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The iPhone X from an Android user’s perspective

2017-09-16T09:20:01-04:00

It's been almost a year since the Google Pixel made me put down my iPhone and transformed me from a Google apps user on Apple hardware to a pure Google acolyte. In the grand tug of war between mobile religions, I'm now pulled in the direction of Android, and I can't express much regret about it. But Apple has just made official its biggest redesign and rethink of the iPhone ever, and so I was definitely curious about the iPhone X and the future it paints for the Apple ecosystem. As it turns out, though, the iPhone X really isn't a phone designed to draw me back in; it's more customer service to existing iPhone users than an appeal to new one …

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5 best and worst features of the iPhone X

2017-09-15T13:19:43-04:00

Apple's new iPhone X, unveiled on Tuesday with an edge-to-edge OLED display and a $999 price tag, is bound to shake up the high-end smartphone market in unforeseen ways. We don't know how it will impact Apple's overall sales, or whether it will set off a kind of mobile arms race to see which phone maker can outdo the other in the upper premium price point.

It's already dividing both diehard Apple fans and longtime iOS detractors over the very idea of a phone costing into the four digits. More than any device before it, the X is testing both the value we put on smartphones and consumers' willingness to pay for the best Apple to has offer.

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Are you buying the new iPhone?

2017-09-15T12:41:53-04:00

Preorders for the new iPhone 8 and 8 Plus began early this morning, and it looks like many consumers are still debating whether to upgrade to the new models or hold out for the premium iPhone X, which is slated for a November release. With the Note 8 also hitting stores today and the Google Pixel still on deck for an official announcement, we polled The Verge's staff to see why they are or are not looking to upgrade to the new iPhone, and whether Animoji, Face ID, and a bezel-less screen are enough to push them over for the more expensive device.

Sean O'Kane, Reporter

I resigned myself to the high probability that I'd want the iPhone X when …

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Apple’s wireless AirPods charging case is reportedly coming in December for $69

2017-09-14T13:15:06-04:00

Apple spoke very briefly about AirPods at Tuesday's big iPhone X event, and only really mentioned that the truly wireless earbuds would, like the new phones, be capable of wireless charging using a new case. Now, MacRumors is reporting via Macprime that the refreshed case with Qi wireless charging could come later this year at a price of $69.

As MacRumors points out, that's the same price as a replacement for the current case if the owner is out of warranty. Otherwise, there's a lot that's still unknown about how Apple will make this switch. Will the company simply add the new case to its inventory and sell it alongside the original $159 Ai …

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Which Apple Watch should you buy?

2017-09-14T12:59:37-04:00

Apple's big iPhone reveal on Tuesday was a hardware extravaganza, with the new $999 iPhone X sucking up a lot of the air in the company's lavish new Steve Jobs Theatre. But the Apple Watch, more so than any of the less-prominent (and less-expensive) Apple products shown off, earned some significant onstage time, thanks to an introduction of the new LTE-capable Apple Watch Series 3.

We pretty much knew the device was coming, just as we all had a good idea of what the iPhone X would look like and how much it would cost. (It helps, too, that an image the Apple Watch Series 3 could be dug up in a firmware leak of iOS 11 last weekend.) Still, no …

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Apple is turning a design quirk into the iPhone X’s defining feature

2017-09-14T10:59:02-04:00

iPhone X | Image: Apple

Draw me an iPhone.

The lines may be squiggly, the rounded corners imperfect, but almost everyone you pose this challenge to will present you with the shape of a rectangle containing another rectangle sat atop a circle. The iPhone's silhouette is the most iconic outline in all of modern technology, recognized by even diehard Android fanboys and featured on the side of "Made for iPhone" accessory boxes around the world. It's a brand and a logo in its own right.

Now, after 10 years of the home button and big bezels, Apple is giving us something new. The notch. The monobrow. The annoying black protrusion getting in the way of your photos and v …

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Apple’s iPhone X notch is an odd design choice

2017-09-14T08:49:28-04:00

Apple's new iPhone X has a spectacular edge-to-edge display that dominates the entire front of the device. Well, nearly the entire front. Unlike Xiaomi's Mi Mix 2, Samsung's Galaxy S8, and LG's V30, Apple hasn't kept the iPhone X top bezel intact; and compared to the Essential Phone, its camera array is much, much more noticeable… and odd-looking.

While the iPhone X design was leaked several times before Apple was able to officially unveil it, the company revealed this week that it is fully embracing the notch and not hiding it away with software. It's a move that has generated a lot of discussion online, both during the leaks and after App …

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Apple TV 4K vs. Roku Ultra vs. Amazon Fire TV: comparing the top video streaming gadgets

2017-09-13T13:45:12-04:00

Apple announced the Apple TV 4K yesterday, an updated version of its living room set-top box that adds support for 4K and HDR video and boosts the processing power. There's not much else new compared to the prior fourth-generation device: it offers the same apps, Siri remote, and a centralized TV hub that aggregates video from participating content providers.

Apple's option is just one in a sea of competitors

But Apple's option is just one in a sea of competitors. Google, Amazon, Roku, and even technically Microsoft (if you count the Xbox One S as a streaming box) all offer 4K (and more recently HDR) boxes or streaming sticks for your TV.

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The $999 iPhone X was an inevitability

2017-09-13T13:33:34-04:00

With Tuesday's announcement of the iPhone X, which comes with an edge-to-edge OLED display and starts at a staggering $999, it's worth reflecting on how such a once-luxury device could transition to mass-market status and then flow back toward its premium perch. When details about the phone, nearly all of which leaked ahead of the time, began surfacing months back, its eye-popping price was immediately the subject of controversy. Was Apple doing the industry a favor by giving its flagship product a nearly four-digit price tag, or was it crossing a line?

The debate hasn't changed much now that we know the device's name, what it looks like, a …

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The iPhone X is designed for a generation of selfie takers

2017-09-13T11:56:19-04:00

The biggest news out of Apple's event yesterday was the debut of its wild iPhone X. Apple saved the device for last and took its time expounding the phone's technical feats, yet the highlight of the presentation was far more carefree: an overview of animated emoji, a selfie portrait mode, and Snapchat filters.

The iPhone X represents, in Apple's words, "the future of the smartphone." Its Super Retina display has essentially no bezels. Its cameras are loaded with new hardware to support facial recognition, and the home button is replaced by gesture controls. Although it's impressive to some, those details aren't going to sell this $1,000 pho …

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