I actually think it is a lot better without the button. It feels light and natural for me. I would not go back to button.

Lack of a home button is a selling point for me. FaceID feels like somewhat of a compromise because there're many ways in which it's inferior to TouchID, but the swipe gesture replacing the home button isn't a compromise at all--it's better. Swiping to dismiss feels faster and natural, and the swipe across the bottom to switch between apps feels way faster than double pressing the home button to summon the multitasker.

It's a significant amount of extra screen space to gain in exchange for not having it. I think the tradeoff is more than worth it.

Same here.

Notch, no home button, no Touch ID is what made me avoid the X and go with the 8. I'll probably keep this phone for a long time.

You get over the lack of a button pretty quickly. The swipe up gesture works fine.

I don't miss the button. What didn't you like about the missing button?

It is much easier to just press home button and current content will vanish from the screen. And physical buttons are way better when you are walking/running.

You can just swipe up from anywhere on the bottom of the screen, there's no on-screen target you need to hit, so it's just as easy to do it while walking/running/without looking. I do it while running all the time.