The stunning but imperfect iPhone X is still the best smartphone

Appearance and Design Compared

with previous generations of iPhones, the most intuitive change of iPhoneX as the "10th Anniversary Edition" is definitely the ID design.

Apple introduced a full screen for the first time on the X, killed the physical Home for the first time, and brought so many sensors for the first time... The first combination of several is the iPhoneX we have seen. Well, I admit that the frame of this product is still a little wider, and the bangs are still a bit of an eyesore...

Well, iPhoneX is finally no longer face blind. The overall design style of this product is round, whether it is the body, the corners of the screen, or the icons are round. When the screen is off, the sense of unity is still very strong.

The quality of this full screen is very high, with a size of 5.8 inches and a resolution of 2436×1125, 458ppi. Apple calls it SUPER RETINA. In addition, the screen material uses an OLED screen, which is also Apple’s first attempt. Apple officially claims that this is the first OLED screen that can meet Apple's design standards, with a contrast ratio of up to 1,000,000:1, a brightness of 625nits, and support for the P3 color gamut.

Yes, although it is the P row, the precision performance is still very good, and the display effect is very shocking.

This is especially true when the picture can fill the screen.

Yes, although the bezels are slightly wider, this is still a real full screen.

Pay attention here, if you can't see clearly, please turn up the screen brightness. This Qi Liuhai integrates various sensors, and it is with these sensors that iPhoneX brings new functions such as FaceID to users.

Seeing that the frame is still on the back, the classic stainless steel frame and double glass come back, which brings a different texture. Although there are many suspicions of a fingerprint collector, the appearance of the iPhone X is indeed very high.

As for the dual camera this time, a big improvement is that both lenses are equipped with optical image stabilization, which can greatly improve the film output rate.

I have to say that, looking at the appearance alone, although the iPhone X is not perfect, it is indeed amazing enough. Sometimes for the sake of function and design, there are some compromises that are not an Achilles heel. At least I think, this time, the cook doesn't have to press Old Joe's coffin board.

Brand-new interaction

As mentioned earlier, the iPhone X has done away with the Home button for the first time in a decade. Without the Home button, the entire interaction logic of iOS will have to change. The operating habit of pressing the Home button has been with users for nearly ten years, and how to change the operating habit is a big problem. So, Apple has brought users a new set of interactions that use swiping instead of clicking:

Of course, Apple has done a good job in interaction, and these new interaction methods are actually quite good after a period of use.

In fact, at the beginning, some people said that Apple might make some compromises, such as giving a virtual Home or something. However, I think this approach is simply stupid. What's the point of getting a full-screen virtual home? Android is logically rooted in the three-button King Kong, so I can't bear it. Apple wants to get a virtual home. Joe reckoned to jump out again.

The author simply made some GIFs to show the interaction: for

example, the traditional Home return, here is to swipe up from the bottom of the screen, in any application, such a swipe will return to the desktop.

For example, to switch in the background, you can press and hold the bottom bar to slide.

For example, the selection and closing of the background APP is achieved by swiping up to pull up the APP interface, and then pausing for a moment.

Of course, you can't forget the pull-down on both sides of the bangs, one is the control center, and the other is the notification center.

Of course, this is only the first generation of iPhoneX, the first generation of products that removed the physical Home, in the future, combined with 3D Press, obviously there will be more and more convenient ways to wait for users in terms of operation.

Ahem, but, in fact, the absence of the physical Home button makes the interaction somewhat subtle in operation.

For iPhones with physical Home buttons in all dynasties, no matter what environment the user is in, no matter what strange posture the user uses, as long as the Home button is pressed, the [lighting on the screen - fingerprint recognition - unlocking the screen - returning to the desktop] can be achieved. A complete set of operations. There is no doubt that, just like the touch typing of keyboards and mobile phones back then, these can be acquired gradually through gradual use.

However, when you use iPhone X, the process becomes: [Pick up the phone - automatically brighten the screen - adjust the posture - stare at the screen - high probability FACE ID recognition is successful - slide from the bottom to unlock - return to the desktop], if the small Probability of FACE ID recognition failure, huh, please re-enter the password to unlock... Although overall, it does not affect the functionality of the phone...

By the way, this APP will have a bottom Home bar displayed no matter what. It's actually quite annoying at times, but for the sake of full screen, so be it, I'll just endure it.

In general, iPhoneX, as the first new iPhone to kill the physical Home button, tries its best to analyze the true meaning of the full screen, and also brings a new set of interaction methods for this, and sliding has since become the future main mode of operation. Fortunately, the learning cost of this interactive method is not high, and it does not take much time to master. But to a certain extent, we also have to readjust our behavior for the new logic of the new mobile phone, which is obviously a sacrifice of efficiency. At this time, the mobile phone probably looks more like a cold tool.

The highlight: FACE ID (Face ID)

FACE ID, or face ID, is one of the biggest changes and expectations this generation of iPhone X has brought us.

Going back to this picture, why does X have this bangs? To a large extent, it is to realize the function of FaceID. What is FaceID? In simple terms, it can be understood that adult face recognition, because this generation has eliminated fingerprint recognition, so face recognition has become a reliable technical means.

But your father is your father after all. Other brands of smartphones use cameras for face recognition, but this one is different. It uses a pair of sensors to work together:

In this small area, iPhoneX integrates so many sensors, and it is precisely by relying on the original infrared lens and dot matrix projector, iPhoneX took out the most amazing black technology in this year's mobile phone products - FACE ID Facial recognition technology.

Using the dot matrix projector hidden in the "bangs" on the front panel, more than 30,000 invisible light spots are projected on the face to draw a unique face spectrum. At the same time, the flood light sensing element emits infrared light, and finally the infrared lens The dot pattern is read, an infrared image of it is captured, and the data is sent to a safe compartment in the A11 Bionic chip to confirm a match. Compared with the current facial recognition scheme of the Android camp, the FaceID of the iPhoneX is obviously one level higher. The information it uses is not traditional 2D information, but a three-dimensional, three-dimensional facial information, which is more reliable. Under the premise of high accuracy, the security is indeed improved a lot.

After talking for a long time, this technology is actually not difficult to use. Next, we invite Liu Xiang to demonstrate to everyone:

you can see that with Liu Xiang shaking his head in the picture, FaceID records the basic facial information, and then This information can be used for identification. This process is the same as TouchID, which requires user settings at the beginning, and it is very simple to follow the mobile phone prompts to set up.

Unlocking is also very convenient, as long as you face the screen, you can quickly complete the unlocking. At the same time, through the GIF above, we can also see that the infrared camera is constantly working when unlocking.

Of course, the author has a point of view: Regarding the unlocking of the mobile phone, the probability of failure is 10% higher, and it takes 0.5 seconds more each time, which is a huge disaster.

One of the first problems faced by Face ID is the success rate of unlocking.

One of the unlock success rate issues is styling. When unlocking, I have tried changing glasses, hairstyles, expressions, fake beards, etc. FaceID can be unlocked most of the time, and Apple officially announced that FaceID will conduct self-learning to enhance the response to various changes of the owner. resolution. So in short, styling issues are not a problem. Of course, you can't wear a mask, it's all over with a mask...

The second problem with unlocking success rate is the angle. In the process of using it, the author has failed to unlock FaceID several times due to the angle problem, and sometimes it is very annoying. But in short, most of the time, there is not much problem with the angle, and it is basically negligible.

The third problem of unlocking success rate is the light and shade. In theory, the use of infrared light to recognize FaceID should be indifferent to the problem of light and darkness. In fact, in my actual experience, in most cases, it can be unlocked by itself in dark nights. However, what is more painful is that I lie in bed in the middle of the night and want to play with my phone several times, but I can't unlock it no matter how I unlock it... I guess this is probably a problem of posture or shape, cover your face.

Unlock success rate question four makeup. In fact, what the iPhoneX recognizes is the depth information of the face, the structure of the entire face, although Japanese makeup, one of the four major sorcerers in Asia, is very good, but in fact it can't stop the iPhoneX.

Anyway, after trying many times, FaceID is still not as good as traditional fingerprint recognition in terms of unlocking success rate.

Let’s talk about the unlocking efficiency. How is the efficiency of this product compared to conventional fingerprints? Do

n’t even think about it. From the above picture, we can see that there is still a gap in efficiency between FaceID and fingerprints (the gap is not as big as the picture, and the speed of the GIF is relatively slow). In the past, unlocking a mobile phone only required the hand (fingerprint), and the blind operation can be completed. Now, the hand and the face are used together, which increases the complexity and time loss of unlocking. From this perspective, the face Identifying applicable scenarios is much smaller. In terms of unlocking, the FaceID picture is fresh and can be used for a long time, but it is still not convenient for fingerprint recognition.

PS: Of course, because all my mobile phones have front fingerprints, I can’t find products with back fingerprints to compare with X for the time being. Maybe FaceID will be more efficient than mobile phones with back fingerprints in some scenarios.

Then another classmate wants to ask, now that the facial recognition has been changed, how is the security? Will it automatically transfer money to my face...

Well, don't worry, the situation in the picture above will basically not happen. of.

One of the settings options is "Looking to activate Face ID", which means that if you're asleep, you don't have to worry about anyone being able to unlock your phone, transfer money, and more.

Oh, by the way, some media broke the news that a son took his mother's X for FaceID recognition, and the first recognition failed, and then the son entered the unlock password, and the X was successfully unlocked. After that, FaceID will be able to unlock by FaceID by default because of the intelligent learning function. This situation has not been encountered in the process of my use, and I do not know how other users are.

Face ID also has a particularly useful feature. When it is not unlocked, all notification information, such as text messages and emails, do not display details. But when the iPhone X finds you're watching, it automatically displays the details. No doubt, this thing is much smarter than most notification systems these days.

By the way, WeChat can already support the use of face ID for fast payment. This follow-up is still very timely. On the contrary, Ma Yun's father's Alipay seems to be lagging behind.

Whether it is a whimsical innovation or a compromise made for the full screen, in short, FaceID, as the biggest innovation in technology and experience of the iPhone X, the overall user experience is still quite impressive. Satisfied, although in some occasions, there are still some gaps between FaceID and TouchID, but we have reason to believe that in the future, these can be made up, and FaceID is not only limited to FaceID, this What the bangs and these powerful sensors bring about is the innovation of various technologies.

By the way, one more point, that bangs also has a very interesting function:

yes, the legendary dynamic Emoji, users can communicate with each other through these cute expressions (currently limited to iMessage), which is also considered to be through the sensor. Let's realize the application of AR function on mobile phones!

Performance and everyday experience

In fact, performance and daily experience are the most boring points. After all, it is the iPhone, okay, or the latest iPhone. There is no need to doubt the powerful A11 and the experience that the IOS with a good ecology can bring us.

A11 Bionic, or A11 bionic chip, 10nm process, independent architecture six core size cores, composed of 2 high-performance cores code-named Monsoon and 4 low-power cores code-named Mistral. From A9 to A10 to A11, it seems that Apple's single-core architecture has also hit the ceiling, so now it's starting to pile up cores. Of course, this generation of A11 single-core is still a 25% improvement over the A10, which is simply incredible. In addition, the most important thing is that this product is called a bionic chip, with the blessing of a "neural network engine", it will have excellent performance in artificial intelligence and AR.

As the saying goes, if you don't accept it, run for a point. Therefore, this product has properly beaten the Android camp again and again, and the Snapdragon 835s are crying and fainting in the toilet...

Of course, the most direct manifestation of powerful performance is in items such as audio-visual entertainment:

it is absolutely impossible to solve 4K . The pressure is this special-shaped full screen, there will always be black borders, but fortunately it is OLED, the black is basically pure black, and it is not too annoying.

However, the adaptation of this full screen still needs to be followed up in China. Many apps will be eaten by bangs like the picture.

In terms of game performance, iPhoneX is naturally also a strong point: there is

basically nothing to brag about, whether it is pesticides or collapse 3, anyway, mainstream games are all smooth.

And everyone knows the advantages of the full screen. The field of vision is like a hang-up. If no one sees you, you will come out of the grass...

In fact, the iPhone X also has a strong point of AR games, but I flipped through the APPSTORE , It seems that there are not many good AR games, so there is no significant experience. I hope there will be better and more products in the future.

As for the energy consumption ratio and heat generation, you don't need to worry too much. After all, it has reached 10nm, and Apple's architecture has always been the same as taking medicine:

So this heat is still very good. In fact, my own test data is better than Liu Xiang's, and the maximum temperature is only about 33 ℃.

In terms of charging and battery life, the iPhone X still has some unsatisfactory results. According to the calculations of civil authorities, the battery capacity of this generation of iPhone X is about 2700mah, which may be a little less than the Android camp.

This generation of iPhoneX not only supports wireless charging, but finally supports fast charging. The protocol used is the excellent USB PD protocol. However, its standard charger is still the abominable 5w charger, hehe.

What, you said you were going to buy PD fast charge? OK, third-party PD fast charging is not expensive anyway! However, what is really expensive is the USB-C to Lightning cable. Well, the regular cable is exclusively provided by Apple. The 1-meter model is priced at 188 yuan, and the 2-meter model is priced at 258 yuan! It's really a dreadful conspiracy!

The battery life performance is barely enough. After all, Android flagships can basically have about 50% of the battery remaining in a standard 5-hour battery life test. Although the performance of the iPhone X is better than that of the previous iPhones without PLUS, it is enough to last a day. , heavy users may also feel a little anxious.

However, the most annoying thing is the charging time. It takes 3 hours to charge, which is like a beeping dog

. By the way, iPhoneX supports IP67 waterproof, and it is no problem to encounter a little water every day. As for the test, I won't be so sick of throwing my phone into the water...

Let's talk about the daily experience here! How should I put it, in fact, there is no doubt about the daily performance of the iPhoneX. It is very good on the whole. Thanks to the powerful A11 bionic chip and a good IOS ecosystem, there must be no such thing as stuttering, and the game performance is even more The best of the best, the battery life is normal enough, and the daily experience will definitely satisfy the user. The only thing that makes people more helpless is probably the poor charging speed... Of course, if you choose wireless charging, I have nothing to say, and you choose to buy the original fast charge for iPhone, then I have nothing to say...

It looks like a bunker, with a 12-megapixel dual-lens, /1.8 aperture wide-angle plus f/2.4 aperture telephoto dual-camera, plus dual optical image stabilization, the iPhoneX ranks among all mobile phones with a high score of 97 points. second. However, it is also a matter of course to think about this achievement. After all, the imaging quality of previous generations of iPhones is remarkable. In addition, this generation of iPhoneX also has dual optical image stabilization blessing, and the imaging quality will definitely not be too bad.

The iPhone X can achieve 2x optical zoom through the wide-angle and telephoto lenses. In addition, with digital zoom, you can take photos with up to 10x zoom and videos with up to 6x zoom. More powerful than the previous generation.

In general, in this scene with excellent lighting conditions, the iPhone X has excellent film output and imaging quality, accurate white balance, high picture reproduction, and in-place details. As a mobile phone, it is really worth a blow.

Adding some special effects is a bit intimidating.

In fact, the biggest improvement brought by the dual-optical anti-shake lens to the iPhone X is the improvement in low light and night scenes, which not only ensures a higher filming rate, but also performs very well in terms of imaging quality.

In the room with relatively weak light, due to the addition of dual optical image stabilization, the purity of the picture is quite good at both the telephoto end and the wide-angle end, and the output rate is also quite high.

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After talking for a long time, this kind of conventional photography is a cloud, and the real big trick of the iPhone X in this regard is the portrait light effect.

"Portrait Lighting", its function is to illuminate the subject. It sounds like it is no different from Meitu Xiuxiu's "one-click whitening", but if you really think that this is one-click whitening, you will be blind. I personally think that this technology may seem nothing at the moment, but it symbolizes a new direction of future technological innovation.

Light is the most important part of taking photos. There is no doubt about this. For students who like to take selfies, if the lighting conditions are good, it is called high-quality selfies. Without further ado, let’s take a look at the sample comparison:
I believe everyone can see that the three identical photos with different lighting effects show different atmospheres. If I add some post-production, the final film will be quite different. This is the portrait lighting effect of iPhoneX. Its original intention is to illuminate the subject through intelligent calculation to achieve better portrait effect.

However, the upper limit of the portrait lighting effect is far more than that. Next, let's imagine the future. Note, I didn't say now, I mean future.

As mentioned above, the Qi Liuhai of iPhoneX has quite a lot of sensors. For the function of portrait light effect, the best way to realize it is to use the front infrared camera, dot matrix projection, etc. to perform 3D on the human face. Modeled, then shot with built-in lighting effects.

When it comes to obtaining face models through sensors, I wonder if you have thought of the following technology (high energy in front, dog eggs infested):

Yes, this is the motion capture technology that uses a bunch of sensors to turn living people into orangutans and Yanzu into dog eggs . In fact, in essence, portrait lighting effects and motion capture technology have the same purpose. They also use sensors to build 3D models and then perform post-processing.

So, think about it, even Yan Zu can turn into a smart phone that can get your face information through various sensors:

maybe as long as the hardware and algorithm are good enough, you can call the subject casually. Light, and through a series of intelligent algorithms, the final result of the film will even far exceed the current manual use of software such as Lightroom. What's more, maybe you can become a Fanda, too, nothing to worry about.

What about the camera? As far as the current camera is concerned, in any case, it is impossible to obtain your three-dimensional information through a bunch of sensors for character modeling, right? It is undeniable that in terms of picture quality alone, the bottom one inch is too big to crush people. In any case, the camera will be thrown ten blocks from the mobile phone. But when it comes to the future, mobile phones that use sensors and algorithms to play all kinds of flowers, and cameras that crush all kinds of image quality, may really have to part ways from now on.

iPhoneX, I only experienced it for a short period of time. In fact, in every aspect, this is a very good product, even an unparalleled product. It has brought the biggest innovation of the iPhone series in the past ten years, such as full screen, face ID, portrait lighting effects, various sensors, etc., all of which constitute this product with such an excellent experience.

Of course, the iPhone X is still a long way from being perfect, and even looking back in the future, this generation of iPhone X is just a transitional product, and various imperfections may make future generations scoff at it. But anyway, at a time when everyone is scrambling to claim that they are "real full-screen", Apple has begun to touch the future, and thus, the next decade of smartphones is beginning to emerge.

If you ask me to give some advice on buying it, you can buy it if you have money. Anyway, if you really want to buy it, you don’t care about the money. In general, this product is really the best smartphone at the moment. If you are really looking for a product that is close to perfection in all aspects, I still recommend to wait a little longer, because no matter how you look at it, although today has done the best, but on this road, iPhoneX is just a transition, you might as well Wait a minute, there may be a future that we can't see.
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