iPhone X news: release date, price, new features & specs
All the latest news about the release date, UK price, tech specs & new features of the iPhone X (pronounced iPhone 10), unveiled by Apple on 12 September.
Apple has unveiled the iPhone X, which joins the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus in Apple's all-new iPhone line-up. Here, we bring you everything you need to know about the iPhone X, including its release date, price, specs and features.
If you're wondering why this iPhone is called the X, let us explain. The iPhone X is actually pronounced iPhone 10 (with the X representing the Roman Numeral for 10 in the same way that Mac OS X used to). That's because 2017 is 10 years after the very first iPhone launched at Macworld Expo in 2007. So this is a sort of special, celebratory anniversary iPhone.
iPhone X release date
You'll be able to pre-order the iPhone X from 27 October, before its official release on 3 November.
iPhone X price
As expected, iPhone X is not cheap. It starts at $999 / £999, and that's for the 64GB model. For the 256GB model, you're looking at a whopping $1,149 / £1,149. Wowzers.
iPhone X design
Almost everything about the iPhone X's design was leaked ahead of its launch, but while it's not much of a surprise it's still pretty awesome. It's made with glass and stainless steel, and is available in Silver or Space Grey.
Edge-to-edge display
The iPhone X looks stunning, with an OLED display that stretches across the entire front of the phone for an edge-to-edge finish. Apple has called the display Super Retina, and it is 5.8in diagonally.
The screen has a million-to-one contrast ratio and wide colour support, and there's also HDR that supports Dolby Vision and HDR10. It's finally a display that'll be able to compete with rivals from the likes of Samsung and LG. Expect to be blown away by it.
True Tone for the display itself means that it will adjust the white balance to match the surrounding light, too.
No more Home button
In order to make an edge-to-edge display, Apple has done away with the Home button on the iPhone X. iOS 11 has been redesigned to replace to Home button's functions. You'll now raise to wake the iPhone X, or tap the display. And to go back to the Home screen, you just swipe up from the bottom. Swiping up and pausing before letting go will open the multitasking screen, and pressing and holding the side button will launch Siri (as will saying Hey, Siri as usual).
Face ID
To unlock the iPhone X, you can use the new Face ID feature. We're pretty concerned about how this is going to work in practice. Apple has promised that it'll just work, but when Apple's Craig Federighi tried it in the live demo he had to go to his backup iPhone X because the first one didn't recognise his face properly. Whoops! The backup iPhone X worked brilliantly, though, and it sounds like Apple has used some serious tech to make sure that Face ID doesn't recognise photos or masks.
Interestingly, Face ID means that there's no Touch ID fingerprint sensor. Apple says that Face ID is much easier and safer, with a one in a million chance of someone being able to access your phone, rather than one in 50,000 for the Touch ID. Everything that Touch ID did is now done by Face ID, including Apple Pay and access to secure apps.
We've put together a simple comparison of the two biometric systems: Face ID vs Touch ID: What's the best way to unlock an iPhone?
A fun touch are new Animoji, which let you make emoji come to life with your own expressions. You'll then be able to send Animoji you create to your friends and family via iMessage.
iPhone X specs
The iPhone X is powered by an A11 Bionic chip. It has a six-core CPU design which Apple claims is the smartest and most powerful ever seen in a smartphone.
It works with the Apple-designed GPU, which has three cores and is capable of powering AR at 60fps, as well as enabling new machine learning and 3D games.
it's set to be available with storage of 64GB or 256GB, but there's no microSD card slot (as with all of Apple's iPhones) so you'll need to choose wisely when you buy.
iPhone X cameras
