Dimensions and Display

Dimensions iPhone X constitute 143,6 × 70,9 × 7,7 mm and weighs 174 g It's bigger and heavier than the iPhone 8, but smaller and lighter iPhone 8 Plus. But the display of record iPhone X: 5.8 inches with a resolution of 2436 × 1125 pixels and a density of 458 ppi.

iPhone X - the first of a line with OLED-screen, the previous was with IPS. The transition to OLED allowed to raise the contrast of the display with 1300: 1 to 1,000,000: 1. This means that the black color on iPhone X screen really black.

OLED-displays allow you to save battery life and save a picture bright and readable at any angle. Unfortunately, OLED-screens do not last forever, so Apple recommends using automatic detection of brightness and automatic lock.

As iPhone, released this year, we received a True Tone - automatic adjustment of white balance and color temperature of the screen depending on the environment.

Cutout sensor

It's time to talk about what bothers many far more than technical specifications, - stolen "monobrovyu" pixels of the screen. Conveniently? It is. If the presence of the notch in the top of the display does not conflict with your sense of beauty, then you most likely will not notice anything. Maybe only that the Bluetooth icon, alarm and charge interest is no longer displayed., It is necessary to see them go to "Control Point".

Some applications on iPhone X screen look more ugly, but sooner or later they will be adapted. For example, in our application all is well, and here Telegram at the time of writing the review is not yet reconstructed.

What about the video too, do not worry. The fact that the sides iPhone X screen is not proportional to the length and height of traditional videos, clips and movies. Therefore, you will see roughly the same as when viewing recordings of old TV shows on a modern monitor: picture empty black bars on sides.

Face ID

Face recognition is perhaps the most ambitious innovation iPhone X. Face ID works correctly recognizes the face of the owner, even in the dark, and detects changes in appearance.

Occasionally Face ID for unknown reasons, does not work in such cases it is necessary to take advantage of the usual PIN code. The remaining shortcomings Face ID, among which mention the work in an upright position and the ability to remember only one person, seem utterly insignificant.

Also, face detection is useful in iMessage, it is in the "message", you can create and send Animoji - Emoji animated facial expressions with the user. Function, of course, not utilitarian, but in order to play a friendly correspondence and diversify, amiss.

Navigation

The iPhone X developers abandoned the single button on the screen, resulting in changed gestures. They are logical, are intuitive and very easy to get used to them. And if the rejection of Home - too radical a solution, then it can be returned via AssistiveTouch.

In the navigation, I noticed only one unpleasant thing: inconvenient location of language change button. Typing fingers of one hand until it is quite difficult to reach.

Camera

iPhone X External dual camera has a resolution of 12 megapixels. Aperture wide-angle lens - ƒ / 1,8, and telephoto - ƒ / 2,4 (unlike aperture "telephoto" 8 Plus - ƒ / 2,8). iPhone X camera shows consistently good for Apple gadgets result: highly detailed, correct auto focus and exposure. Sometimes biased only white balance, but not critical.

Also, the back camera is equipped with a dual-optical zoom and flash True Tone Quad-LED function Slow Sync. This flash allows you to work through the dark background of the frame separately from a close object.

On iPhone X can shoot 4K-video at 60 FPS, and slo-mo-video at 240 FPS. Both rearmost lens has optical stabilization.

The front camera has not undergone technical changes since the "Seven": the same 7 megapixel, ƒ / 2,2 and 1 video resolution 080p. But now she knows how to make pictures with a portrait lighting.

portrait Lighting

Won the individual test simulation mode portrait lighting. There are five kinds of light: daylight, studio, contour, scenic color and monochrome stage.

When choosing a stage light noticeable flaws in the contours and surrounding blackout and so tries to grab a part of the photographed hair. But with proper skill you can get great portraits. Do not forget that this is still a smartphone rather than a professional camera with a specialist in Photoshop in addition.

Performance

Of course, it should be said that iPhone X installed a new processor A11 Bionic, and his memory is 3 GB. But the average user is not very important, especially taking into account that serious smartphones have long been able to just about everything and almost equally well. What is really important: iOS 11 with all the features done on iPhone X works flawlessly, the heaviest flying toys, and hardware platform will become obsolete relatively soon.

For lovers of figures and statistics: in Geekbench iPhone X conceded Performance Plus is 8 and 8, and in the AnTuTu knocked a record score on smartphones, almost catching up with iPad Pro.

autonomy

On-board battery iPhone X capacity of 2716 mAh, which is equivalent to 21 hours of talk time, 12 hours of web surfing, 13 hours watching videos or 60 hours of audio listening. In fact, as usual: the active use of the smartphone will have to charge every day.

There are features fast and wireless charging. Both require separate adapters.

Verdict

Quite difficult to evaluate the device, which does not even compare. iPhone X stands out not only among the other representatives of the market, but also in a number of his predecessors. Therefore, the appearance of "ten" has led to a new split. If before the actual confrontation was iOS and Android, it is now appropriate to ask: «iPhone is no longer what it used to?". In my opinion, it is not the same - it is much better.

The appearance of a monolithic serious product, where a bundle of embedded features, more recently seemed futuristic - a rare phenomenon. Therefore, if you like all the most high-tech, do not admit of compromise and can afford it, there is no reason to abandon the purchase of iPhone X.

Buy iPhone X

The author expresses his gratitude to the store Onlyphones.ru for providing the test sample. In this store you can find a certified Apple equipment, including iPhone X without any modification of design and pre-order expectations.