Not me. I’ve been wanting the features of a Plus device in a smaller form factor. If they didn’t come out with the X this year, I was going to go to the “regular” 8. The size and OLED screen alone were a done deal for me.
I agree with this, but I think that the X is a step back in actual usability over the Plus. I think that's the biggest issue the OP is having, and I agree. I played with a display model this morning... I was not liking it, at all. It's still, basically, a two handed phone if you use Control Center often.
As someone who uses smartphones left handed, the control center gesture is about as ergonomic as the fingerprint sensor placement on a Galaxy Note 8.
The Reachability gesture is absolutely awful. The multi-tasking gesture is awful. Closing down backgrounded apps is awful (no one gives a $#!^ if we "have to do it," some of us don't want every app we use only 2-3x a day cluttering up that view, making it harder to find the apps we want at other times during the day). It's like you're walking a tight rope trying to activate half of these gestures, and with the screen/device being as compact as it is... well, not really good "feel," IMO.
I find it extremely unattractive that the drop-down shades for Notification Center and Control Center are distinctly different, as well... It seems like an odd choice to make.
I think the device looks good (though I despise PenTile screens, and can totally tell it's PenTile before any of the reviews "confirmed it" to me), and the speakers are somewhat better than the 7 Plus. The Camera isn't a huge improvement over the other phones - I've never used the Telephoto on my 7 Plus... ever (so that's a useless/wasted feature for me). FFCs on iPhones have been bad for quite a while, and this one is really no different.
The best "feature" this phone has is the form factor. It's roughly like an iPhone 8 Plus in the body of an iPhone 8, without having to deal with the laughably low res screen on the 8.
Touch ID is a superior biometric than Face ID. If that matters to you, then you're probably better off with a 7 or 8 device.
I kinda want it, for the size - provided the battery life really is 2 hours longer than an 8 (Manufacturers tend to overestimate, so I need battery reviews before I can believe that)... But so much of the "changes" are actually annoyances that I'm not sure that "benefit" is worth degrading the overall user experience.
If anything, it has made the iPhone 8 Plus look like a much better device to me. Too bad they raised the price on that one, too.
90% chance I stay on my 7 Plus.
I checked 4 Verizon stores around me. All of them still have iPhone X in 64 and 256GB SKU in stock. So, they don't seem to be selling so fast that anyone really has to rush to "impulse buy" on release day.
I actually think that iPhone 8 sales are going to increase now, as more people try the iPhone X out and see it as not being worth the luxury price, and instead settle for the 8 or 8 Plus (or even the iPhone 7 devices, since "previous year" iPhones are no longer limited only to 16GB (or base) storage).