Apple’s 10th anniversary iPhone is finally here, and it’s called the iPhone X (pronounced “iPhone Ten”). The Cupertino, California-based company made it official at an event on the Apple Campus in the Steve Jobs Theater.
Apple CEO Tim Cook called the new iPhone X “the biggest leap forward since the original iPhone,” and it’s easy to see why. The screen, which takes up the whole of the phone’s front panel, is made from surgical-grade stainless steel, with glass on the rear panel. It’s water- and dust-resistant, and available in space grey and silver.
The OLED display — an iPhone first — is called the Super Retina Display and measures 5.8 inches, with a resolution of 2,436 × 1,125 pixels. Apple says it rectifies the problems with brightness and color accuracy that have sometimes plagued OLED screens in the past, and that it features Dolby Vision and HDR10 for stunning high-contrast video playback. The iPhone X also boasts TrueTone dynamic white-balance adjustment, a feature of the10.5-inch iPad Pro and the new iPhone 8 models.
The iPhone X is designed to be intuitive despite one big omission: The physical home button on the front. Instead, it’s a swipe up, a raise-to-wake gesture, or a tap on the screen to wake up the iPhone X. These work across the operating system, for multi-tasking. Siri is still activated by voice or by using a multi-function side button, and a double tap on the side sleep/wake key activates Apple Pay.
iPHONE X FULL SPECIFICATIONS
NETWORK
Technology: GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G bands: LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
Speed: HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
GPRS: Yes
EDGE: Yes
LAUNCH
Announced: 2017, September
Status: Coming soon. Exp. release 2017, November
BODY
Dimensions: 143.6 x 70.9 x 7.7 mm (5.65 x 2.79 x 0.30 in)
Weight: 174 g (6.14 oz)
SIM: Nano-SIM
- IP67 certified
- dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
DISPLAY
Type: Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size: 5.8 inches, 84.4 cm2 (~82.9% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution: 1125 x 2436 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~458 ppi density)
Multitouch: Yes
Protection: Scratch-resistant glass
- Dolby Vision/HDR10 compliant
- Wide color gamut display
- 3D Touch display
- True-tone display
PLATFORM
OS: iOS 11.0.2
Chipset: Apple A11 Bionic
CPU: Hexa-core (2x Monsoon + 4x Mistral)
GPU: Apple GPU (three-core graphics)
MEMORY
Card slot: No
Internal: 64/256 GB, 3 GB RAM
CAMERA
Primary: Dual 12 MP, f/1.8 & f/2.4, phase detection autofocus, OIS, 2x optical zoom, quad-LED (dual tone) flash
Features: Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video: 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps
Secondary: 7 MP, f/2.2, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama
SOUND
Alert types: Vibration, proprietary ringtones
Loudspeaker: Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack: No
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic.
- Lightning to 3.5 mm headphone jack adapter
COMMS
WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
Bluetooth: 5.0, A2DP, LE
GPS: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC: Yes (Apple Pay only)
Radio: No
USB: 2.0, proprietary reversible connector
FEATURES
Sensors: Face ID, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Messaging: iMessage, SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
Browser: HTML5 (Safari)
Java: No
- Fast battery charging: 50% in 30 min
- Qi wireless charging
- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- iCloud cloud service
- MP3/WAV/AAX+/AIFF/Apple Lossless player
- MP4/H.264 player
- Audio/video/photo editor
- Document editor
BATTERY
Non-removable Li-Ion 2716 mAh battery
Talk time: Up to 21 h (3G)
Music play: Up to 60 h
MISC
Colors: Space Gray, Silver
Price: About 1150 EUR