I said a year ago that I was gonna do a more in-depth review after I had the phone for a while. Well, a year is quite a while so lets go.

And well, its a good phone. I am very happy with it. Its so good that the new iPhone Xs is very uninteresting. The Xr is more interesting, but I dont want that either.

X Features

The best part about these X-generation phones is the swipe navigation. Swiping to go home, swiping between apps, it is so much better than the old way of clicking the home button. I rarely switched between apps before, but with the swipes I do it all the time.

Face ID has gotten alot better over the year. It is super fast for me.That is really all I have to say about it. It works 99% of the time for me and its really fast. I dont miss Touch ID anymore.I did disable the attention aware thing and notification obfuscation. Been very happy with those settings.

Ive gotten used to OLED. Its nothing special anymore. I wouldnt mind if my next phone doesnt have OLED. Its nice in theory but in practice it doesnt make much of a difference. Atleast on the phone. I love my LG OLED TV.

Physically

Ive used the phone with and without a case. Ive mostly been using it in both the Apple Silicone Case and Apple Leather Case and both are equally great. I think I slightly prefer the silicone version but theyre not very different. Sometimes (like right now) I use it without a case and it feels very fragile and slippery. I honestly kinda hate it but I also hate the bulk of a case.

Theres no way to win this battle with this phone.

However, with the new iPad Pros being squared off like the old iPhone 5-design I have hope that maybe future iPhones will be the same. Ive been really close to buying an iPhone SE just because of the form factor. It is so much better to hold.

To summarize, I am not very happy with how the X feels in your hand.

I also dont like it in my pocket. It feels very big, especially with a case on, which makes it uncomfortable sometimes.

Oh, and the notch? I never think about it or notice it. Its fine.

Performance

The phone is still really fast. I never feel ugh, this should be faster.

Battery has gotten worse over the year naturally, its down to 95% on the battery health page but its still plenty for me. I put the phone to charge at night with about 20% left usually. And thats without using Low Power Mode. If I used LPM it would probably be alot better.

In summary I am very happy with this phone. Its been great and I never think I wish this was better.

However, its the physical aspects I dislike about it. Its too big and slippery.

A while ago there was this iPhone X SE concept and I love it.

I wish that phone will be real someday, because it seems perfect.

But in the meantime Ill keep this phone.

Its easily the best phone Ive used so far.