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Re:Apple iPhone X Demand Limited, Wall Street Analysts Say by namelost on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @12:04PM (#16009442)
I agree. The problem with the X is that every new feature comes with a downside. It has a edge-to-edge screen but the notch is really ugly in landscape mode. It has Face ID but no Touch ID. It has wireless charging at the cost of a fragile glass back.

It is a phone beset by compromises, the only thing it does reliably is broadcast that you are rich enough to buy a $1000 phone.

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Re:Apple iPhone X Demand Limited, Wall Street Analysts Say by JAFTEM on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @12:31PM (#16009599)
>It is a phone beset by compromises, the only thing it does reliably is broadcast that you are rich enough to buy a $1000 phone.

I think most of us with engineering backgrounds have a very hard time accepting that social capital is a valid reason to buy a device. It may just not be valid for me personally.

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Re:Apple iPhone X Demand Limited, Wall Street Analysts Say by valuearb on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @04:00PM (#16010991)
All electronic devices are exercises in compromise.

But the X is very reliable at everything except broadcasting that I own an X. You see, like most every other X, mine is in a case. So far no one has ever noticed it's an X. And that case means I don't care about the glass back.

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