The Fun of Reviewing the iPhone 10: A Hands-On Experience

I have to say, I'm having an absolute blast with my brand new iPhone 10. It's been a while since I've had this much fun with any gadget since the original iPhone, and it might just be the best damn product Apple has ever made. The moment I picked up the phone, I knew I was in for a treat. The size of the phone is similar to that of the iPhone 8, but the screen size is equivalent to an iPhone 8 plus. Apple achieved this by making the display run along the edge, with almost-rounded edges and what they call "horns." While I'm not going to lie, these horns can be a bit annoying at times, especially when viewed on bright white interfaces.

However, once you get used to them, they become less noticeable. In portrait mode, your thumb tends to cover them up, but in landscape mode, the display really goes edge-to-edge, which is fantastic for augmented reality. There's no bezel to distract from the experience, just a clean and seamless portal into the digital world. The display itself is OLED, and while Apple sourced it well, they also did an incredible job of anti-aliasing it to the point where most people won't even notice its pentile nature. True Tone is also here, and I highly recommend turning it on – it makes white look, well, white.

The iPhone 10 is also the first true HDR-enabled portable phone on the market. Whether you watch Wonder Woman or Baby Driver, the display is flippin' gorgeous. Apple has done a ton of work to prevent burn-in with their proprietary display technology. The home button is gone in its place, replaced by a new fluid navigation system. Swipe up to go home, swipe sideways to switch between apps, and swipe slightly up to pause – it's all very intuitive and takes some getting used to.

But what really sets the iPhone 10 apart is its touch sensitivity. Apple has boosted the sensitivity to 120 Hertz, making it feel like the screen is glued to your finger. It's instantaneous, and I find myself playing with it non-stop. The lack of a home button also means there's no longer any need for Touch ID – instead, iPhone X uses Face ID, which is still in beta but works ridiculously well. However, if you're concerned about security, you can disable the attention requirement in settings.

One of the most exciting features of the iPhone 10 is its computational photography capabilities. This is where things get really transformative. With the A11 Bionic processor and OLED display, apps can access rudimentary meshes, depth maps, and expression tracking. It's also enabled portrait selfies with full-on bouquet effects – it's silly, but it's so much fun! And let's not forget about emoji built into iMessage – it's a game-changer.

The back camera system on the iPhone 10 is about a third of a stop better than the one on the iPhone 8. This is thanks to an F/1.4 or aperture optical stabilization, as well as a new telephoto lens. The rest of the features are familiar – we're still talking about 60 frames per second 4K video and 240 frames per second 1080p slo-mo. The phone also comes with a glass back that's a bit slippery for my taste, but it does allow for inductive charging.

Finally, developers can take advantage of the new display by updating their apps and games. While there are some limitations to face ID, it still works incredibly well – especially when combined with Portrait mode. Overall, if you're ready for an iPhone that's truly next-generation, look no further than the iPhone 10. It's a phenomenal experience from start to finish, and I'm having an absolute blast with my new device.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey everyone this is Renee from iMore and right now I'm going to show you the future of smartphones Apple's brand new iPhone 10 I'm not gonna give you another speck late and boring iPhone review not for iPhone 10 it's too much fun seriously this is an absolute blast it's the most fun I've had with any gadget since the original iPhone and it might just be the best damn product Apple has ever made iPhone 10 is about the size of iPhone 8 but it has the screen the size of iPhone 8 plus Apple achieved that by making the display run edge 2 rounded edge almost and yeah I'm talking about the horns they're annoying like a spot in your eye or a splinter in your brain but you only really notice them on bright white interfaces otherwise they fade away in portrait and your thumb tends to cover them in landscape they also at the display really go edge to edge which is fantastic in general and especially so for augmented reality where you don't want any bezel you just want a portal into the digital world the display is OLED Apple's first and make no mistake it's an apple display yea they sourced it well but they also anti-alias the hell out of it to the point where most people won't even notice its pentile it does shift blue off access but not read and Apple has done a ton of work to prevent burn in true tone is here and I suggest turning it on and leaving it on it makes white look white not OLED white paper white iPhone 10 is also the first real end and HDR portable on the market go ahead watch Wonder Woman or baby driver it's flippin gorgeous apples also color calibrating each individual device at the pixel level ultimately the biggest compliment if Apple OLED is that iPhone 10 looks like an iPhone not washed out not oversaturated but like an iPhone only better gone is the home button in its place is a new fluid navigation swipe up to go home swipe sideways to go back and forth between apps swipe slightly up pause and let go to enter multitasking swipe down for each ability mode if you enabled it in settings Apple boosts the touch sensitivity to 120 Hertz to make it look and feel instantaneous like it's glued to your finger and it works I can't stop playing with it no home button also means no touch ID instead iPhone 10 has space ID it has some limitations like you can only register one face as opposed to five distinct fingers but it works ridiculously well so well you start to forget you ever had a passcode so well and make touch ID to feel like a chore by default you do have to look at your screen though intently like I have the tiger intently the downside of attention aware interface is that you have to pay attention if anyone has trouble with face ID this is going to be that you can disable the attention requirement in settings if you want to increase the unlock angle and reduce unintentional unlock attempts but it's more secure not to the same true depth camera that enables face ID also enables portrait selfies you get full on bouquet effects and the new lighting effects they're still in beta especially when it comes to handling things like my doc brown hair the computational photography is the future Mahdi and this is how we're gonna get there apps can't access your face ID data but they can get rudimentary meshes depth maps and expression tracking and emoji built into iMessage shows all of that off it's stupid it's silly but it's so much fun it might not last any longer than digital touch did that the same tech will be used in Instagram snapchat AR apps and more and that's going to be transformative the back camera system on the iPhone 10 is about a third of a stop better than the one on iPhone 8 that's thanks to an F to point or aperture optically stabilized telephoto lens the rest is the same including the outrageously cool 60 frames per second 4k video and 240 frames per second 1080p slo-mo iPhone X is glass on the back a bit slippery for my taste but it does allow for inductive charging which isn't fast but is super convenient because the design is new there are new cases for iPhone 10 including Apple's traditional silicon wireless accessories like air pods just work so two apps and games developers can update to take advantage of the new display but either way thanks to the a11 Bionic processor and the OLED screen they look and perform great and that's the bottom line if I phone 10 sure it has some flaws and some shortcomings but from the moment you look and swipe you smile it's a phenomenally well conceived and executed experience and it is so much fun if you want an old style iPhone get an iPhone 8 if you're ready for something you get an iPhone 10 it really is the best damn product Apple has ever made that was a quick look at iPhone 10 we're gonna have so much more for you so keep it locked to iMorehey everyone this is Renee from iMore and right now I'm going to show you the future of smartphones Apple's brand new iPhone 10 I'm not gonna give you another speck late and boring iPhone review not for iPhone 10 it's too much fun seriously this is an absolute blast it's the most fun I've had with any gadget since the original iPhone and it might just be the best damn product Apple has ever made iPhone 10 is about the size of iPhone 8 but it has the screen the size of iPhone 8 plus Apple achieved that by making the display run edge 2 rounded edge almost and yeah I'm talking about the horns they're annoying like a spot in your eye or a splinter in your brain but you only really notice them on bright white interfaces otherwise they fade away in portrait and your thumb tends to cover them in landscape they also at the display really go edge to edge which is fantastic in general and especially so for augmented reality where you don't want any bezel you just want a portal into the digital world the display is OLED Apple's first and make no mistake it's an apple display yea they sourced it well but they also anti-alias the hell out of it to the point where most people won't even notice its pentile it does shift blue off access but not read and Apple has done a ton of work to prevent burn in true tone is here and I suggest turning it on and leaving it on it makes white look white not OLED white paper white iPhone 10 is also the first real end and HDR portable on the market go ahead watch Wonder Woman or baby driver it's flippin gorgeous apples also color calibrating each individual device at the pixel level ultimately the biggest compliment if Apple OLED is that iPhone 10 looks like an iPhone not washed out not oversaturated but like an iPhone only better gone is the home button in its place is a new fluid navigation swipe up to go home swipe sideways to go back and forth between apps swipe slightly up pause and let go to enter multitasking swipe down for each ability mode if you enabled it in settings Apple boosts the touch sensitivity to 120 Hertz to make it look and feel instantaneous like it's glued to your finger and it works I can't stop playing with it no home button also means no touch ID instead iPhone 10 has space ID it has some limitations like you can only register one face as opposed to five distinct fingers but it works ridiculously well so well you start to forget you ever had a passcode so well and make touch ID to feel like a chore by default you do have to look at your screen though intently like I have the tiger intently the downside of attention aware interface is that you have to pay attention if anyone has trouble with face ID this is going to be that you can disable the attention requirement in settings if you want to increase the unlock angle and reduce unintentional unlock attempts but it's more secure not to the same true depth camera that enables face ID also enables portrait selfies you get full on bouquet effects and the new lighting effects they're still in beta especially when it comes to handling things like my doc brown hair the computational photography is the future Mahdi and this is how we're gonna get there apps can't access your face ID data but they can get rudimentary meshes depth maps and expression tracking and emoji built into iMessage shows all of that off it's stupid it's silly but it's so much fun it might not last any longer than digital touch did that the same tech will be used in Instagram snapchat AR apps and more and that's going to be transformative the back camera system on the iPhone 10 is about a third of a stop better than the one on iPhone 8 that's thanks to an F to point or aperture optically stabilized telephoto lens the rest is the same including the outrageously cool 60 frames per second 4k video and 240 frames per second 1080p slo-mo iPhone X is glass on the back a bit slippery for my taste but it does allow for inductive charging which isn't fast but is super convenient because the design is new there are new cases for iPhone 10 including Apple's traditional silicon wireless accessories like air pods just work so two apps and games developers can update to take advantage of the new display but either way thanks to the a11 Bionic processor and the OLED screen they look and perform great and that's the bottom line if I phone 10 sure it has some flaws and some shortcomings but from the moment you look and swipe you smile it's a phenomenally well conceived and executed experience and it is so much fun if you want an old style iPhone get an iPhone 8 if you're ready for something you get an iPhone 10 it really is the best damn product Apple has ever made that was a quick look at iPhone 10 we're gonna have so much more for you so keep it locked to iMore\n"