On November 3rd I received my iPhone X! I was really anxious to start using it and I stayed up on October 27th until 4:30 a.m. to confirm that I ordered the phone. There were some technical difficulties when I first received and started using my new iPhone X. I have been using a Samsung phone for the past three years and since I had all of the other gadgets; iPad, iPod, MacBook, and Apple TV, it was time to finally switch back to the iPhone. I knew that if Apple took on the idea of Face ID that they had it all figured out; Samsung tried with the Samsung S5 and it was a fail. The only failure I’m experiencing is unlocking my phone at night. Being black and trying to access my phone at night has been a challenge!
The home button has always been my way of waking my Samsung phone screen. I can now do a simple tap on the screen to wake up my phone. I am loving the all screen display and learning a few new gestures. The new gestures: swiping up and holding to switch between Apps are interesting and may take some time getting used to. I got stuck with a lot of background running applications the first few days. Because of the missing home button, I found out when I swipe up and hold I can then long press on one app to enable the red minus icon at the top left of my background running apps. Despite my difficulties, this phone has been growing on me in the last few days. Anyone who knows me also knows that I’m a “selfie freak” and I must say, the new portrait mode filter is Amazing!
I’m looking forward to learning more about my new iPhone X and returned to the Apple ecosystem completely. I know I still have a lot of things to learn about using this new phone after so many years away from iPhone. However, despite a few hurdles, I am thoroughly happy and impressed with my new phone.