Linked List: October 30, 2017

Monday, 30 October 2017

Mike Allen, writing for Axios:

My nephew Anders texted me an animated dog — an Animoji, from the same family as the alien you see above — that said, in the 19-year-old’s voice and with his facial tilt: “Hey, Uncle Mike, it’s me!”

I knew Anders had figured out to set up the iPhone X (“10”) that Apple loaned me ahead of its release in stores this Friday. Preorders for the $999 “future of the smartphone” began last Friday in 55+ countries. (The Animoji choices include unicorn, pig and panda.)

Anders, a college freshman, is our family’s designated early adopter (he followed 4G blogs long before the fast broadband rolled out nationally), and a longtime Apple connoisseur.

Thank god Apple seeded Mike Allen with an iPhone X review unit. Such great insight from his fucking nephew, the emoji expert.

Steven Levy Reviews the iPhone X ★

Steven Levy:

I’ve had this phone since last Tuesday. Apple had given me this early peek in part because I was one of the first pre-release reviewers of the original iPhone. Given that history, we all thought it would be interesting to get my impressions of what the company clearly believes is the next milestone in a journey that has pretty much altered our relationship with technology.

Interesting first look, but none of the other reviewers of the original iPhone had reviews of the iPhone X today. Mossberg is retired, but David Pogue and Ed Baig aren’t.

Fashion Magazine Reviews the iPhone X ★

Thank god Apple seeded Fashion with a review unit.

Highsnobiety’s iPhone X Review ★

Thank god Apple seeded these insightful critics with a review unit.