iPhone X review: Apple’s future is very bright

Which is to say the iPhone X is stunning to look at and even more impressive to hold. It’s as if an Apple took off its shackles and designed the iPhone of our dreams. Throw in wireless charging, dust and water resistance, and improved stereo speakers, and it’s easy to conclude that Apple doesn’t have a more beautiful design anywhere in its portfolio.

The display isn’t just bigger, but more beautiful to look at, too, thanks to the move to OLED, which offers 1,000,000 to 1 contrast ratio. According to Apple, the screen has been custom designed for the iPhone X, and the results are pretty spectacular. It doesn’t avoid the typical pitfalls of OLED technology, such as color shifting and the imminent specter of burn-in, but it’s the best in Apple’s mobile lineup, offering better color accuracy and a wide color gamut.

The design is accentuated by several small and very welcome additions, such as True Tone technology, support for Dolby Vision HDR, and some new hardware, including Apple’s A11 Bionic processor, which features a Neural Engine that the company says powers an artificial intelligence accelerator.

Clearly, there’s a lot to admire about the design. But there are a few things of note that hold it back. The notch is, at least initially, a big eyesore because it disrupts the display’s bezel-less appearance. The camera bump, meanwhile, is utterly gigantic. There’s also no headphone jack, which is still a divisive topic.

The iPhone X notch is a necessary evil due to the inclusion of Apple’s new TrueDepth camera system, which makes the company’s Face ID feature possible. The facial recognition technology is supposed to be the future of Apple’s mobile lineup, and after using it for the past week, I’m totally onboard.

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