iPhone X review: Early adopting the future

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14 pointsrbanffy8 comments

I find the two bumps ridiculous. A bump on the back to disturb physical interaction with the hardware, a bump on the screen to disturb mental interaction with the software. An ultimate antithesis to Apple's past leadership in design.

> An ultimate antithesis to Apple's past leadership in design.

Design leadership has been the same for a long time...

https://www.apple.com/leadership/jonathan-ive/

I think the prior comment references 'leadership' as a status ("Apple is the Leader in Design"), not a person or position ("Jony Ive leads the design team").

Maybe that’s not ideal?

Apples whole design ethos currently seems to be to make everything thinner.

I feel as though, for example, a slightly thicker laptop with more ports could be designed well, but maybe they’re not capable?

This is the first I've read of the glass back. Can anyone suggest a purpose for this other than making it easier to break?

Wireless charging.

Yep. It also looks and feels nice, IMO. The iPhone 4/4s had a glass back too, even without wireless charging.

Fwiw, you can do that with plastic too. It just needs to not be metal.

Then again, $1000 phone probably shouldn't be made of plastic.

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