How to Turn OFF your iPhone X

With its Home-button less architecture, a lot of previous actions performed on the previous models such as returning to your Home screen was changed in the arrival of iPhone X. The question is, did turning off your iPhone X got altered too?

Apple has decided to take the road each of its competitors is afraid of tackling. It has approached an unorthodox design, a bezel-less and a Home-button less one, for its latest champion on its block, the iPhone X. Because of that, a lot of its controls have changed.

Remember those times when you’re spending a lot of hours on your favorite iPhone app. Then suddenly, you got bored and wished to switch to another app that you have opened earlier. You can simply tap the Home button, then poof came your Home screen. In less than a second, you were redirected to the most important part of the interface of your iPhone. However, you cannot do that anymore on the iPhone X.

Since the removal of its Home button, a lot of mix thoughts and comments were received by Apple with its new design, especially eldered ones. The fact that we’ve managed to install to our subconscious of habitually performing actions correlated to the Home screen, and now seeing it gone, is really a big jump that Apple did on their latest handset.

Now with iPhone X, you’re forced to learn these new “gestures” that shall invoke those options only done when pressing the Home button. Some of which is the automatic redirection to the Home screen with a single press, tapping long enough to invoke Siri, and many, many more. Now the question in everyone’s mind is that, “How are we able to turn Off our iPhone X?”

Way back from the first version of iPhone, to the recently introduced iPhone and iPhone 8 Plus, the act of shutting down the device is quite easy and very simple to perform. All you have to do is long press the power button for at least 4-5 seconds then the Shutdown slider shall appear on your phone’s screen. Then, you can slide the glider down and you can now say “Bon voyage, Happy sleeping” to your iPhone.

With iPhone X, tapping then long pressing the Power button shall only summon Siri since the Home button is now absent. Try keeping the hold on your Power button for an extra few seconds. What happened? Nothing, right? It’s because iPhone X altered the way of shutting down their phone.

Yes, we know. It might be a nuisance at first and could take a while to get accustomed to. Yet don’t worry. As the bringer of the light for every smartphone woes, we at Recomhub shall guide you on how to turn Off your iPhone X with not just one, but two ways. So if you’re ready to take a ride with our knowledge express, then fasten your seatbelts, sit tight, and enjoy learning.

How to Turn OFF/ Shut Down your iPhone X

Turn OFF Using Physical Buttons

Shutting Down the iPhone X is far distinct from the process of shutting down the previous iPhone models. Now, long pressing the Side button (beforehand called the iPhone’ Power/Lock button) invokes Siri on your iPhone X. The process of shutting down your phone is quite simple. All you have to do are these steps:

Tap then long press the Side button and either the Volume Up or Volume Down buttons simultaneously
Wait for a few seconds, then the slide will show itself on the screen (can be done wherever you are on your iPhone X’s screen)
When the slider pops out, slide the glider in a rightward motion to shut down your iPhone X
Wait for a few seconds, and you’re all done!

Turn OFF through Settings

In addition to the method above, it’s also possible to shut down your iPhone X directly on the Settings app without the use of its physical buttons. This sole method can also be applied to previous iPhone models that are running the iOs 11 software. In order to shut down the iPhone X from the Settings app, All you have to do are these steps:

Unlock your iPhone X then head to the Settings app
Press the General Settings option
Once you’re inside, scroll down to the lowermost part of the menu
Press the Shut Down option. Wait for a few seconds until the slider appears
When the slider pops out, slide the glider in a rightward motion to shut down your iPhone X
Wait for a few seconds, and you’re all done!

These methods are quite far from the ones we are accustomed to, which is quick, simple and super easy. However, all things have their own ending and the old ways should be tossed out completely in the past. Let’s embrace the new way of shutting down our phone and by time, we can get it in our second nature without us noticing it!

Conclusion

Yeah, we know. The new method would really take a lot of time to get accustomed to. With a little practice, you get used to it and become second nature to you in no time. Now that we’ve taught you the two new methods of shutting down your phone, are there other question that is boggling your mind about those processes? We would love to hear your thoughts about this one and as we always say, if you have any more questions, don’t hesitate to message us.