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[avaya]

Expecting UK iPhone contract pricing to be GBP65/mth for 20GB + a 256GB X on a 24mth contract for zero money down.

 

[Kyoufu]

I'll be upgrading to the 256GB model of X. Not a fan of the glass on the back though. It's going to need rinsing a lot.

 

[dc89]

 

[Salvadora]

The difference in pricing between the S8 & iPhone X is crazy.

 

[DOWN]

Weird year, but I’ll go for X

 

[Mr Swine]

Oh boy, my sis was confused by this. She thought the 8 and 8 plus where last years model and X was this years

 

[emag]

I didn't get to watch the conference what are the differences between iPhone 8 and iPhone X?

8+: 5.5" IPS LCD display + home button, large bezels, $799
X: 5.8" (5.15" for 16:9 content) HDR OLED display + FaceID, better cameras, $999

 

[MThanded]

Man, the real winner today is Android. And I say this as a long-time fan of Apple.

People say this after every presser and then they destroy sales numbers.

 

[Namikaze]

Wow, with that price, I'm good with my 7Plus. Waiting for next year might mean I can get Touch ID, an official charging pad and more.

I definitely want the new Apple Watch and Apple TV, though!

 

[fuzzyset]

OLED is a substantial upgrade. I like the design for the most part (minus the notch). My current phone is on it's last legs. I'm paying for it with financing.

The screen is probably ridiculously nice looking. It'll sell people on it when they stroll into the Apple store for the holidays.

 

[The Real Abed]

My 7+ is great. I don't see a need to get an 8+ right now especially since I wouldn't even be able to enjoy the glass casing what with the case I'd be using. But I look forward to seeing how the X technology matures over the next iteration or two. Obviously it's a brand new UI paradigm for them. It'll take a while for them to figure out how to properly get iOS to utilize it.

I hope videos can be set to not overlap the rounded corners though.

Also I don't like that it seems the "home button" line puts itself at the bottom in landscape mode even when in a game. I assume it's just because the game they were showing off isn't optimized for iOS 11 on the X yet so it's assuming it's on an 8 and expanding to fill the boundaries of the screen as if they were square.

And I'm still bothered by the bezels. Still as thick as they are on the 7 except now it goes all the way around. I'd be fine with slight bezels on the ends if they made the screen wrap around the edge like some Samsung phones.

 

[mrklaw]

Did the 8 go up in price in the US? I thought our exchange rate had finished fucking about but seems not.

Iphone X is 60% more expensive than an iPhone 7. They’re literally relying on people just lusting after one because logic would tell you to run the hell away.

 

[Deaf Spacker]

Because you don't actually ever pay a grand with contract prices.

Yes you do but over 18 - 24 months.

 

[SoundofSilence]

After what I saw today...

iPhone SE2 in March 2018 looks awfully tempting.

 

[borghe]

I mean is he wrong?

They removed Features and it seems half-baked. If they really wanted to add some things like Fingerprint reader in the screen, they could've just delayed it. This is obviously a cash grab.

lol. replacing fingerprint scanning (feature. not features.) with the most advanced consumer facial recognition is "half baked"... ffs.. this thread keeps delivering.

 

[RDreamer]

iPhone 8 Plus 256GB $949
iPhone X 64GB $999


who the hell is going to buy an iPhone 8 Plus?

I'm sorry but 64GB nowadays is completely and utterly unacceptable.

 

[karmaforgotme]

Man, the real winner today is Android. And I say this as a long-time fan of Apple.

Heard the same exact thing last year after the conference.

 

[MugiwaraCole]

Animojis are gonna go left, QUICK.

 

[SirMossyBloke]

Thanks for the hottest of hot takes.

You know damn well he's right.

lol. replacing fingerprint scanning (feature. not features.) with the most advanced consumer facial recognition is "half baked"... ffs.. this thread keeps delivering.

Which we already saw fail miserably. Come on now.

 

[Measley]

Apple just gave its competitors a huge opening.

 

[Dany]

Contract prices with the X will be mental.

Really curious about this.

 

[CronoShot]

So they still haven't increased the 4.7" iPhone's resolution?

Sigh.

 

[kingslunk]

$1150 USD

HAHA

 

[JetBlackPanda]

Man, the real winner today is Android. And I say this as a long-time fan of Apple.

care to elaborate? I mean it was a pretty shit conference but even after all that. I don't see what android is doing that would swing many people.

 

[Joel Was Right]

Apple have removed the 64GB version of the iPhone 7 from their store. Wooooooow.

Edit: They never had one? .dead

 

[| Praxis |]

Is this before the call contract?

 

[Canklestank]

My S7 Edge is shitting the bed so that iPhone X looks mighty tempting. Or I could just grab my dad's old iPhone 6. lol

How is that even possible? My HTC One M7 is working great. Is Samsung's forced obsolescence that bad?

Apple have removed the 64GB version of the iPhone 7 from their store. Wooooooow.

*Town-square

 

[Miggytronz]

How much is the 256?

 

[dc89]

Expecting UK iPhone contract pricing to be GBP65/mth for 20GB + a 256GB X on a 24mth contract for zero money down.

And the rest! I pay £60 a month for a 128GB iPhone 7 with O2 - 30GB of data.

 

[Guess Who]

Did the 8 go up in price in the US? I thought our exchange rate had finished fucking about but seems not.

Yup, the 7 was $649, the 8 is $699.

Apple have removed the 64GB version of the iPhone 7 from their store. Wooooooow.

There was never a 64GB iPhone 7. It was 32/128/256. (They did discontinue the 256, though.)

 

[serenewarfare]

Apple just gave its competitors a huge opening.

People said the same thing when they took the headphone jack out last year. Didn't seem to have any effect.

 

[Poor GRIMES]

lol. replacing fingerprint scanning (feature. not features.) with the most advanced consumer facial recognition is "half baked"... ffs.. this thread keeps delivering.

I don't get it either. It's 20x more secure than Touch ID, looks to be faster, and somehow isn't good enough

 

[ZiggyPalffyLA]

Yeah, I was expecting better hardware in the X. It really makes the 8 plus look like the real winner in my opinion. Plus, the late release date is going to be a deal breaker for all the people on annual upgrade plans who aren't going to want to waste another couple months making payments waiting to upgrade.

I want an OLED screen but the edge to edge screen is completely killed by the notch at the top. Those full screen videos and games look awful with it. Plus, the lack of Touch ID hurts too.

Hopefully another year will get kinks worked out, touchID back, and I hope they rethink the notch at the top and make the top edge of the screen symmetrical next year.

TouchID will NEVER come back. Apple is too stubborn to bring it back after announcing FaceID as a "step forward".

At least the Apple Watch 3 looks amazing.

 

[Lasthope106]

Where can I pre-order this thing?

 

[FullMetalx117]

Kind of worried that the X will be almost impossible to find. Hopefully there will be plenty of supply

 

[Deaf Spacker]

Is this before the call contract?

Yup.

 

[GeoNeo]

That fuck up with FaceID demo on stage ruined so much for me. What the flying fuck.

I was gonna get 256 X day and date but I don't know if I should just wait for next year now which will no doubt be better with rumours of Touch ID under glass coming.

Steve would have been pissed with how this whole iPhone X shit went down.

 

[BlueLiquid]

Comparing the devices, I may go for the 8 or 8+. I want 256GB and while I know OLEDs are the superior screen, I don't think it's worth the extra $200 when the 8+ has the same processing power and camera quality.

Edit:

TouchID will NEVER come back. Apple is too stubborn to bring it back after announcing FaceID as a "step forward".

Yeah, that's true. The 8/8+ is likely the last model with TouchID.

 

[LyleLanley]

Man, the real winner today is Android. And I say this as a long-time fan of Apple.

Tim Cook is rolling in his grave!

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

Also, this choice of wallpaper/theme is terrible. They should feel bad.

care to elaborate? I mean it was a pretty shit conference but even after all that. I don't see what android is doing that would swing many people.

Have you not looked at the S8/Note 8/LG V30? Those phones are all incredible. The Xiaomi Mix 2 is also insane.

 

[| Praxis |]

Yup.

Fucking lol

 

[Rushersauce]

How is that even possible? My HTC One M7 is working great. Is Samsung's forced obsolescence that bad?

It's not. My mother's S6+ is working great.

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

I need to upgrade my 5S... but idk man. I guess I'd lean towards an 8.

 

[Barzul]

Is there going to be an iPhone 9? Fucked up the branding?

Nope. My bet is from here they will go to X1, X2 etc.

 

[ZiggyPalffyLA]

I don't get it either. It's 20x more secure than Touch ID, looks to be faster, and somehow isn't good enough

Because it's INCONVENIENT AF! I don't want to pick up my phone and look at it every time I want to unlock it (which is hundreds of times a day) while it's sitting on my desk or table

 

[Daffy Duck]

What a totally underwhelming end for the iPhone.

The storage options are terrible in 64Gb and 256Gb, the pricing is ludicrous for an X.

I can only imagine the awful O2 prices here in the U.K.

 

[mavericktopgun]

What's the difference between 8+ and X?

You need more than 2 kidneys

 

[Suikoguy]

I'm sorry but 64GB nowadays is completely and utterly unacceptable.

22 dollars at Amazon for a 64gb micro SD card.

I totally agree that's it's bullshit in 2017.

And $22 is fucking consumer cost.

 

[NYR]

That fuck up with FaceID demo on stage ruined everything for me. What the flying fuck.

I was gonna get 256 X day and date but I don't know if I should just wait for next year now which will no doubt be better with rumours of Touch ID under glass coming.

Steve would have been pissed with how this whole iPhone X shit went down.

The phone was rebooted. You can't even use Touch ID when a phone is rebooted, you have to put in your pin. Someone fucked up the demo unit, face ID didn't fail.

 

[DOWN]

The difference in pricing between the S8 & iPhone X is crazy.

Then maybe compare to the iPhone 8?