How long it takes to get used to the iPhone X
Apple's catchphrase, "Think different" is so well-known that it's not often used in its original context, more often pulled out as an ironic dig when the company does something users don't like (eliminating a certain jack comes to mind).
In the case of the iPhone X, though, the irony disappears. Users will definitely need to think differently as they encounter an iPhone with no home button, a front camera that can scan your face, and a "notch" -- all firsts for the iPhone. The iPhone X doesn't just have new features; it introduces an entirely new way of interacting with the device.
Will owners get used to the new features quickly, or will they be a continual source of frustration? To answer that question, the MashTalk podcast spoke with two of the only people outside of Apple who have used the device for more than a week: Mashable Chief Correspondent Lance Ulanoff and BuzzFeed Personal Technology Reporter Nicole Nguyen.
Both Lance and Nicole were part of the first group of tech reviewers to get their hands on the iPhone X, using them for a whole week before publishing extensive reviews. They've both now been using the phone for 10 days, and are probably two of the only people outside of Apple who can say with authority whether the iPhone's new paradigm is something you'll love or hate.
Besides telling us everything you want to know about what it's like to use the iPhone X, Nicole and Lance let us peek behind the curtain at Apple's process of seeding phones to reviewers, which was a whole different ballgame this time around. They also have some surprising thoughts on whether this iPhone really earns its $1,000 price tag.
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Pete Pachal was Mashable’s Tech Editor and had been at the company from 2011 to 2019. He covered the technology industry, from self-driving cars to self-destructing smartphones.Pete has covered consumer technology in print and online for more than a decade. Originally from Edmonton, Canada, Pete first uploaded himself into technology journalism at Sound & Vision magazine in 1999. Pete also served as Technology Editor at Syfy, creating the channel's technology site, DVICE (now Blastr), out of some rusty HTML code and a decompiled coat hanger. He then moved on to PCMag, where he served as the site's News Director.Pete has been featured on Fox News, the Today Show, Bloomberg, CNN, CNBC and CBC.Pete holds degrees in journalism from the University of King's College in Halifax and engineering from the University of Alberta in Edmonton. His favorite Doctor Who monsters are the Cybermen.
