Consumer Reports Ranks iPhone X Below iPhone 8 and Samsung Galaxy S8 [Video]

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Posted December 5, 2017 at 10:06pm by Shalom Levytam

Consumer Reports has posted its final iPhone X test results which score Apple's flagship device just under the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus.

"The iPhone X is an innovative device with a fantastic camera and beautiful display, but other phones are tougher and can operate longer on a charge," says Consumer Reports. The cheaper iPhone 8 and 8 Plus both proved more durable than the iPhone X in drop and fumble tests.

“If not for the damage in that durability test, the iPhone X would have come in ahead of the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus,” says Richard Fisco, head of smartphone testing at CR.

The iPhone X was also ranked below Samsung's flagship devices, primarily due to battery life.

Taken as a complete package, this phone ranked a bit lower than Samsung’s S8, S8+, and Note8, mainly because of their superior battery life. But many longtime iPhone users aren’t interested in switching to Android, so the real question for them is whether to save a few bucks—or, actually, a couple hundred—and go with an iPhone 8 or 8 Plus instead.

Check out the video below or hit the link for Consumer Reports' full iPhone X review.

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justabrake - December 6, 2017 at 12:52pm

Comparing the X to the 8 Plus the 8 Plus’s screen looks much clearer and better to read then the X I also prefer the button then no button

iPhongX - December 6, 2017 at 10:43am

laughing with my iPhone X. as Tech Jedi said above.. performance, screen quality, camera quality, and innovation would be more better benchmark than durability. i don't know about iphone 8 battery life, but my X is performing better battery life than my 7 plus as i remember.

Tech Jedi - December 6, 2017 at 4:30am

Poor scoring. I would expect performance, screen quality, camera quality, and innovation would be more practical than durability. Consumer Report is so outdated.

Big Dave - December 6, 2017 at 2:20am

You can always just not drop the X...

zetaprime - December 6, 2017 at 1:15am

Odd that Apple didnt give durability any thought. I’d have been fine with a plastic (or whatever the other more durable phones use) the glass was a bad idea that they should have already learned not to do since an earlier iPhone had that too. But I have my x in a case so I don’t think that’ll be a problem. Would be nice if they made these things durable enough to use naked.

Uzumaki - December 6, 2017 at 12:22am

Where did these people get the results for the battery from? My X lasts longer than my buddies note 8. There is even youtube videos showing that. Consumer Reports often has questionable results; they can't even review a car right either.

andrei_dre - December 6, 2017 at 12:12am

ok, except every time my buddy drops his s8+ his curved screen cracks. Not to worry, for only $450+tax he can have his device fixed

MUKAI - December 5, 2017 at 10:14pm

Ok it’s not like we don’t own cases.