My kids have SEs, and I have an X. I appreciate the X oh so much in comparison. I absolutely love swiping up instead of clicking a home button. I delight in FaceID which works flawlessly even as I’ve lost 20 pounds and the shape of my face has changed fairly significantly over the last year.
Most of all, I can actually type on the X, whereas when I go back to the kids’ SEs I can’t figure out how I ever got anything done on that thing at all.
Headphone jack? Where we’re going, we don’t need jacks.
The one and only downside of the X is that it must, must be in a case. I never put my iPhones in cases and never managed to crack one. The X with its all glass back, super slim profile, and curved edges is just too damn slippery.
The bonus of putting the $1,000+ device in a case is that the camera bump disappears and the thickness ends up just about right for me.
Wireless charging has been great, especially once I got one that held the phone raised up instead of flat (easier to position on just one axis) and rated for 10W.
The size of the X I feel is so much better than the SE and still perfectly usable one handed.
I really really don’t miss the home button. I find it so damn clunky on the SE now after getting to live without it on the X, and particularly double clicking home (versus the swipe up and to the right on the X) is just tedious.
I assume the extra waterproofing you get without the home button has literally saved my device several times by now.
I had an iPhone 4. And 5. And 5s. It’s a beautiful device. But it’s by no means an insurmountable pinnacle of design.
I honestly haven’t look that closely at the new lineup, but I’m just not currently in the market for an upgrade. The X covers every use case and leaves me wanting nothing. The home buttons on all my iPhones always wore out, got sticky, or eventually unresponsive after a few years. I’m somewhat curious what will ultimately take down my X, if I don’t drop it hard, I can’t see what about it could possibly wear out.
Most of all, I can actually type on the X, whereas when I go back to the kids’ SEs I can’t figure out how I ever got anything done on that thing at all.
Headphone jack? Where we’re going, we don’t need jacks.
The one and only downside of the X is that it must, must be in a case. I never put my iPhones in cases and never managed to crack one. The X with its all glass back, super slim profile, and curved edges is just too damn slippery.
The bonus of putting the $1,000+ device in a case is that the camera bump disappears and the thickness ends up just about right for me.
Wireless charging has been great, especially once I got one that held the phone raised up instead of flat (easier to position on just one axis) and rated for 10W.
The size of the X I feel is so much better than the SE and still perfectly usable one handed.
I really really don’t miss the home button. I find it so damn clunky on the SE now after getting to live without it on the X, and particularly double clicking home (versus the swipe up and to the right on the X) is just tedious.
I assume the extra waterproofing you get without the home button has literally saved my device several times by now.
I had an iPhone 4. And 5. And 5s. It’s a beautiful device. But it’s by no means an insurmountable pinnacle of design.
I honestly haven’t look that closely at the new lineup, but I’m just not currently in the market for an upgrade. The X covers every use case and leaves me wanting nothing. The home buttons on all my iPhones always wore out, got sticky, or eventually unresponsive after a few years. I’m somewhat curious what will ultimately take down my X, if I don’t drop it hard, I can’t see what about it could possibly wear out.