iPhone X

Five 'iPhone X' stories September 2017 - March 2018

If the ‘notch’ is inevitable, do you prefer Apple’s or Essential’s take? [Poll]

Justin Duino Mar 1 2018 - 5:45 pm PT

During MWC 2018, we saw a growing number of Android OEMs announcement new phones that feature the “notch” popularized by the iPhone X. While the Essential Phone did have one first, it wasn’t as prominent and didn’t include as many sensors as Apple’s.

With it seeming inevitable that more companies will use a notch in future Android handsets, do you prefer the small Essential Phone notch or the larger one in the iPhone X?

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Google Voice finally updated with iPhone X optimization

Peter Cao Feb 1 2018 - 4:29 pm PT

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Several months after the iPhone X’s release, Google has finally updated its Voice application to support the new screen resolution.

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Doogee V is a Frankenstein of Galaxy S9 leaks & iPhone X, w/ in-display fingerprint scanner

Ben Schoon Jan 6 2018 - 7:33 am PT

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It’s not uncommon at all for smartphone manufacturers to pull from the competition for ideas, but some makers copy other brands with no restraint at all. Now, a new smartphone is coming to the market from Chinese manufacturer Doogee, and it pulls ideas from everything…

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This Android app lets you ’embrace the notch’ from the iPhone X on your phone

Ben Schoon Sep 18 2017 - 2:48 pm PT

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While Andy Rubin’s startup Essential took a lot of heat for its front-facing camera cutout, Apple is seeing quite a lot of backlash surrounding the much larger cutout on the iPhone X. Now, thanks to the work of a developer, Android users can “embrace the notch.”

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Opinion: Apple’s take on the ‘bezel-less’ UI is unintuitive, and Android is far better suited for it

Ben Schoon Sep 13 2017 - 2:08 pm PT

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Yesterday Apple announced its latest crop of products, and as has been rumored for quite a while, that included the debut of the iPhone X. The X is the biggest step forward in iPhone design in a long time, but it certainly comes with its fair share of compromises.

One of those is the lack of a fingerprint sensor which, speaking truthfully, is already an absolute deal breaker for me. But there’s also a new way of navigating the phone — mostly through gestures. So far, I think that this may actually end up being the more infuriating move, especially considering what we’ve seen on Android devices using similar designs.

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