I woke up to the sound of ice bouncing off the roof and windows,and I went outside with my Iphone Xcamera, the only light was the sensor light on the back porch. The phone camera picked up the shot and caught the ice and snow as well, captured the eerily feeling of the night.

I am very happy with the iphone X or Ten, as it is also called. It is easily the best piece of technology I have ever owned, and the best smart phone, although the 8 Plus Maria has is just about is also great.

I have had no serious problems at all with the new phone, it is quite easy to use, and I am delighted and fascinated by the AI elements in the phone, it does grow and change and adapt to me. The Face ID works instantly and every time, even in the dark, and I am addicted to the animated Emoji, it may save my relationship with my granddaughter, who lives in New York and now thinks her grandfather is a cute puppy.

Well, whatever works..

I am grasping the future of Artificial Intelligence, the phone is growing along with me, and reacting to me.  The next step up with be a SmartPhone Robot, this practically is one. It took only a few hours to figure out how to navigate the phone comfortably and without interruption.

.The phone X is very fast, the image quality is outstanding. I seem able to pull in a cell signal from anywhere, and the battery lasts at least several hours longer than the Iphone 6 plus.

Siri is easier and more efficient, and I do not miss the home button for a second. The wireless charging is great, it is so easy to charge the phone, I just put it down on a small black circular pad and it charges. No cables.

People groan when I tell them the cost – just over $1,000 – but I use it many times each day for work and photos and monitoring my finances, e-mail and messages.

I do not believe it is overpriced in any way. I just don’t have anything negative to say about it, and for me, that is a bit shocking. I am still not using one tenth of all the new features, I use it mostly for the basics. This is the phone for me, and I have not regretted getting it for one second.

The new camera is affecting my photography – especially the portrait lens. This is a $3,000 camera they have in there, there are still things my big full frame Canon can do that the X can’t, but I am using the phone for many of my portraits, and I am very  happy with the photos.

The phone is changing my understanding of photography. All in all, I have only wonderful things to say about this phone. Maria is just as happy with her Iphone 8, people have to sniff around and see what works for them. The Iphone X works for me.