iPhone X is a smartphone designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the iPhone X on September 12, 2017, alongside the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus at the Steve Jobs Theater in the Apple Park campus. The phone is slated for release on November 3, 2017. This iPhone marks the iPhone's tenth anniversary, with "X" being the symbol for "ten" in Roman numerals.
Within Apple's line-up, the iPhone X is positioned as a high-end, premium model intended to showcase advanced technologies. Leaks, including those from case manufacturers, as well as HomePod firmware and the final version of iOS 11, revealed various aspects of the device prior to its unveiling, including the fact that it would have a nearly bezel-less design and no physical home button, an OLED display, dual cameras with improved depth sensing, and a face recognition unlock system known as Face ID.
Before the official keynote of the iPhone X on September 12, 2017, a HomePod firmware leak found widespread media attention.
The leak suggested that Apple would shortly release several new
features such as Face ID. Most of the leaked information was confirmed
at the keynote with additional elements such as wireless charging.On August 31, 2017, members of the media received invitations to a press event on September 12, 2017 at the Steve Jobs Theater in Apple Park, California. It is the first event ever held in the Steve Jobs Theater.
HARDWARE
The iPhone X features an 5.8 inch (diagonal) OLED color-accurate screen.The iPhone X contains the Apple's A11 Bionic SoC, which is a 6-core processor using the 10nm process. It has the Neural Engine, which is the AI accelerator. It has two cores optimized for performance which are 25% faster than the A10 Fusion along with four efficiency-optimized core which are 70% faster than the iPhone 7.Face ID replaces the Touch ID system entirely on this model. An infrared camera reads the dot pattern, captures an infrared image, then sends the data to the secure enclave in the A11 Bionic chip (which contains a dedicated AI accelerator) to confirm a match. The system will not work with eyes closed—preventing access if unattended.The iPhone X features two cameras, a 12 MP wide-angle camera with six-element lens, autofocus, IR filter, burst mode, f/1.8 aperture, digital image stabilization, and optical image stabilization. It can record 4K video at 24, 30, or 60 fps or 1080p at 30 or 60 fps, and slow-motion video (1080p at 120 or 240 fps), timelapse with stabilization. It can capture panoramas, can recognize faces. The telephoto lens has 2× optical zoom / 10× digital zoom, Portrait Lighting (beta), f/2.4 aperture, and optical image stabilization. It also has a quad-LED "True Tone" flash with Slow Sync.It has a 7 MP TrueDepth camera with a f/2.2 aperture. It can capture in burst mode, it has an exposure control, face detection, auto-HDR, auto image stabilization, Retina flash, 1080p HD video recording, and it now enables Portrait mode (blurred background), Portrait Lighting (beta) and Animoji (animated emojis). It also supports Qi-standard wireless charging.
SOFTWARE
The iPhone X will launch with a tweaked version of iOS 11.1 to utilize the different screen layout.The home button is replaced with gestures similar to the Nokia N9 and WebOS, but some features like Siri and Apple Pay will require the new side button.
PRICE
The price tag of Apple's new iPhone X has caused somewhat of a stir. The premium handset is starts at £999 in the UK, a record for a major phone manufacturer.
Apple has angered UK fans with the high cost, which is £244 or 32 per cent more expensive than the US starting price of $999 (£755) for the 64GB version. But Britain isn't the most affected by Apple's worldwide price changes, according to data compiled for the Telegraph by CupoNation.
Apple has angered UK fans with the high cost, which is £244 or 32 per cent more expensive than the US starting price of $999 (£755) for the 64GB version. But Britain isn't the most affected by Apple's worldwide price changes, according to data compiled for the Telegraph by CupoNation.
Consumers
in Europe are used to paying higher prices for Apple phones than those
across the Atlantic - and the iPhone X won't change things. The most
expensive place to buy the iPhone X is Hungary, where at £1,109 the
device costs 47 per cent more than in the US.
The cheapest countries are the US and Japan, where Apple Stores will charge iPhone X buyers the equivalent of £755 and £771 respectively. The US price doesn't include sales tax, which varies by state.
The cheapest countries are the US and Japan, where Apple Stores will charge iPhone X buyers the equivalent of £755 and £771 respectively. The US price doesn't include sales tax, which varies by state.
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