iPhone X review: The phone that killed the home button and started the notch era.
A landmark 2017 iPhone — historically huge, technically dated.
The iPhone X redefined the smartphone with Face ID and the notch. Today it is a collectible: no 5G, a small battery and the end of its iOS road make it a museum piece rather than a daily driver.
01Display
78/10078/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2017.
02Camera
72/10072/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2017.
03Performance
66/10066/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2017 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
66/10066/100 trails the 69-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2017.
05Build
84/100At 84/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among flagship phones of 2017 — 6 points above the cohort average.
06Value
64/10064/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2017.
- Introduced Face ID and the all-screen design.
- First OLED iPhone — excellent display for its time.
- Premium stainless-steel build.
- Dual camera with 2× optical zoom.
- No 5G; stuck on iOS 16.
- Small 2,716 mAh battery.
- Lightning port; 64 GB base.
- Discontinued — a vintage device now.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 121-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .