Consumer Reports has finished testing the iPhone X and the results are mixed. The phone features the best camera – for both stills and video – that CR has ever tested. The screen got high marks as well and the testers were generally pleased with Face ID (the lack of a Home button required only a short adjustment period).
But the phone is found to be quite fragile. Of the three units tested, two had failed screens after 50 turns in the tumbling machine – that’s a $280 repair right there. The third unit had a “significantly” cracked back. To its credit, the iPhone X did just fine on the drop…