I have pre-ordered two 64GB silver variants. The more I am watching the previews/reviews of actual devices (like Rene's), the more I am feeling that this phone is just not worth buying because if distinctly looks, feels, and behaves as a beta.
I have noticed all sorts of odd inconsistencies, from the major lack of proper app support (I know, out of Apple's hands), black bars to mask the "notch", UI/UX inconsistencies (like, why is the control center only pulled down from the right "horn", and the other 3/4 of the top are for notification center - lack of symmetry bugs me and is so distinctly not like Apple), bezels are much thicker in person than they appear on the promotional material, and the gestures (part I was most excited about) feel distinctly unfinished. (Take note of challenges reaching the top of the phone to execute certain actions, especially when there is no bezel present...it's hand gymnastics and ripe for dropping the phone, guaranteed.)
Next, the screen is actually smaller than that of the iPhone Plus series. It is 5.85" diagonal measured on a rectangular screen. When you take away the screen space lost to rounded corners, and then you account for the fact that the section of the screen where the notch lives is really not usable, you definitely have a screen smaller than 5.5" diagonal on a 2:1 aspect ratio, so it is both diagonally smaller and narrower. Finally, there is the Face ID. You can see that the reviewers are reaching when trying to claim that Face ID is better than Touch ID. At least none of them could argue that the fact that you have to give your phone "attention" (like it doesn't get enough of it anyway :tongue is a pain in the rear end.
Overall, my excitement is waning rapidly. This phone feels so un-Apple it makes me queasy. What are everyone else's thoughts?
I have noticed all sorts of odd inconsistencies, from the major lack of proper app support (I know, out of Apple's hands), black bars to mask the "notch", UI/UX inconsistencies (like, why is the control center only pulled down from the right "horn", and the other 3/4 of the top are for notification center - lack of symmetry bugs me and is so distinctly not like Apple), bezels are much thicker in person than they appear on the promotional material, and the gestures (part I was most excited about) feel distinctly unfinished. (Take note of challenges reaching the top of the phone to execute certain actions, especially when there is no bezel present...it's hand gymnastics and ripe for dropping the phone, guaranteed.)
Next, the screen is actually smaller than that of the iPhone Plus series. It is 5.85" diagonal measured on a rectangular screen. When you take away the screen space lost to rounded corners, and then you account for the fact that the section of the screen where the notch lives is really not usable, you definitely have a screen smaller than 5.5" diagonal on a 2:1 aspect ratio, so it is both diagonally smaller and narrower. Finally, there is the Face ID. You can see that the reviewers are reaching when trying to claim that Face ID is better than Touch ID. At least none of them could argue that the fact that you have to give your phone "attention" (like it doesn't get enough of it anyway :tongue is a pain in the rear end.
Overall, my excitement is waning rapidly. This phone feels so un-Apple it makes me queasy. What are everyone else's thoughts?