Apple paid homage to its late co-founder Steve Jobs for the 10-year anniversary of the iPhone on Tuesday when it unveiled its latest - and, at $999, its most expensive - new version of the device, the iPhone X. The tech giant also launched two more phones, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, Apple SmartWatch, and the Apple TV.
Apple paid homage to its late co-founder Steve Jobs for the 10-year anniversary of the iPhone on Tuesday when it unveiled its latest - and, at $999, its most expensive - new version of the device, the iPhone X. The tech giant also launched two more phones, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, Apple SmartWatch, and the Apple TV.
Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, introduces the iPhone X.(REUTERS)
Apple lived up to the hype it generated on the 10th anniversary of the iPhone on Tuesday at its Steve Jobs Theatre by unveiling three flagship phones: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X. The first two phones, incremental upgrades over last year’s iPhone 7, will be available in India from September 29, with prices starting at Rs 64,000. The iPhone X will be available in India from November 3, with prices starting at Rs 89,000.
The iPhone X sports a unique FaceID facial recognition system to unlock the device -- just look at your phone to unlock it. Wearing a hat, glasses or new hairstyle can’t fool the FaceID system that also works with Apple Pay.
The iPhone X features wireless charging, an infrared camera and special hardware for facial recognition, which will replace the fingerprint sensor for unlocking the phone. The home button found on previous iPhones is also gone, and users will instead tap the device to wake it up.
The screen on the iPhone X is about the size of the current iPhone 7 plus, though the phone itself is smaller. It features richer colours thanks to a new technology called OLED that other vendors such as Samsung are also rolling out.