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Apple iPhone X price, Specifications & features

Since year 2007, Apple has been a leading mobile manufacturer in the premium category of smartphones. Their flagship phones are very popular owing to their cutting edge technology along with innovative design, smooth user interface, high quality video and music features. They revolutionized the high-end segment with their superb performance, great multimedia and capacitive touchscreen. Their prime focus is to offer maximum satisfaction to their customers through the wide range of apps and special features. After last year's iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus models, the company is ready to launch its new range of flaship models- Apple iPhone 8, Apple iPhone 8 Plus and Apple iPhone X. Apple iPhone X is the company's first bezel-less device. Since there are no buttoms in the front, it uses a revolutionary face unlock technology to unlock the device by scanning a 3-D model of your face. It is the most expensive tenth anniversary special edition Apple phone till date and comes with improved features like spectacular edge-to-edge OLED display, an improved rear camera with dual optical image stabilization, wireless charging and Face ID. It will be available in attractive colour options- Silver and Space Grey.

Introduction and Design :

This single SIM device (Nano SIM) sports an all-glass design with new edge-to-edge OLED super retina display. This is the first phone by Apple to have a glass on the rear panel and is made from surgical-grade stainless steel. It sports a sleek body with 7.7 mm thickness and other dimensions are 143.6 mm and 70.9 mm and weighs around 174 grams. It is available in Gold, Silver and Space grey colour variants. The device is also IP67 certified, making it resistant to moisture and dust. It is also water resistant till a depth of up to 1.5 meters and can stay submerged for up to 30 minutes.

Display and Configuration :

IPhone X features a huge 5.8-inches edge-to-edge OLED display with a resolution of 2436 x 1125 pixels (~458 ppi pixel density) which is protected by a layer of scratch resistant glass hence ensuring that it gets protection from scratches or any accidental falls. The Touch ID is replaced by Face ID (facial recognition) which uses infrared cameras to scan your face and unlock the device. The device comes with top of the line hardware specifications like hexa-core Apple A11 Bionic chipset and improved A10 GPU (which is 30 percent more efficient than the GPUs in last year's models) paired with 3GB RAM so that you are able to access all high-end softwares and games smoothly and without any hiccups. The new SoC and GPU will ensure that the user is able to perform complex tasks such as video encoding at a much faster rate. It comes with sufficient non-expandable 64 GB or 256 GB internal storage variants to store data, media and apps. It will run iOS 11 out of the box which is a more optimised version of their popular iOS 10.

Camera Performance :

Apple iPhone X sports a dual 12-megapixel rear camera (12MP + 12MP) with wide angle f/1.8 aperture lens and a telephoto f/2.4 aperture lens along with additional features like Phase detection autofocus, f/1.8 aperture, 2x optical zoom, 10x digital zoom, dual-tone LED flash, Geo-tagging, Optical image stabilization, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR, Panorama and host of other features. The rear camera delivers bright and sharp images of 4,608 x 2,592 pixels resolution and can also record 4K videos of 3,840 x 2,160 at 30 frames per second and 720p slow motion videos at 240 fps. The 7-megapixel secondary camera comes with f/2.2 aperture and retina flash which enables the suer to click high quality selfies even in low light conditions.

Battery and Connectivity :

The device is power packed with a non-removable 2100 mAH Li-ion battery which can provide a talk time upto 21 hours i.e, it will offer uninterrupted working fo more than a day on a 3G cellular network. It comes with fast charging support which charges the device to 50% of capacity in 30 minutes. It lacks a fingerprint sensor and uses an infrared sensor embedded at the front for unlocking the device by using facial recognition. In terms of connectivity, it offers various options like single SIM functionality, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth v5.0 with A2DP, GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS, FM radio, USB Type-C connector for charging and data transfer and 4G LTE (supports Indian bands), Mobile Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, 3.5mm headphone jack and NFC which enables the user to make wireless payments easily. It also supports wireless charging and comes with Apple's popular virtual assistant, Siri. The variety of sensors supported includes Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Proximity sensor and Ambient Light sensor.

Key Features of iPhone X at a glance :

1. It runs on latest iOS 11 operating system.
2. The device comes with a 5.8 inches OLED display with 2436 x 1125 pixels resolution.
3. It is powered by a 64-bit Hexa-core Apple A11 Bionic processor coupled with 3GB RAM and non-expandable 64GB/256GB internal storage memory options.
4. It features an autofocus dual 12MP + 12MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and 4K recording and 7MP front facing camera.
5. It is powered by a non-removable Li-ion battery providing talk-time of more than a day. It offers various connectivity options like 4G VoLTE, Wi-fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS, GLONASS and USB Type-C port.

Why should you not buy iPhone X ?

• Expensive : It is the most expensive phone by Apple till date. Its 256GB storage variant is priced more than a lakh which is just out of the reach.
• Non expandable inbuilt memory : The internal storage cannot be expanded which is a major drawback. For more storage, the user has to opt for 256GB variant which is very expensive.
• Low battery backup : At such an exorbitant price, the battery offered by the company is around 2000 mAH which is quite less.

How does iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone 8 differ from iPhone X?

iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X feature a dual 12MP rear camera with a wide-angle lens and a telephoto lens which supports portrait mode. However, iPhone 8 lacks the dual-rear camera set-up and comes with a 12MP camera with an aperture rate of f/1.8. While iPhone 8 will come with a 4.7 inch widescreen LCD display with IPS technology, iPhone 8 Plus will come with a 5.5 inch widescreen LCD display with IPS technology and iPhone X sports the largest 5.8 inch edge-toedge OLED display. All three of them will come with the new A11 Bionic chip and boot on iOS 11. All three models support Wireless Charging and are Qi charger compatible.

Our viewpoint on Apple iPhone X :

This upcoming flagship phone by Apple is highly awaited because of its improved camera features, faster processor and bigger screen size. It is probably the best smartphone made to date owing to the premium technological advancements like A11 Bionic chipset and the Face ID camera as compared to its competitors. Its all-screen design, improved dual-lens camera system that takes impressive portrait photos and fast processor makes it a good buy for all Apple brand lovers.

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

Ans : It is a single SIM device. It can only support Nano SIM and not micro SIM.

Ans : No, the phone has all-glass in front and has replaced Touch ID with Face ID to unlock the device.

Ans : Yes, the phone is IP67 certified and hence it is waterproof and dustproof.

Ans : The handset comes with 64GB and 256GB onboard storage variants. However, the internal storage cannot be expanded due to lack of microSD card slot.

Ans : Yes, this phone are Qi charger compatible which charges the device upto 50% of its capacity in less than 30 minutes.

Ans : No, it works with only 2G, 3G & 4G networks. It cannot work with 5G network.

Ans : No, it is equipped with USB Type C port and micro USB 2.0 for data transfer.

Ans : Yes, it has Gyroscope sensor.

Ans : No, It does not have IR blaster.

Ans : Yes, LED notification light is available on the phone.

Ans : Yes, it supports NFC for speeding up the wireless payments.

Ans : No, it does not support split window screen for dual purpose usage.

Ans : It is made up of glass design both at front and back.

Ans : Yes, it does have VoLTE support.

Ans : No, you will not find Bokeh effect function in its camera. But you will have special features like portrait mode in this.

Ans : The supported language is not known.

Ans : No, it supports only single SIM and does not even has microSD card slot for expansion.

Ans : No, During the heavy usage of phone, there will be no heating issues as it has latest Apple A11 Bionic chipset.

Ans : No, the phone comes with non-removable battery and it is fuelled by a 2000mAH battery backup.

Ans : Besides the handset, the box also contains other items like battery, charger, data cable, USB adapter, headsets, protective case and manual guide.