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this is the iPhone 10 the most expensive smartphone that Apple has ever made and also one of the boldest departures from what made an iPhone and iPhone people have been dreaming about this amount of change for years but now that we have it Wow the learning curve has been steep I'm high metal even with pocket now and this is our honeymoon phase with the iPhone 10 brought to you by deep brand there was a time when every video introduction of every iPhone was full of complaints Apple was infamous for conservative designs and iterating on the side of caution yeah you can scratch that the iPhone 10 is not just a completely different iPhone but also a completely different smartphone the blend of stainless steel and glass feels like if you're holding a polished gemstone and a heavy one for that matter the rounded corners on the chassis remind us of apple's obsession for this same design and iconography since the first Macintosh if it wasn't for the horrendous camera hump everything on this phone seems to fall into place perfectly this device marks a ton of firsts for Apple the first iPhone with an OLED display the first time we see the bezels nearly disappeared to an insane eighty-three percent screen to body ratio the first time Apple jumps to a higher pixel density at 458 pixels per inch even if you won't really notice a difference when compared to the iPhone 8 at 750 P the largest and tallest display on an iPhone at five point eight inches diagonal at a nineteen point nine aspect ratio and last but not least the first iPhone without a home button now in favor of Apple's face ID through its true depth camera system the experience of an all display iPhone is definitely a shocking first impression now once you set it up you will land into a lot of familiar territory like with every iPhone you can set it up automatically by scanning an old phone or going manual like I did you select the basics like language Wi-Fi and go through the activation process Apple's new trick on this phone is that you now set face ID instead of touch ID for years my approach has been to set a complex password as a backup but given my skepticism over the reliability of face ID this is the first time that I use a pen password since the iPhone 5 you're prompted if you want to set this up as a new phone or restore from iCloud which is what I ended up doing and you can choose your backup within once that's done you're taken to the new home screen that's about the only thing that remains old as the phone continues to restore from iCloud Apple claims that this device is packed with new technologies to enable new experiences I am going to have to agree but adapting to these changes has been jarring for example I spent the first two days trying to press a home button that no longer exists or getting used to Control Center being at the top right and notifications at the top left or the rest of the unibrow and then there's the problem that a good deal of applications are still not optimized the apps with pillarboxing worked fine just like if you were using an iPhone 8 with bezels but the other applications like telegram are simply unusable with controls all around the place and then there are applications like Starbucks that seem optimized up until you try to log on and the application completely freezes obviously this is par for the courses it's a completely new iPhone but yet it still feels like if it's in beta now don't get me wrong not everything is bad soy bean between applications with a simple slide from the bottom is genius calling on reach ability with a swipe from the bottom is also very handy which explains the whole wasted space below the keyboard as a gesture area just the whole concept of swiping up to go home like throwing applications so the tray feels very natural as for face ID well I really have nothing to complain about I love being able to just lift my phone and have it unlock every single time right about the moment when I'm ready to swipe maybe it's because I'm in New York's current gloom in the fall and I really haven't been exposed to direct sunlight using this phone but it always unlocks just fine and yeah it doesn't unlock with my son trust me I've tried many people have complaints about the unibrow but after 10 years of bezels I'm not gonna complain I just wish the user interface would feel more like if it blends with it instead of all this wasted space and emojis are also a fun little idea definitely an example of how far the truth the camera system can go just a little disappointed with how out of sync these animations are when you send the final video but again this just seems like a work in progress I've read some of your tweets claiming great battery life but that hasn't been my story I've tried this phone on both AT&T and t-mobile all around New York City and it barely scratches a day of use while the iPhone eight was great in this department it's definitely too early to judge though as these things get better over time with iOS I also did a little experiment with fast charging I tried pairing apples $25 lightning USBC cable to a 27 watt adapter from the essential phone and this phone charged from 10% to 50 in just 30 minutes so yeah no need to pay the 50 extra dollars if you can find an adapter with the 27 watts now if you decide to stick with what Apple bundles in the box this battery will barely go from 10 to 23 percent and around the same time so yeah 13 percent in 30 minutes is terrible the camera has also proven to be an interesting mix of experiences if we talked about the primary sensors at the back I can tell you that I'm extremely impressed this camera is definitely a delight in both day and night extremely versatile in color saturation and detail and I'm liking how speedy portrait mode has become but again this is with the primary camera those portrait selfies are definitely still in beta I mean it does do a great job with skin tone but it simply never gets the borders right for me at all or I guess it just doesn't like my natural highlights and video recording is definitely top notch again if you're using the primary sensor as iPhones are really good about stabilization but sadly selfie video continues to lack any sort of software stabilization to conclude I guess the best phrase to describe my honeymoon phase with the iPhone 10 is by saying be careful what you wish for because you just might get it it's not until you experience a completely different iPhone that you Stan why Apple took so long to change its approach to hardware I mean if it was hard for me to adapt to this phone I can't imagine an average consumer now I do stand by my personal motto that change is great and Apple has proven that it can leap for our competitors like a champ what's left this to prove if all this change is actually useful to the consumer and that's going to be the theme for the next batch of comparisons to come in addition to our final review coming very soon while that happens might I remind you that this is probably the most finger print prone iPhone I've seen yet deep brand skins will eliminate those fingerprints and add some grip to your upcoming iPhone 10 or any iPhone for that matter check out the brand calm slash iPhone or visit the link of the description below to customize yours and be sure to shine in the comments to what comparisons you want to see next and hit that subscribe button to not miss out on these the top card will lead to our iPhones and unboxing block and the bottom to our honeymoon face with the Google pixel to excel you know so follow me on Twitter Jaime underscore to be better on Instagram at high metal emitter please give this video a thumbs up if you like what you saw I am hi mitigate I think so much for watching we'll see you on the next one