I know, off the top of my head, seven people using the iPhone X, including my sister, brother in-law and cousin, and they all have told me they love it. A couple had to get used to the lack of a home button and complained about it the first few weeks, but it doesn't bother them any more.
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > On Feb 12, 2018, at 12:23 AM, David Moore <jesusloves1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am very happy with my iPhone seven, and do not plan to change quickly. I > installed iOS 11, and love it! > I know that with the X, you can press the bar on the right side, but I feel > that the home button is the Stand out feature of the iPhone! > David Moore > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 > > From: M. Taylor <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu> > Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2018 8:32 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: iPhone X a disappointment? Here's what real people think, CNET > > iPhone X a disappointment? Here's what real people think > Commentary: Some experts believe iPhone hasn't captured people's > imagination. So I went to the Gulf Coast of Florida to find out. > By Chris Matyszczyk, February 11, 2018 1:00 PM PST > > Not the smartphone of everyone's future? > What are people supposed to think? > On Apple's recent earnings call, CEO Tim Cook reported slightly reduced > iPhone sales numbers, but he insisted the iPhone X was outselling all other > iPhones. > He omitted, though, to offer any actual number for X sales. Some experts > fear the phone simply doesn't inspire. > > I thought it wise, then, to go and talk to real people. > When the iPhone X was first announced, I wandered through Northern and > Southern California and pestered restaurant servers, bartenders, store > clerks, well, anyone in retail who was prepared to make eye contact. I asked > what they thought of the upcoming smartphone of the future. > > They seemed a touch underwhelmed at the time. > This time, I went to the Gulf Coast of Florida, around Fort Myers, and spent > three days performing the very same acts of pestering the very same sorts of > people. > Now that the iPhone X is a living, breathing animal in the community, do > people covet it? Is there something stopping them from buying it? > > It's a nice phone -- just that -- a nice phone > My first illumination came from a server in a really quite fancy restaurant. > He had a first generation Pixel and adored it with a passion that appeared > almost unnatural. > > Soon, though, I understood why. > > "I build my own computers," he said. "I've done it since I was a kid. My > latest is water-cooled." > Ah, cool. So what about iPhone X? > "I had the first iPhone, but then I went Android," he said. > "Why would you do that?" > "Because it syncs with Windows." > I'm not sure I've ever heard any human being utter those words. It made me > instinctively reach for my very pleasant Lebanese red wine and take an > unseemly gulp. > "Yes, but what about iPhone X?" I asked > "Don't get me wrong, it's a nice-looking phone. But there's nothing amazing > about it. Most of my friends have iPhones. They're for simple people." > > At another restaurant, an 18-year-old bartender told me she had an iPhone 7. > "Would you want an X?" > "My stepsister has one," she said. > "Your stepsister? How old's she?" > "Thirteen." > "A thirteen-year-old has an iPhone X?" > "Yeah, her mom bought it." > "And is it great?" > "It's OK. I think Androids are better, but I'm sucked into my Apple laptop > and my iTunes and everything works together." > "But would you buy an iPhone X?" I persisted. > "I'm not spending $1,000 on a phone," she said. > It could be, indeed, that the price really does have a psychological effect > on people. I asked her how much she'd paid for her iPhone 7. > "800 bucks." > iPhone X? It's no big deal > > I inveigle more people in the bar to reveal their phone religions. (I do it > gently, I promise.) > It was evenly split between iPhone and Android. But not one person said the > words that I'd imagine Apple would most like to hear: "The X is a dream > phone. I wish I could have one." > > The more people I talked to, the more I realized that, regardless of which > phone they had, they liked it. Really liked it. > > A woman sat down next to me and furiously swiped and prodded her Galaxy S7. > "I'm a juggler," she explained. > "Oh, that must be an amusing job." > "No, I juggle between Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat." > She turned out to be a bartender at a local strip club -- "a nice one" -- > and explained that she constantly communicates with friends on several > social platforms. Her S7, she said, was perfect for that. > And iPhone X? > "I've never had an iPhone. I love my Samsung. My boss has an iPhone X. He > stares into it all day, but it's not something I'd ever want. It's no big > deal." > > But what about those in the know? > Next, I went to a Target bigger than Louisiana. > I wanted to ask a professional whether I was getting a skewed view of the > locals. > "We get a very small percentage of people here who ask for the X. I've got > 20 in my case and I haven't sold one for 10 days," a salesman told me. > Was it the $1,000 or was it, as I was finding, that people really did like > the phones they had? > "I hardly ever get people in here who want a new phone. I have to really > work to get them to buy something new," he said. > But what about the X? Is it really the smartphone of the future? "A lot of > them come back here with bugs. Anyway, I've heard it's going to be > discontinued," he said. > Ah, he reads the tech press, then. > This salesman had an iPhone 7 Plus that he loved and kept in a case that was > thicker than a safe door. > The X's in the store were bolted down at all four corners. People try to > steal them, he told me. > The Target salesman did admire the phone's design, a design that was > entirely nullified by his case. > He also admitted that his next phone would be an X, solely for that > aesthetic reasons. That wasn't going to happen soon, however. > "I don't have that kind of money. If I had to choose between the Galaxy S8 > at 800 bucks and the X at $1,000, I'd probably go with the S8," he said. > > I didn't give up -- I wanted to find someone who loves, loves this phone > And then I went to the home of the world-famous (allegedly) Pizookie > dessert. (Don't ask.) > The server had an Apple watch. She used it, she said, to talk to her mom > while at work and to count calories. Which was surely useful, as your > average Pizookie came in at around 1,400 calories. > She was completely in love with her iPhone. At last. > > But wait, hers was the iPhone 8, not the X. It was right sort of pink color, > she explained. > Now, why wouldn't she buy an X? > "It's too fancy and, don't hate me, but I'd really miss the home button," > she said. > > A couple of her friends had an X, but, if she had infinite supplies of cash, > she'd pick the 8 Plus. > > The people's verdict > Apple didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. However, my > conclusion from these conversations -- and many more on this trip -- is that > real people know a lot more about phones than they used to. > > As they've been given more choices, they've become far more attuned to the > relative value and attributes of each phone. > It's hard for many to consider X as some sort of Bentleyesque gold standard. > Many told me they were happy to take whatever phone was offered by their > carrier as an upgrade. > No one called the X a bad phone. No one offered qualms about Face ID. After > all, if they didn't have an X themselves, everyone knew someone who did. > > Apple has, in its turn, has given its customers -- the ones it very much > wants to keep within its ecosystem -- more choices. > There's now everything from the SE to the X. 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