Apple Unveils iPhone X in Major Product Launch
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Apple Inc. Tuesday rolled out its much-anticipated iPhone X, a redesigned product of glass and stainless steel with an edge-to-edge display that Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook called "the biggest leap forward since the original iPhone."
The phone 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 phone, which is priced at $999 and ships on Nov. 3, as well as the holiday shopping season are the most important for Apple in years.
Shares of Apple were last down 1.3 percent after erasing gains of up to 1 percent during the launch event.
The company has sold more than 1.2 billion iPhones over the past decade and ushered in the era of mobile computing, but last year had a substantial decline in revenue as many consumers rejected the iPhone 7 as being too similar to the iPhone 6.
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 colors thanks to a new technology called OLED that other vendors such as Samsung are also rolling out.
Apple also introduced the iPhone 8 and the iPhone 8 Plus, which resemble the iPhone 7 line but have a glass back for wireless charging.
The new phones feature Apple's first proprietary graphics processor, which provides greater speed, improved cameras and some features for augmented reality apps.
The cheapest phones have 64 gigabytes of memory, up from 32 gigabytes in previous models, and will sell for $699 and $799.
Apple also introduced an upgraded Apple Watch, which can make phone calls and access the internet without the user carrying an iPhone.
The new Apple TV will support the high resolution display known as 4K and more options as Apple steps up its efforts to cut content deals and produce its own shows.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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