Ohhh off topic sort of! But what are peoples reviews on the new iPhone 10? Was looking to buy one direct from Apple and just putting my pay monthly sim in it, but when I went to order it they said 5-6 week wait! So think I'll wait until I can get it the same day.
It’s brilliant! I was looking forward to getting it, it’s a lot of money for what is an iPhone like any other but works so well.
The phone looks stunning, absolutely seamless. I’ve had a few occasions where it’s frozen when testing Animoji’s, just inevitable software glitches that sort themselves out.. happened twice that’s worth noting... not a factor to consider when buying though.
The edge to edge screen is fab, it looks awesome when you increase the size of a video. I take these screens for granted, compared it to my mates Sony phone yesterday and wow, the clarity and detail is insane. His Sony in places just showed a dark screen, whereas on mine you’d see a rock face. The 4K test videos on You Tube are great.
Only once or twice have I gone to press the home button and it not be there, I got used to it within the hour and to be honest.. it’s smoother, much more fluent to use.
The phone is very fast, no waiting time at all.
Face ID? Now this was a reason I didn’t want the phone, I felt so disappointed to lose Touch ID but it’s fantastic. On Safari it searches for your face for passwords before it could cross your mind. Two days I’ve been using it, I’ve only had to enter my password once and that was about an hour ago. I’m in work with a hair net and ear defenders on, wear glasses at home and it’s not batted an eyelid. It’s even opened when my hand has been in front of my face, very impressive and it works just as well in the pitch black. It’s cool that you have to give it attention, you can wave the phone around in front of your save all you like, until you look it won’t unlock. Only very occasionally will it spend half a second scanning my face after I’ve swiped up to open it. 98% of the time, by the time your thumb has swiped up it’s unlocked, genuinely mind blowing. It’s like using an iPhone with no password, much better than Touch ID.. your finger is already on the screen.
It’s the well constructed, well thought out perks that we pay the Apple Premium for.. I’m impressed by one of them in particular. Notifications; lift the phone and it will show a notification as “New Reminder” “Text Message”, etc and will show that to anybody who picks it up. As soon as it sees your face, it shows you the full preview so only you can see what’s on your phone... fantastic!
Negative note?... I’ve always gone for white iPhones which I have in the X, but the still black front is a pig for dust!! It went in my pocket once and came out dusty. Wrap it up in a cover and tempered glass screen protector. Mine was in a case 30 seconds after it came out of a box. It’s in excess of £400 for the screen if replaced with the mic and speaker. I’m looking at the AppleCare+ plan for £199, 2 years extended warranty and screen replacements for £25!!
Well I ended up dragging that out, excuse the Apple Fanboy in me. Summary; get one and admire the beautiful build quality but be sure to wrap it up extremely tight.
Regards to waiting times, EE still have the offer of the free £130 Beats X headphones by the way. A mate ordered through Vodafone the day before yesterday and he will have his phone by Wednesday next week. The 256GB model will be more readily available. Apple wait times are extreme, go to a carrier.
- lovely phone too, already used to having no home button. 
