The PhenomX waveform family constitutes the latest generation of frequency-domain phenomenological waveforms for black-hole binary coalescences. It covers both aligned-spin and precessing binaries, and an extension including matter effects is now under development. One of the main advantages of PhenomX models is their computational efficiency, which makes them ideal tools for large scale parameter estimation campaigns, as well as for convergence tests and systematic studies of sampler settings. We present here some analyses of real gravitational-wave data performed with PhenomX, where we show good agreement with other state-of-the-art models. We also discuss future prospects and open challenges for this class of approximants.