It's a good device, with some caveats...

Posted: May 28, 2020, 10:05 PM

Phone owned for less than a year

TL;DR-This phone is a mixed bag. It's just a standard iPhone with a decent camera and excellent battery but it feels a bit slow compared to some Android phones. Overall it's a boring but trusty device.
My full review down below
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For every wonderful feature, there seems to be an equally unfortunate trade-off. For a start, build quality, though premium, makes the phone heavy and bulky. (That's coming from a 6'3" dude with enormous hands.) This phone significantly weighs down pockets, if you're a smaller handed person, I'd advise against this heavy little tank. My reception is poor, though I live in a semi-rural area with Verizon, I've been rather disappointed, especially when transitioning between WiFi and data. Call quality is decent. Multimedia is fair, speakers get the job done and the screen is fairly good. However, the speakers are not nearly as good as my old Note9, and the screen pales in comparison to OnePlus, Samsung, and even Google's high-res screens. The camera is good all around, it excels in video recording, but images appear to be extremely warm and yellow, which I don't like. Also have noticed TONS of autofocus issues. If you're looking for the best point and shoot camera or the best night-time camera, I would recommend Google's Pixel 4. iOS is solid, bus customization is essentially impossible. iOS convenience is also slowly losing its edge as Android 10 starts bringing helpful features like call screening, Google Assistant, and multitasking are vastly superior to iOS. I've noticed some really severe RAM management issues as well. The keyboard is also very poor, no haptic feedback and bad touch input make for a disappointing experience, far prefer Gboard. The display as I said is solid, but many phones have substantially better screens. The only truly outstanding feature about the phone is the stellar battery, which lasts me two days easily. Overall it's a good phone but for the price, you can do better. If you absolutely need iOS to buy an iPhone SE 2020 or the regular iPhone 11 is a good choice. IF you're looking for a decent iPhone alternative, Google's Pixel line, OnePlus, and Samsung's Galaxy S series are great options. I will be purchasing a Pixel or OnePlus due to the near-stock experience but that's up to you.

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