Be honest: how long did it take you to get used to it?

[travis4380]

Didn’t take long as I only had the iPhone 7+ for a year. Everything before that was an android. So for me I welcomed not having a home button and less bezel. I would like the size of screen to be closer to a full 6”.

 

[calebt]

I don't even own a X yet, but it took about fifteen trips to the stores.

 

[Mits5139]

About an hour and a half. It’s pretty slick once you get used to it and intuitive. I like it. I agree on the Web OS and BB10 comment as well

 

[TripleOne]

About an hour and a half. It’s pretty slick once you get used to it and intuitive. I like it. I agree on the Web OS and BB10 comment as well

It sure is!
Very simple and easy to use.

 

[iwoodland]

2 minutes! Literally!

 

[Terb]

Couple hours max...

 

[msm0511]

I was thinking about getting an iPad Pro after Christmas, but after using my niece's tablet I think I'm gonna wait and hopefully they'll bring FaceID and the gestures to iPad. I don't wanna go back to using a home button anytime soon after using the gestures.

 

[swarlos]

I was thinking about getting an iPad Pro after Christmas, but after using my niece's tablet I think I'm gonna wait and hopefully they'll bring FaceID and the gestures to iPad. I don't wanna go back to using a home button anytime soon after using the gestures.

Yeah I’ve been wanting an iPad again as well but after using the X I definitely will wait till they add FaceID to the lineup.

 

[TripleOne]

I was thinking about getting an iPad Pro after Christmas, but after using my niece's tablet I think I'm gonna wait and hopefully they'll bring FaceID and the gestures to iPad. I don't wanna go back to using a home button anytime soon after using the gestures.

I’m hoping for a redesigned iPad Pro next year

 

[popkurn611]

I find it pretty wild how acclimated we all became to a “home button” over the last decade and the fact that Apple made this transition to gestures with such ease and adaptation is quite impressive. When I heard the home button was gone back in October I immediately became closed off and said I will not buy this phone. I convinced myself I wouldn’t be able to use gestures on a phone, I mean who in the industry besides blackberry does that?! Well, I definitely caved and got the X and was beyond shocked at how natural the gestures are executed from my fingers! Not all the gestures are ideal, but the most important ones I don’t even think about. I don’t miss the home button one bit, I don’t wish I still had one or wonder what if the X had one. There is no need for it with this device. Now the Face ID is a whole other story but for what it is worth it works quite well, just has some limitations over Touch ID that I do admit to be missing

 

[Ric_D]

I'll throw my 2 cents worth in here. I was so skeptical about Face ID and the lack of a home button that I bought an iPhone 8 when they came out. After playing around with the iPhone X in the Apple Store, I started to reconsider and I took the plunge when Apple released the SIM-free iPhone X. The learning curve was swift for me (hours) and I can't believe how natural the whole experience feels. Face ID is amazing!

My iPhone 8 is going on eBay.

 

[nappalonia]

WebOS and BlackBerry 10 users from the past will probably instantly adapt! lol

This^^

Former Blackberry 10 user (well, I still use passport on wifi for work emails) caught on instantly. I only wish it was less tedious to close out of an app...once you swipe up on an app in BB10 there is an x at the bottom of the app to close out.

 

[Innerchild]

About 15 seconds. I had watched several review videos before it arrived but mostly it was like coming home to Blackberry OS10 which was full gesture based. Love the X.

 

[sekelani]

It took me a day and I was used to it.

 

[Raptor007]

Its been a pretty easy transition from the prior iphones to the X, I miss the battery % and feel Apple should allow us to have the % or the icon. FaceID is slower than TouchID in that you have to be looking at it and it takes longer to open things but it's easier at other times.

 

[Cladster]

5 mins.

 

[hatchettjack]

About 2 minutes! Loved my palm pre back in the day also

 

[sunnysideup22125]

I’m used to it but I after a month of ownership I don’t love Face ID. I find I end up having to use my pin more than I did with Touch ID. At first I was impressed that it would work with my huge aviator sunnies on but more and more I notice that it’s annoying to have to raise it. It’s not like I have to lift it all the way but sometimes it’s just faster to type my password then to try to get Face ID to recognize me.

 

[djg21]

To be perfectly honest a day at most. The only thing I still find myself messing up is when I go to close apps. I forget about the second step of long pressing till the red circle is there to start swiping away. Other than that it became second nature really quick.

I wish that in a future iOS update, Apple would include a way to shut down all apps at ones, for instance by a prolonged press of the delete icon. I also wish there were a way to simultaneously close all open web pages in safari. These were both hacks that could be installed from Cydia on jailbroken phones that I miss. I haven’t been jailbroken in years because all of the other jailbreak hacks I liked have essentially been built into the iOS.

Getting used to the lack of home button didn’t take long. I do find myself going to the bottom of the screen to pull up the control center from time to time, but that’s just a matter of habit and will pass. I also occasionally forget what buttons to press to take a screenshot, or to reboot the phone. I don’t do these things often, but I’m sure I’ll become more accustomed to the phone over time — I’ve only been using an iPhone X for two weeks.

 

[iOS ???]

Right away. Maybe because all the iPhone X videos I was watching before I got it. I understood how it worked and saw it over and over again. Got it and started off like nothing. I picked up my 7 plus and I caught myself trying to swipe up.