APPLE'S
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED TENTH ANNIVERSARY IPHONE IS FINALLY OFFICIAL. AFTER MONTHS
OF LEAKS RUMORS AND UNPRECEDENTED HYPE, THE COMPANY HAS FINALLY UNVEILED THE
IPHONE X - THE MOST RADICAL UPDATE TO THE IPHONE LINE-UP YET. AT THE STEVE JOBS
THEATRE IN CUPERTINO, APPLE SHOWCASED THE IPHONE X'S RADICAL BEZEL-LESS DESIGN,
FACE ID, TRUETONE OLED DISPLAY AND WIRELESS CHARGING.
THE IPHONE
X WILL GO ON SALE IN INDIA FROM NOVEMBER 3 WITH A STARTING PRICE OF RS 89,000.
THIS MEANS THAT THE PHONE WILL MISS THE FESTIVE SEASON AHEAD OF DIWALI WHEN THE
CHANCES OF IT FINDING MORE TAKERS WOULD HAVE BEEN HIGHER. ALTHOUGH THE
AVAILABILITY DATE IS SEEMINGLY FARTHER THAN HOW IT HAS BEEN FOR APPLE PRODUCTS
USUALLY, IMPORTANT BIT TO NOTE HERE IS THAT THE IPHONE X IS ACTUALLY GOING ON
SALE ACROSS THE WORLD FOR THE FIRST TIME ON NOVEMBER 3. IN OTHER WORDS, FOR THE
FIRST TIME INDIA IS AMONG THE COUNTRIES WHERE A NEW IPHONE WILL GO ON SALE IN
THE FIRST WAVE.
THE IPHONE X IS A DEVICE THAT COMES PACKED WITH SOME COOL NEW
TECHNOLOGIES AND A NEW DESIGN, AT LEAST FOR AN IPHONE. THE LAST TIME APPLE
COMPLETELY OVERHAULED THE IPHONE'S DESIGN WAS WITH THE IPHONE 6 IN 2013. FOUR YEARS LATER, APPLE HAS FINALLY REVAMPED THE IPHONE'S
DESIGN AND WHAT A REVAMP IT IS. THE IPHONE X LOOKS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING WITH ITS
EXPANSIVE 5.8-INCH EDGE-TO-EDGE DISPLAY, POLISHED STAINLESS STEEL FRAME AND
GLASS ON THE FRONT AND BACK.
AT THE SAME TIME, APPLE HAS ALSO LAUNCHED THE IPHONE
8 AND THE IPHONE 8 PLUS. THE IPHONE 8 WILL HAVE A STARTING
PRICE OF RS 64,000 IN INDIA, WHICH IS ACTUALLY RS 4,000 MORE THAN THE STARTING
PRICE OF THE IPHONE 7. THE IPHONE 8 PLUS PRICE HAS NOT BEEN REVEALED BY APPLE
FOR NOW, BUT IT IT SHOULD COST CLOSE TO RS 75,000. THE IPHONE 8 AND THE IPHONE
8 PLUS WILL GO ON SALE IN INDIA FROM SEPTEMBER 29. THESE TWO PHONES ARE UPDATED
VERSIONS OF THE IPHONE 7 AND THE IPHONE 7 PLUS. THEY HAVE A SLIGHTLY TWEAKED
DESIGN AS THEY COME WITH GLASS BACK COVER, WHICH IS NEEDED FOR THE WIRELESS
CHARGING. BUT OTHER THAN THAT THE TWO PHONES, AS FAR AS LOOKS ARE CONCERNED,
ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE IPHONE 7 AND THE IPHONE 7 PLUS. INSIDE THOUGH, THERE
ARE CHANGES. THE IPHONE 8 AND THE IPHONE 8 PLUS ARE POWERED BY NEW SIX-CORE A11
PROCESSOR, HAVE FASTER GRAPHICS CHIP, DOUBLE THE INTERNAL STORAGE AT 64GB AND A
COUPLE OF OTHER ENHANCEMENT IN THE CORE HARDWARE.
THE NEW DESIGN OF IPHONE X
THE
BIGGEST VICTIM OF THIS BEZEL-LESS REDESIGN IS THE IPHONE'S ICONIC HOME BUTTON
WHICH HAS DISAPPEARED IN THE IPHONE X. THE SMARTPHONE IS ALSO WATER AND DUST
RESISTANT AT A MICROSCOPIC LEVEL. IT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN TWO COLOURS AT LAUNCH
- SPACE GRAY AND SILVER.
THE IPHONE
X ALSO COMES WITH A NEW TAP TO WAKE FEATURE. THE SIDE BUTTON HAS NOW BEEN MADE
LARGER AND CAN BE NOW BE DEPRESSED TO TALK TO SIRI. IN IPHONE X, YOU CAN SWIPE
UP FOR OTHER APPS, SIMILAR TO IOS 11 ON THE IPAD.
THE
DISPLAY ITSELF IS A 5.8-INCH OLED PANEL. APPLE CALLS THE DISPLAY A 'SUPER RETINA'
DISPLAY. THE SUPER RETINA DISPLAY SUPPORTS HDR 10, DOLBY VISION AND COMES WITH
A MILLION-TO-ONE CONTRAST RATIO. APPLE CLAIMS IT OFFERS GREAT CONTRAST, HIGH
RESOLUTION, WIDE COLOR SUPPORT AND ACCURATE COLOURS.
THE
DISPLAY ALSO COMES WITH APPLE'S TRUETONE TECHNOLOGY WHICH WAS FIRST SEEN IN THE
9.7-INCH IPAD PRO. THE TRUE TONE DISPLAY CHANGES ITS COLOUR TEMPERATURE AND HUE
DEPENDING ON THE SURROUNDINGS IN ORDER TO REDUCE EYE STRAIN.
ONE OF THE
BIGGEST TALKING POINTS OF THE IPHONE X IS THE PRESENCE OF 3D FACE RECOGNITION
AND THE ABSENCE OF TOUCH ID. APPLE CALLS THIS TECHNOLOGY FACE ID. APPLE'S TOUCH
ID FINGERPRINT SENSOR HAS BEEN A STAPLE OF THE IPHONE LINE-UP EVER SINCE IT WAS
INTRODUCED IN THE IPHONE 5S BACK IN 2013.
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