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The display on the iPhone X cuts out from videos and spoils the experience in games

At least this has become an existential problem for many in recent days. display edge-to-edge al iPhone X (that is, on the entire front surface), suffers a cut in the upper part where the sensors, the camera and the infrared camera are placed.

This is the area in the image below:

No matter how much they tried Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), to innovate and expand the display, this area could not be released by the suite of sensors and cameras. They are not alone. Nor did Samsung manage to do this on Samsung Galaxy Note 8. Instead of the cutout on the display, the Korean company preferred to come in the upper wall with a the thin black band, on which the sensors and front chambers will be present.

Let's talk a little about the iPhone X display.
We have a scratch resistant glass screen,  Super Retina HD (that's what the people from Apple called it) by 5.8-inch diagonal, backed by technology OLED Multi-Touch. As a "did you know...", the iPhone X display is produced by Samsung. The technology and production process of OLED belongs to them.
The clarified chapter, colors and contrast is impeccable. 2436 x 1125 pixel with 458 ppi, 1,000,000: 1 contrast, true Tone. Free translation, for people who do not want to know what this data means, but which it is in image quality, we tell them it's good. A very clear picture, vivid colors and a very well-graded contrast.

With all these remarkable performances of the display, following some presentation images, waves of criticism of the iPhone X appear on the Internet. And no, not because the price which is quite steep, But because of it screen cropping, which is said to spoil the video and video experience, where it is supposed that that cut would actually be cut from the game's image.

Personally, I am a permanent iPhone owner. From iPhone 5 until today, I have purchased the top model year after year. And I will most likely do this when the iPhone X appears on the market.

The problem of clipping from the screen while watching a movie, I don't think it's really a problem. That cutout can be avoided by resizing the image, and the black band should appear along the entire cutout line. Of course, it would probably lose 1-inch from the diagonal. This would be the biggest drama.
You will no longer benefit from the experience of the extra inch if you intend to watch all the episodes of "Young and Restless" (on Sept. 1, 2016 there were 11.000 episodes and the series continues) on iPhone. Or if you want to use it as a console for games. possibly enter a FIFA or Counter Strike championship on the iPhone X.

Apart from the BIG price, we don't see any other problem with the iPhone X. At least until it has been used for a period of time by users. Time in which less pleasant surprises may appear. There weren't really any precedents in the case of the iPhone, but we believe that a relevant review can be made after that device has been "buttoned" for a period of time in various conditions.

If you plan to buy an iPhone X and the budget allows, we encourage you to do so. The phone is nowhere near worth this money (approximately 5.500 lei in Romania), but if it's a fad, it's no problem.

iPhone X is a step forward for Apple and a device that in time will give way to much more interesting ones. For us, the iPhone X is not a flagship phone. It is only a pioneer of edge-to-edge in the history of the iPhone and in the OLED technology developed by Samsung.

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