Hands on with the iPhone X: OLED and HDR outshine the other features

Enlarge / The iPhone X's screen fully covers the front of the device - almost. (credit: Samuel Axon)

Apple's iPhone X has the best phone display I have yet seen, and it strikes the perfect balance between phone size and display size-at least for me. When I handled the device at the Apple event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino today, I was convinced by that display alone.

But the iPhone X is just as much about its new facial recognition technology as it is about the display. It was here that I had more nuanced, or even mixed, feelings while using the device. Once again, the way you interface with your phone has changed-and, at best, it's roughly as efficient to use as it used to be with some adjustment. At worst, it's a little less elegant.

But, as Apple always does, let's start with the design.

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