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Apple iPhone X unveiled officially with Bezel-less OLED display, Face ID at $999

Apple has unveiled its special tenth-anniversary smartphone, called Apple iPhone X (iPhone ten or 10) along with the company’s new iPhones, called iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. According to the previous leaks, speculates and rumors, the iPhone X would come with full-screen view screen with a u-shaped notch to house all the necessary sensors.

Let’s take a look which speculates and leaks are true about the Apple iPhone X.

Apple iPhone X design

A few weeks ago, some leaks claim the latest iPhone X smartphone comes with AMOLED display panel. The company confirmed that the new iPhone X (pronounced “iPhone ten) comes with OLED technology display combining with Super Retina Display. Apple’s display is known for its color accuracy, great contrast and deep blacks.

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The iPhone X features a 5.8-inch OLED display with 1125 x 2436 pixels of resolution and 458 PPI density. It has 81.23% of screen-to-body-ratio and very fewer bezels on all four sides.  On the top side, it comes with selfie camera and Face ID feature. It does not only come with Super Retina display but also Ture Tone technology which was used in the company iPad pro. The True Tone display technology will adjust the screen;s

The True Tone display technology will adjust the screen color temperature automatically depending on the light conditions by using the ambient sensor. It also comes with HDR10 and Dolby Vision for gorgeous high dynamic range videos, and also 3D touch.

The body dimensions of the phone are 143.6 x 70.9 x 7.7 mm and weighs 174 grams. It comes with reinforced glass and stainless steel frame combination body. The glass on the back side is the strongest glass ever on the phone, according to the iPhone X. The glass is reinforced with internal and copper structure. The main reason to use the Glass over the metal to enabling the wireless charging feature on the phone.

It has IP68 certification that means it’s water and dust resistant smartphone. On the right side, there is the elongated power button, as predicted.  The power button will act as an Apple Pay shortcut if you press it double time. There is no headphone jack port on the phone, if you need, you will get dongle on set. The phone will be available in two colors, silver and Space Gray.

Face ID

The screen of the iPhone X is equipped most of the display area, because of this there is no physical home button. Which means there is no Touch ID feature for unlocking, the company replaced the Touch ID feature with Face ID feature and a new TrueDepth camera system.

Apple iPhone X comes with the advanced software and sensor to recognize the user’s face. While setup the Face ID, there are 30,000 dots on the owner’s face flood illuminator. Which allows you to unlock your device in dark light conditions. The possibility of unlocking the phone by some other user through Face ID feature is 1 in a 1,000,000 chance. You can use this feature also in authenticating payments through Apple Pay.

Apple has introduced the new AR face scanning sensors feature called Animoji with the Apple iPhone X. This animated emojis are interesting, you can use it on iMessage also. At the front side, the Apple iPhone X using the face-scanning sensors to match user’s facial expressions and voice to animate the cartoon character.

Processor and Memory

Apple has launched the new system chipset along with iPhone X, called A11 Bionic. The A11 Bionic is Hexa-core processor which has 4 low-power cores and 2 high-power cores. The four core of A11 chipset is 70% faster than the last year A10 Fusion chipset while the 2 hip-power cores 25% faster than its predecessor which used in iPhone 7 Duo. The company used its new GPU in the iPhone X which is 30% faster than the last year GPU chip on board. The A11 Bionic chipset done not only increase the game performance but also some applications, such as machine learning and augmented reality processing etc.

There will be few internal storage variants of the Apple iPhone X starting from 64 GB. There also 256 internal storage model of the phone as well. It comes with an improved Stereo speaker which is 25 % louder than the last year iPhone 7 series smartphones. It also has Bluetooth 5.0.

Camera

The Apple iPhone X comes with the dual camera sensors on the back side just same as the iPhone 8 Plus. The first 12-megapixel primary camera with a f/1.8 aperture with a wide-angle lens and second 12-megapixel secondary 2X Zoom camera with f/2.4 aperture. The company used the new and improved camera sensors on the phone in compared with last year iPhone device. The rear camera of the phone comes with OIS (optical image stabilization) and Quad-LED flash light. You can record videos from in 4K at 60 fps and in slow motion, you can shoot video in 1080p at 240fps.

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The camera of the iPhone X comes with the Portrait mode with new real-time lighting effects feature. The real-time lighting effect is also known as Stage Light features which separate the subject from the flat background.

The iPhone X comes with 7-megapixel TrueDepth camera on the front side with f/2.2 aperture. It is the first iPhone that comes with Portrait mode which allows you to click amazing bokeh effect images with real-time lighting effects. You can record video from the front camera in 1080p at 30 fps and 720p videos at 240fps.

Battery

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The company has not revealed the exact battery capacity detail of the iPhone X. But Apple said that the iPhone X should last 2 more hours than the last year Apple’s iPhone 7.  The phone comes with two new charging feature. First one is, it comes with quick charging 3.0 feature that allows you to charge your device up to 50% in just 30 minutes. And the second is, It comes with Qi wireless charging feature. There are many wireless chargers available in the that will work on iPhone X. The company will also launch its wireless charger called AiPower Mat.

Price and availability

The Apple iPhone X 64 GB model will be available at $999 price tag which is $300 more than the 64 GB iPhone 8 smartphone. The 256 GB internal space iPhone X will be available at $1,149 price tag. You can pre-order the phone from October and it will be available in the market from November 3.

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