iPhone 8 is here
Apple launches its latest range of devices today including three new iPhones, as well as upgrades for the Apple Watch, Apple TV, and AirPod Wireless headphones.
The iPhone X, a premium version will feature an all-screen display, facial recognition software, and wireless charging at a record price of £1, 149 ($1, 149).
At Apple’s annual launch event at the Steve Jobs Theatre at its new campus in Cupertino, California, will feature iPhone X, 128GB, 16MP iSight AX quad-core CPU iOS, 2GB RAM, including wireless charging, a 5.8-inch screen edge-to-edge display that covers the entire front of the phone, after removing the home button and Touch ID, which will be replaced by face-scanning technology that can identify owners and unlock when they look at it. The 3D scanning camera will be able to create animoji, a new form of moving emoji that reflect users’ facial expression and also would recognise when users are looking at it and silence notifications. The Touch Bar could make space for a function area similar to Touch Bar on the new MacBook laptop.
Apple also released iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, 4K Apple TV, a third generation of the Apple Watch that works independently from the iPhone and an update for Airpod wireless headphones.
The new phones look similar to iPhone7 models, and most expensive phone yet, but has several new hardware to give them a faster processing power and user friendly.
A 64GB capacity model will cost $999 in the US and £999 in the UK when it goes on sale on 3rd November 2017. A 256GB will be priced at $1, 149 ( £1, 149 in the UK), compared Samsung’s new Note 8 phone 64GB, $930 (£869 in the UK). Samsung has 23 per cent share of the market compared to Apple’s 11.8 per cent.
The iPhone X- referred to as “ten” uses a facial recognition to identify its owner rather than fingerprint. According to Apple, FaceID could work in the dark by using 30, 000 infra-red dots to check an identity and was harder to duplicate and fool than its old TouchID system.