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the iPhone 10 is the most expensive iPhone ever it has the biggest screen smalls bezels and it is the first iPhone to drop the home button but the question is is it worth it it all starts with the design from the rear it looks very similar to the iPhone 8 you're getting an all-glass back for the first time since the iPhone 4 days the 10 comes in two colors silver and Space Gray the silver is basically just white with a silver chassis where the Space grade swaps out the rear glass for a very dark gray color and a dark metal band it really does look and feel premium there's a saltness and heft to the design that just wasn't there on the iPhone 6 and 7 however there's a price to pay for that unlike a metal back which might just get scratched or dented no matter how strong Apple claims in this glass is it can absolutely be cracked if you drop it one of the upsides to switch into glass for the rear panel is the addition of wireless charging in a very on Apple like move this supports the chief standard that has been around on Android phones for years meaning that you should just be able to drop the 10 on a cheap wireless charging pad and it'll work no problem you also get the small added benefit of being able to fast charge the 10 via a USB C lightning cable too now the silver phone is especially prone to scratching as they moved from aluminum to stainless steel this is a harder material that gives the phone it's expensive feel but like the old iPods expect it to scuff easily thankfully like the iPhone 7 you've got ip67 water resistance now this isn't full waterproofing your shiny new $1000 iPhone should have no problem getting a little wet or even totally submerged for a minute like always the design looks great but you should probably get a case flip the phone over though and you'll see the biggest change this year the display put the 10 side-by-side with the 8 plus and the lack of bezels really does make the phone look like a much more modern flagship it looks similar to the Galaxy Note 8 it lacks the curved edges but has nearly no bezels otherwise except for the knotch after using the phone for a few days it doesn't really bother me when you're using the phone in portrait mode it basically just means that you get a little bit of extra vertical screen real estate with stuff like battery and time on the edges when watching video you have a couple options for standard sixteen by nine content the true blacks of the OLED panel make things look a lot like a normal iPhone but for example in YouTube you can pinch to zoom into full screens you crop a little of the frame and sometimes the notch looks a bit off but it's a good way of taking full advantage of the display now I'm not all apps support the 10 yet a lot will display with black bars on top and bottom thanks to OLED the blacks are properly black so that mostly means it just looks like you're using an iPhone 7 that display though really is something the change from IPS to OLED means that you're getting far better contrast that black is actually black here I know we keep saying it but it really does make a huge difference the screen looks so much more contrasting the color is pleasant as well it's nicely calibrated and the screen gets impressively bright my only real issue is that there is a bit of color shifting when you look at it off access but it's fairly minor and the rest of the advantages of OLED definitely outweigh its value Phone 10 also gives you support for HDR 10 and Dolby vision watching stranger things 2 on the 10 looks phenomenal the brightness and contrast really does make content pop in fact we're shooting this video in HDR if you're watching on an HDR TV with something like a chromecast ultra or even some smartphones like the Galaxy S II you should be able to see the difference audio is also impressive on the 10 it has a pair of speakers one front firing that doubles as the speakerphone and the other on bottom it's not quite as loud and crisp as dedicated stereo speakers on the pixel 2 but it pulls away basically any other flagship out there right now combine that with the great screen and you have one of the best mobile video experiences period something interesting is that the iPhone 10 touch layer refreshes at 120 Hertz the screen itself is still 60 Hertz which can't match the level of smoothness of something like the razor phone or iPad pro but that faster touch layer does make the phone feel a lot more responsive with the new screen comes arguably the biggest change to the iPhone in the last 10 years no more home button on one hand it's what gives the iPhone its most recognizable shape but in 2017 it's looking awfully out of date instead of the home button the 10 relies on a series of gestures to navigate the phone swiping up is replace the home button and the gesture area doubles as a quick swipe to move between apps after a couple of days to me this feels like a very natural evolution iOS already uses so many gestures to navigate that once you drop the button and totally commit it speeds up moving around the entire interface there are some trade-offs though some button combos have changed for example you now hold the power button to trigger Siri and you can screenshot by holding power and volume up the biggest trade-off is that there's no longer touch ID instead the iPhone 10 introduces face ID this is a big reason why the notch is as big as it is you're essentially getting a Kinect that has been miniaturized into the top of a phone I will absolutely admit that before I tried the 10 I had my doubts about face ID but it actually works after a quick set up it works basically as advertised tap the screen and then the time it takes for you to swipe up to unlock face ID scan your face and unlocks the phone it's not perfect you do need to be looking at the phone for it to work but I was impressed with just how versatile it is your results might vary but I basically have no major complaints with face ID it feels like I just don't have a passcode this take also makes an emoji possible look these are just fun okay this works as an iMessage app that scans your face and translates it into a talking emoji it does a really good job of even capturing small facial motions and lets you do karaoke so you know one area that's basically the same between the iPhone 8 and 10 is performance both phones give you the Apple a 11 Bionic which is hands down the fastest chip you can get in a phone today this translates into a phone that feels like you just can't trip it up no matter how much I multitask it just doesn't break a sweat animations stay locked at 60 frames per second and because you have those new gestures it feels lightning-fast to move between apps well this isn't exclusive to the ten this power does come in handy for games of course standard titles like Minecraft run here no problem but you also have some pretty fun AR games the iPhone 10 brings a pair of 12 megapixel cameras one wide-angle and one telephoto this is the same basic setup as on the 8 plus and it works well here Apple has cranked up saturation this generation and it makes images look a lot more punchy which will maybe not quite technically accurate does make for a better looking photo there's a good amount of detail but what's really impressive is the dynamic range HDR is on by default and there have been a few shots where I legitimately couldn't believe how much range the 10 was able to keep in one picture the telephoto camera on the 7 plus came in handy for me a fair bit but it's a lot better on the 10 it still isn't quite as sharp as the main shooter but it now has image stabilization which makes a big difference especially in low-light the 11 chip inside does quite a bit to analyze each shot and make adjustments based on that now while the days of the iPhone having far and away the best cam a smartphone or over you really won't be disappointed with what you get out of the 10 portrait mode makes a return here and it's solid if you look closely you can see where the camera doesn't perfectly cut you out of the background sometimes but for the most part it does a good job you can now also take portrait selfies these rely on good life with pretty optimal conditions but when done right they can really make the front-facing camera look a lot more expensive the problem is that while decent in a vacuum I really prefer the way that the pixel 2 handles these what you guys can check out at my full comparison portrait mode is handled well on the iPhone 10 but there's room for improvement as the guy who shoots a bit of video I have to say the iPhone 10 is about as good as a smartphone gets right now it shoots 4k at 24 30 or 60 frames per second I have absolutely no complaints about the quality stabilization is terrific colors nicely saturated dynamic range is good and the auto focus and exposure generally do a great job you also get solid 1080p 240 frames per second slow motion options as well as these still impressive built-in time-lapse mode put it all together and it is hard to be disappointed with the iPhone 10 camera and that really is a story of this phone while battery life isn't quite as good as on the gate plus it's still significantly better than previous iPhones and for me it was really no problem to make it through a full day of use when Apple announced $1000 price tag for the iPhone 10 they pretty much threw down the gauntlet if this one wasn't incredible there was no way that it would be worth it but it kind of is you