iPhone X

There are likely to be no devices running iOS 16 My iPhone X is stuck on iOS 16 with no way to upgrade. [...] Despite being in daily use for 8 years it still has 81% battery capacity, has never been dropped, has a great OLED screen, can record 4K@60 video. [...] The only real shortcoming compared to a modern iPhone is the low light camera performance. [...] I can't use the ChatGPT app and have to use it via the browser, but the Gemini app works fine.

Been using the X for about 3 years now,it works really well for its age,battery life is mid and can get slow(lags when running prompts on Gemini)but the performance is amazing.I can play most heavy games with not a lot of heating

[...] While iOS 7 and iOS 11 also felt unpolished due to their extensive redesigns, in actual use, iOS 26’s roughness feels unprecedented (I have an iPod running iOS 7.0.4 and an iPhone X on iOS 11). Beyond the endless bugs, the system’s UI and rounded corners are chaotic and inconsistent. [...] Now the iPad gives you three choices: either use Stage Manager and multi-window mode to boost productivity, or stick to simple mode without split-screen. But once you remove the keyboard and mouse, the split-screen and Slide Over interactions designed specifically for touch suddenly disappear. [...]

[...] The iPhone X actually has the most detailed screen. When i look at the same photos, somehow the X has better color and details than up iphone 14 max (i have every iphone till 14). [...] What really drove that in was when my art teacher took a shot of me with my camera and holy shit it was one of the best pics I've seen. [...]

watching this from my iPhone X 256GB. [...] i got it as refurbished, with 100% battery health in march and it works perfectly! although it does overheat after some time, but it’s only when i am playing games and when i use instagram and such but it’s not that big of a problem for me (or when i use it too much..) it has 5 hours of use time, probably enough if you be careful with it 😂. i just wish we, who use iPhone X, would get the iOS 17 at least because some important apps require iOS 17 or higher. [...]

I have an iPhone XS on IOS 18, and it's such a good phone. This is after I had to return my refurbished Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 because it broke under warranty, I cannot believe how good this 9 year old phone feels compared to a much newer foldable.

I still use my ip 13 even though i upgraded to 17 pro i just love using my ip 13.It’s at 78 per battery health and i use it as my secondary phone as i like to keep my 17 pro clean, I’m thinking about replacing the battery and overall i just love using my ip 13.

[...] unfortunately later years saw cheaper phones with a very similar styling. Mine ended up suffering ghost touches a little more than two years after I got it and so I upgraded to the 12 pro which i am still using to this day. [...]

[...] It's refreshing to get your take on it especially since I have similar priorities in a phone: essentially just battery, camera and UX. Couldn't care less about games, animojis, movie experiences, speakers, etc. on my phone. [...]

I remember holding an iphone X briefly years ago and was impressed by how comfortable it felt, having always been a fan of compact phones, even though Ive owned mostly Samsungs . [...] There are certain modern features id have trouble giving up, like ultrawide cam , but the X has a decent camera. I agree about how "natural " looking photos are an increasing rarity lately (both newer samsung and iphone have serious overprocessing problem w stock software). Speaking of less processing, the time i first tried Iphone for a year or 2, was on the original SE ( uses 6s's camera) and experienced the exact same thing with "natural " photos . [...] Maybe the 12 mini represents the closest upgrade path to the X, considering form factor and , importantly, that HDR can be turned OFF for photos/vids , unlike the 13 and above.... [...]

Update from an iPhone X I said to myself. [...] What I didn’t tell myself is that I also now need to update my AppleWatch (teacher here! I only wear it at work and Disney), all of the accessories to make my phone work in my even more ancient car, and chargers (wall and external)

Rewatching this to feel new because I just got my iPhone X back from motherboard repair with a new battery whilst waiting for the launch of 14 lineup, can't stand buying the current 13 lineup yet, there is not even that much big of a design change other than features. Hopefully the 14 lineup this year could finally make me feel the worth of an upgrade.

Phone is so badass everything is just perfect about it in my opinion but they only reason why I returned it and got 8 plus instead was battery life.. this phone is shit like complete shit in battery life at least in my usage standards. iPhone 8 Plus I cannot kill that phone in one day but iPhone X dies on me in half the day so stupid when you have such a good hardware the gestures were so good to use I miss that part I might get the new iPhone if apple don’t fuck up in battery life again

The iPhone X was better than the 6-8, I think the screen filling the whole thing helped it out, but it was still too large for my liking. [...] I found it interesting that the intro of the Duo talked about how it had 90% of the screen of the iPhone 18, as a way to talk up how big it is. [...] The iPhone mini screen was only .1” smaller than the 8 Plus, in a form factor that was smaller than the normal 8. [...]

[...] Battery still decent at 72%. Photos still good enough. [...] It is the best iPhone I owned (3, 6s). But yeah, spotlight is slow and the phone constantly runs out of storage, so apps need to be deleted before installing updates and least used apps are constantly removed. Additionally the screens are way better now and you do see the difference with photos made on an iPhone 16. I guess I'll upgrade late this year when I am sure the 17 (pro?) is a reliable piece of hardware, like my iPhone XS is.

until today i've had an iphone x which i like just fine tbh but the battery is starting to go and the speaker is garbage. i can't hear like anything anymore without headphones

[...] I'm considering the iPhone X for my mom, but I've come across the following criticisms (read on reddit) which unfortunately neither you, nor others have even touched. [...] The turtle-slow wireless charging and slow fast charging (saw mrwhoseyourboss's video) and the exclusion of fast charging. [...] The bugs in iOS 11 which makes it seem like a beta, which makes the phone slower than the Android flagships. [...]

[...] Apple iOS home screen is a copy and evolution of PalmOS user interface, down to four buttons, pages, graffiti area and so on. Palm's phone (Android running one) copies Apple Watch's user interface as home screen like a revenge, with a iPhone X-esque camera bump. [...] Second, Apple is a slow moving company. [...] They are the last company to move OLEDs on their phone, because they want to implement without any apparent flaws and with a long life. i.e.: My parent's Samsung A9 2018 phones have screen burn-in, but my iPhone X doesn't. [...] My 12 year old MacBook Pro still runs like day one despite being hammered for years for high performance computing, and its disk still shows 10% wear. Like every company, Apple makes mistake (these keyboards were bad, yes), but they are sometimes misunderstood (you can only charge that upside down, but charging it for 2 minutes gives you 8 hours of use, so get a coffee and flex at least).

I use an iphone xs and i am gonna be honest, the battery life is SO BAD that it would take less than 5 hours for the charge to run out. And dont get me started on the fact that if you charge the phone when it just shut down, it starts at a higher charging level which is a malfuction and gradually goes down and down until it reaches what the actual percentage is. Other then that, it is a pretty good phone considering its almost 10 yrs old

I remember how the iPhone X was scandalous because it was the first smartphone to cost 1000 bucks and i remember how ridiculous the price was to me too and how i thought that i would never spend that money on a phone. [...] It looked and felt like an expensive piece of sculptural art in my hand. Every other phone looked awfully cheap and outdated next to it. [...]

In my experience, Apple phones are pretty good at not being obsolete. I gave my old iPhone X to my father who's still using it, 9 years later, with software updates to iOS. Compare that to the Google Pixel 2 (which came out in the same year), got it's last software update 3 years later.

I gave my 7 year old iPhone XS (which still works perfectly and fast, and gets updates) to my mum. The battery was at 70% so I decided to get a replacement. The local malls repair shop had a spare battery in stock - they fixed it while I bought groceries.

My iPhone X worked fine for 7 years, even without a battery replacement. [...] I wanted a larger screen and better zoom lens, so I upgraded earlier this year but I absolutely didn't have to and didn't feel any pressure from Apple to do so. [...]

Fast charge doesn’t seem to hurt. For me a year is nothing though, my phone is on its 4th year, my daughter has my old iphone X.

Even my "ancient" iPhone X does it so rarely, I don't lose any context. [...]

My iPhone Xs is about 7 years old now, and I haven't replaced the battery yet. I won't buy Apple or Google again though, it's GrapheneOS or bust next.

youtube just randomly recommending this video to me seven years later in 2025 is crazy, it hits me with so much nostalgia lol

dude you are first person I have come across that hates FaceID. I HATE IT TOO. I've had my iPhone X for about 6 months now and it frustrates me on a daily basis

[...] and before that I had an iPhone XS I think -- that one I managed to break the screen (the only time I've ever done that, I dropped it in a metal elevator). I replaced the screen but it was never the same. [...]

my phone has crossed into the age where apps are dropping support for it. It's an iPhone X that came out in 2017. [...]

I finally ordered a new (used) phone cause my iPhone X doesn’t support anything newer than iOS 16 and my banking app is stopping its support for iOS 16 at the end of the year🧍🏻 which is a bit of shame cause otherwise this phone has had zero problems since I got it in 2021 and it still works perfectly

The ones I took out my Mid-Market apartment window looked pretty true to my eye. But I had an iPhone X, which was 3 years old at the time. Perhaps the correction had gotten worse in newer iPhones.

I keep my old iPhone X powered on as a handheld gaming device. It still gets software patches now and then. Funnily, even though the device is in its forsaken era, most of the applications I used to use daily still gets updates too. Not being able to update an app on it is a rarity.

I haven’t seen anyone mention this yet, but… other than the Duo, the iPhones have been the same size since the iPhone X? Obviously not counting the Max/Plus/Mini lines, but the standard ones have had 6”-ish screens for almost a decade now (and the screen itself has increased in size, but that’s because they decreased the bezels), so they’ve hardly made a new phone that is larger than the one before since then. Personally, I quite like the size of the standard iPhones, fits in my pocket, can use it one handed well enough, and the display is big enough to comfortably view content. [...]

The iPhone X also had smooth rounded edges and was small by modern standards (bigger than the 3GS, though). [...]

Hard agree but only because I think TouchID on the sleep/wake button sucks. The home button-less design and gestures introduced on the iPhone X were obviously designed in tandem and only work with FaceID. I have Touch ID disabled on all of my devices that have it because it's so damn annoying now.

I had the 12 mini (before it I had an iPhone SE, then iPhone X, then the 12 mini), which unfortunately did not work for me because the battery drained too fast. Really hope you're wrong and we do eventually get some more one-handed phones in the future, especially once battery tech evolves.

[...] I destroyed my iPhone on a multi-day hiking trip a few years ago and, for international travel, I really like having a workable backup which, if I could even find it, my iPhone X isn't at this point. [...]

Fantastic news, Motorola is known for prioritizing DC dimming on their screens, which many report significantly reduces eye strain [1]. I was never aware of the issue, I thought my switch to an OLED phone (iPhone xs) just coincided with getting older and normal tired eyes of aging. But when I switched to a pixel phone my eyes began blurring and aching to an extent I started to research a bit and found that the pixel screens had extremely low Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) rate for screen dimming, apparently as a cost saving measure, and eye strain was a common complaint. I do not experience anything like it with desktop/laptop IPS screens. [...]

Fantastic news, Motorola is known for prioritizing DC dimming on their screens, which many report significantly reduces eye strain [1]. I was never aware of the issue, I thought my switch to an OLED phone (iPhone xs) just coincided with getting older and normal tired eyes of aging. But when I switched to a pixel phone my eyes began blurring and aching to an extent I started to research a bit and found that the pixel screens had extremely low Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) rate for screen dimming, apparently as a cost saving measure, and eye strain was a common complaint. I do not experience anything like it with desktop/laptop IPS screens. [...]

I had kind of accepted maybe I had brain damage or something when it came to typing on my phone recently. I pulled out my iphone X the other day and had the most validating feeling of "I can type on my phone again".

[...] I've upgraded my old iPhone XS last year to the latest and greatest 16 to see what changed (not much), the old one was still fast (in fact faster than a most upper-midrange Androids, its insane how much of a lead Apple has) and the battery was good. I considered selling it, but quickly had to realize it was worth almost nothing. [...]

I have an old iPhone XS lying around with a broken digitizer. [...] Though the screen itself, camera, CPU etc. [...]

I've seen every new OS update leading to M1 Air performance degrade, at this point I'm pretty convinced Apple is doing this intentionally. Edit: Same experience with iPhone X Edit2: I still remember the feeling when I got them initially - that Apple is on customer's side, but now I feel totally helpless and i'm being forced to upgrade

[...] Gone caseless with iPhone X, 12, and 13 Pros for years now and have gotten some scratches to the sides and a small crack on the back glass here or there, but no significant screen scratches or breaks. [...] Last time I broke the front screen of a phone was an HTC Evo.

The iPhone X had Apple’s best camera. Every version since has over processed its photos. Like an E30 BMW, I wish Apple would have never stopped making that device.

[...] I'll get a new one when this one dies and then I had 5 iterations worth of new stuff. Most of the people in my family and friends have iPhone X, 11, 12, or 13s and run at varying degrees of "dead any day now" and "completely fine" (from old to new, generally).

I actually still love the iPhone X in every way. To me, it’s perfect! I’ve owned an android for the past 6 years and this phone made me switch!

I just got my IPhone X today (I’m late I know) and I have to say I love it, absolutely love it. [...]

My iPhone XS Max has an amazing battery health😂 even after many years of having it