You know how the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are just meh - there's only so much life that a glass back and a bump in specs can breathe into a three-year-old design. Well, the iPhone X is anything but meh, and is in our office for review. Family shots While it is always an ordeal when a new phone arrives, the excitement was up a notch this time. Sorry, we just had to do it. The TrueDepth face mapping tech ( a Kinect-like IR camera based system ) is fitted in the display cutout on top - a biometric security feature Apple used to replace TouchID on the X - there's just no room for a fingerprint reader on this iPhone. Okay, the back is a perfectly fine location, but not for Apple. Anyway, our initial trials with FaceID have been encouraging. Facial recognition does seem to work on most occasions, including when wearing sunglasses. On the other hand, unlocking the phone requires waking it up, presenting your face, and then swiping...