A lot has changed in the decade since Apple shared its first iPhone with the world, but most people's relationships to their smartphones have not changed for a while. After an explosion of innovation, we've mostly seen incremental updates to processing power, security features, screen size, cameras,...

It features a large screen in a usable form factor; OLED and HDR make for a dramatically improved content viewing experience in most cases; The new A11 chip delivers industry-leading performance; Face ID and the TrueDepth sensor array introduce promising new interactions and features; A set of good...

iPhone battery life continues to disappoint; The OLED display exhibits noticeable color shifting; 8-bit color may limit the potential full impact of HDR; Availability of HDR content is limited at launch; A glass back puts the phone at risk when dropped; The Face ID user experience needs refinement...

The anniversary iPhone is here. The iPhone X. Or the iPhone 10. The name is as confusing as the product itself is game-changing. Tim Cook's vision finally overwhelmed Steve Jobs ideological remnants. A new dawn for the iPhones has begun, free of the iconic Home key and the notorious screen bezels.

The iPhone X may be the most expensive smartphone Apple has offered to date, but it's also really impressive. I love the display, the cameras are awesome, and Face ID works so well it pretty much becomes transparent.

Beautiful OLED screen; cameras are fantastic; Face ID works like a charm (usually

Gestures are sometimes quirky; physical button combos are too complicated; wireless charging is really slow; don't use your iPhone X without a case

The iPhone X – pronounced iPhone "Ten" – is the expensive flagship handset Apple developed to mark the tenth anniversary of the original iPhone and it's startlingly similar to the Samsung Galaxy S8.

After three iterations of the iPhone basically using the same design (and that's not including this year's similarly-styled iPhone 8), the iPhone X really needed to offer something special to stand out, and it certainly does that.

I'm a total gadget nerd, and it's been five years since a new smartphone made me nod to myself with the understanding that, "Yes, I need that thing more than I need air." But the buzz around the iPhone X has had me a little more hyped than usual.

The notch; the software; the design

The price

Ever since we used the iPhone 8 and the iPhone 8 Plus , we've been waiting for the iPhone X . We had our first impressions of the iPhone X a couple of weeks ago. While it described the initial awe that hovered around the device, this is our review of the best iPhone of 2017 after using it for much...

The iPhone X is Apple's most exciting smartphone to date. We are sure of that. It's not just a nod to the original iPhone but also a blueprint for the company's future smartphones.

* Attractive design; * Premium build; * Great display and cameras; * Powerful TrueDepth Camera System with Face ID; * Animoji; * Water-resistance; * Fast Wireless charging

If you've budgeted for such an expensive phone, you can go right ahead and purchase without hesitation.

+ Stunning design; + Face ID genuinely works; + Excellent camera

- Very expensive; - Notch not great for video content; - Many apps not optimised

For Apple's most passionate loyalists—the ones who upgrade their iPhone once a year, possibly after waiting in line for hours on the sidewalk—there's a certain kind of magic about unboxing and setting up a new Apple device.