iPhone X is a sad joke, according to 'Silicon Valley' cast

Are you forcing yourself to (still) be excited about the iPhone X?

Are you resisting the urge to just go and buy an 8 Plus and instantly enjoy the wonders of wireless charging?

Are you worried, though, that reports suggesting iPhone 8 sales are slow might lead to you to waver about the X?

You must have wondered, then, what the deep tech community thinks. You know, the ones who really dictate just how parlous your future will be. Well, here are the best representatives I know, the cast of HBO's "Silicon Valley," offering its instant reactions to Apple's "smartphone of the future."

In a new Funny or Die video, Richard Hendricks and his Pied Piper team watch Apple's great iPhone X unveiling and are stunned at what they see. No, not in the most soul-stirring, limb-lifting, mouth-twitching way.

Instead, as they watch Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, attempt to present Face ID -- the new way of unlocking your iPhone -- they can barely pipe up a snort.