> > http://macdailynews.com/2017/09/12/apple-unveils-iphone-x/ > <http://macdailynews.com/2017/09/12/apple-unveils-iphone-x/> > > Apple unveils iPhone X > Apple today announced iPhone X, the future of the smartphone, in a gorgeous > all-glass design with a beautiful 5.8-inch Super Retina display, A11 Bionic > chip, wireless charging and an improved rear camera with dual optical image > stabilization. iPhone X delivers an innovative and secure new way for > customers to unlock, authenticate and pay using Face ID, enabled by the new > TrueDepth camera. iPhone X will be available for pre-order beginning Friday, > October 27 in more than 55 countries and territories, and in stores beginning > Friday, November 3. > “For more than a decade, our intention has been to create an iPhone that is > all display. The iPhone X is the realization of that vision,” said Jony Ive, > Apple’s chief design officer, in a statement. “With the introduction of > iPhone ten years ago, we revolutionized the mobile phone with Multi-Touch. > iPhone X marks a new era for iPhone — one in which the device disappears into > the experience.” > > <https://macdailynews.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/170912_iphone_x.jpg>iPhone > X is the future of the smartphone in a gorgeous all-glass design with a > beautiful 5.8-inch Super Retina display. > > “iPhone X is the future of the smartphone. It is packed with incredible new > technologies, like the innovative TrueDepth camera system, beautiful Super > Retina display and super fast A11 Bionic chip with neural engine,” said > Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, in a > statement. “iPhone X enables fluid new user experiences — from unlocking your > iPhone with Face ID, to playing immersive AR games, to sharing Animoji in > Messages — it is the beginning of the next ten years for iPhone.” > > Gorgeous All-Screen Design > > iPhone X introduces a revolutionary design with a stunning all-screen display > that precisely follows the curve of the device, clear to the elegantly > rounded corners. The all-glass front and back feature the most durable glass > ever in a smartphone in silver or space gray, while a highly polished, > surgical-grade stainless steel band seamlessly wraps around and reinforces > iPhone X. A seven-layer color process allows for precise color hues and > opacity on the glass finish, and a reflective optical layer enhances the rich > colors, making the design as elegant as it is durable, while maintaining > water and dust resistance. > > > > >  : > Remarkable Super Retina Display > > The beautiful 5.8-inch Super Retina display is the first OLED panel that > rises to the standards of iPhone, with stunning colors, true blacks, a > million-to-one contrast ratio and wide color support with the best > system-wide color management in a smartphone. The HDR display supports Dolby > Vision and HDR10, which together make photo and video content look even more > amazing. The addition of True Tone dynamically adjusts the white balance of > the display to match the surrounding light for a more natural, paper-like > viewing experience. > > iOS 11 is redesigned to take full advantage of the Super Retina display and > replaces the Home button with fast and fluid gestures, allowing customers to > naturally and intuitively navigate iPhone X. Simply swipe up from the bottom > to go home from anywhere. > > > Face ID, a Powerful and Secure Authentication System > > Face ID revolutionizes authentication on iPhone X, using a state-of-the-art > TrueDepth camera system made up of a dot projector, infrared camera and flood > illuminator, and is powered by A11 Bionic to accurately map and recognize a > face. These advanced depth-sensing technologies work together to securely > unlock iPhone, enable Apple Pay, gain access to secure apps and many more new > features. > > Face ID projects more than 30,000 invisible IR dots. The IR image and dot > pattern are pushed through neural networks to create a mathematical model of > your face and send the data to the secure enclave to confirm a match, while > adapting to physical changes in appearance over time. All saved facial > information is protected by the secure enclave to keep data extremely secure, > while all of the processing is done on-device and not in the cloud to protect > user privacy. Face ID only unlocks iPhone X when customers look at it and is > designed to prevent spoofing by photos or masks. > > Reinvented Front and Back Cameras Featuring Portrait Lighting > > The new 7-megapixel TrueDepth camera that enables Face ID features wide color > capture, auto image stabilization and precise exposure control, and brings > Portrait mode to the front camera for stunning selfies with a depth-of-field > effect. > > iPhone X also features a redesigned dual 12-megapixel rear camera system with > dual optical image stabilization. The ƒ/1.8 aperture on the wide-angle camera > joins an improved ƒ/2.4 aperture on the telephoto camera for better photos > and videos. A new color filter, deeper pixels and an improved Apple-designed > image signal processor delivers advanced pixel processing, wide color > capture, faster autofocus in low light and better HDR photos. A new quad LED > True Tone Flash offers twice the uniformity of light and includes Slow Sync, > resulting in more uniformly lit backgrounds and foregrounds. > > The cameras on iPhone X are custom tuned for the ultimate AR experience. Each > camera is individually calibrated, with new gyroscopes and accelerometers for > accurate motion tracking. The A11 Bionic CPU handles world tracking, scene > recognition and the GPU enables incredible graphics at 60fps, while the image > signal processor does real-time lighting estimation. With ARKit, iOS > developers can take advantage of the TrueDepth camera and the rear cameras to > create games and apps offering fantastically immersive and fluid experiences > that go far beyond the screen. > > The new camera also delivers the highest quality video capture ever in a > smartphone, with better video stabilization, 4K video up to 60fps and 1080p > slo-mo up to 240fps. The Apple-designed video encoder provides real-time > image and motion analysis for optimal quality video. > > Portrait mode with Portrait Lighting on both the front and rear cameras > brings dramatic studio lighting effects to iPhone and allows customers to > capture stunning portraits with a shallow depth-of-field effect in five > different lighting styles. > > With iOS 11, iPhone X supports HEIF and HEVC for up to two times compression > and storage for twice the photos and videos. > > Animoji Brings Emoji to Life > > The TrueDepth camera brings emoji to life in a fun new way with Animoji. > Working with A11 Bionic, the TrueDepth camera captures and analyzes over 50 > different facial muscle movements, then animates those expressions in a dozen > different Animoji, including a panda, unicorn and robot. Available as an > iMessage app pre-installed on iPhone X, customers can record and send Animoji > messages with their voice that can smile, frown and more. > > Introducing A11 Bionic > > A11 Bionic, the most powerful and smartest chip ever in a smartphone, > features a six-core CPU design with two performance cores that are 25 percent > faster and four efficiency cores that are 70 percent faster than the A10 > Fusion, offering industry-leading performance and energy efficiency. A new, > second-generation performance controller can harness all six cores > simultaneously, delivering up to 70 percent greater performance for > multi-threaded workloads, giving customers more power while lasting two hours > longer than iPhone 7. A11 Bionic also integrates an Apple-designed GPU with a > three-core design that delivers up to 30 percent faster graphics performance > than the previous generation. All this power enables incredible new machine > learning, AR apps and immersive 3D games. > > The new A11 Bionic neural engine is a dual-core design and performs up to 600 > billion operations per second for real-time processing. A11 Bionic neural > engine is designed for specific machine learning algorithms and enables Face > ID, Animoji and other features. > > > Designed for a Wireless Future > > The glass back design enables a world-class wireless charging solution. > Wireless charging works with the established Qi ecosystem, including two new > wireless charging mats from Belkin and mophie, available from apple.com and > Apple Stores. > > Apple gave a sneak peek of AirPower, an Apple-designed wireless charging > accessory coming in 2018, which offers a generous active charging area that > will allow iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus or iPhone X customers to simultaneously > charge up to three devices, including Apple Watch Series 3 and a new optional > wireless charging case for AirPods. > > Pricing and Availability > > • iPhone X will be available in silver and space gray in 64GB and 256GB > models starting at $999 (US) from apple.com and Apple Stores and is also > available through Apple Authorized Resellers and carriers (prices may vary). > > • Through Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Program, customers in the US can get iPhone > X, with the protection of AppleCare+, choose their carrier (no multiyear > service contract required) and have the opportunity to upgrade to a new > iPhone every year. The iPhone Upgrade Program is available for iPhone X at > apple.com and Apple Stores in the US with monthly payments starting at $49.91. > > • Customers will be able to order iPhone X beginning Friday, October 27, with > availability beginning Friday, November 3, in Andorra, Australia, Austria, > Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, > Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guernsey, Hong > Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Japan, Jersey, > Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, > Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, > Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, > Switzerland, Taiwan, UAE, the UK, the US and US Virgin Islands. > > • Apple-designed accessories including leather and silicone cases in a range > of colors will be available starting at $35 (US), while a new iPhone X > Leather Folio will be available for $99 (US). Lightning Docks in > color-matching metallic finishes will also be available for $49 (US), prices > may vary. > > • Every customer who buys iPhone X from Apple will be offered free Personal > Setup in-store or online to help them customize their iPhone by setting up > email, showing them new apps from the App Store and more.5 > > • Anyone who wants to start with the basics or go further with iPhone X or > iOS 11 can sign up for free Today at Apple sessions at apple.com/today > <http://apple.com/today>. > > Note: iPhone X is splash, water and dust resistant, and was tested under > controlled laboratory conditions with a rating of IP67 under IEC standard > 60529. > > MacDailyNews Take: Friday, October 27th is going to be a fun night o’ stress > here at MacDailyNews and in tens of million of other places! > > Good luck, everyone! >
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