Apple Announces 5.8-inch 'iPhone X' With Super Retina OLED Edge-to-Edge Display

[FoxMcCloud]

They could’ve at least put touchid into the new larger side button.

 

[The Game 161]

Samsung facial recognition is not even close to Apple's. Photos can fool a Samsung.

on a demo model yes but in real life they say it can't in the release model.

 

[MrGuder]

What is the weight of this iPhone?

 

[dumastudetto]

Pre orders start 27 October. It is this Friday for pre orders of the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus.

Yes I posted my comment before they surprisingly announced the wait time.

 

[DeepIn2U]

FaceID can't even work on a perfectly controlled demonstration hahahhaa

Yeah I kind of expected it to fail. This tech isn't 100% full proof.

Apple decides SUNGLASSES don't exist.

"If your eyes are closed or you're looking away it's not gonna unlock." - Phil Schiller

I'd be more interested if looking at your iPhone X forced eyelids opened that if you stared past it your pupils wouldn't focus on it and thus no access.

Phill Schiller is the most boring person for presenting a new product...

Yet he's THE most familiar at Apple and his voice calming enough to sound trusted not a forced sale like Jony's voice. He's lost some weight too glad health is taking a focus.

 

[jimbobb24]

I really want an iPhone 8 said no one ever.

The X is the only way to go if you want an iPhone. It finally competes with Samsung S8 in design.

I really want an iPhone 8. Looks like a solid upgrade. Price is right, still has TouchID.

 

[L-Viz]

Am I the only one, who complains about the size increase?

Where is the "iPhone X Mini" with the screen size of the iPhone 6/7/8 ?

 

[ACNMember]

I thought I was done with Apple after they "courageously" ditched the headphone jack. But now that I can turn myself into a talking poop emoji, I may have to reconsider. Obviously Apple understands what the consumer really wants.

They're literally the most valuable company on Earth. So, yes, they apparently do.

 

[Jaimi]

Lot of "firsts" mentioned in the ad, that should be mentioned as "First for iPhone". Not a lot of new here, more catchup to Android. Still, it's a nice looking phone.

 

[CE3]

Look closely at the image. Face ID didn't fail, it just needed the passcode to be entered for it to work.

Same happens with touch id if you restart your iPhone.

Yeah, that’s probably what caused the hiccup.

 

[Steves.sequel]

Will FaceID work in zero light? Bedside table, don't want a light shining to unlock phone if I want to check email or browse web.

The screen will illuminate your face enough to unlock.

 

[sleepydinosaur]

FaceID had better be flawless. Didn't work too well during the demonstration. Te second time, he tried it, I wasn't that impressed with the speed. The idea I have to raise and authenticate is not as convenient as just touching as I raise to unlock. But I'm sure I'll get used to it. I wish he would have demonstrated how it would work on a flat table. THat's the other situation where I wouldn't want to have to raise the phone in order to access it.

They didn't dispel my one concern that ApplePay won't work without looking at the phone during the transaction. In many cases, the POST is away from my face.

EDIT: never mind -- the second demonstration with Apple Pay showed that it can be authenticated before extended to the POST. It's not as convenient as Apple Pay is with Touch ID now, but it might actually be more reliable. I do wonder how quickly the Face Authentication will time out though. That could get tricky.

Agreed. I would say this was the only letdown for me. Face ID maybe be more secure but it doesn't appear to be more convenient, especially using Apple Pay.

I was 100% going to get one but now I'm going to wait. I can't help but feel this wasn't everything it was supposed to be.

 

[CazalKing]

Will FaceID work in zero light? Bedside table, don't want a light shining to unlock phone if I want to check email or browse web.

Well you will have the light from the phone screen. That probably will be enough.

 

[Cigsm]

You seem really angry

So what's so special about this thing that you can't do with an iPhone 6s or 8? Cool, it has a 5.8" screen. But it still runs iOS which means you can't do many useful things with it and it's treated and used in pretty much the same way as an iPhone 6s. A 2 year old device.

"Unless you have an identical twin" you see, TouchID doesn't care about that since even identical twins have different finger prints. So there's that. Now we're waiting for a price.

edit aaaaaand it's $1000. $1000 for a ****ing phone. What a joke.

 

[9081094]

What is the weight of this iPhone?

I dunno, but it's more expensive than the same weight in gold

 

[pmau]

Look closely at the image. Face ID didn't fail, it just needed the passcode to be entered for it to work.

Same happens with touch id if you restart your iPhone.

No. If Touch ID fails it will tell you to enter the passcode to ENABLE Touch ID again.
The same happened here.

FaceID failed. It asked for the Code to let you use it again.
People. Read.

 

[BuddyTronic]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, my friend. In the iPhone 8 announcement, some were disappointed and wanted Apple to shut up about it and get to the iPhone X..

When they did, the masses were underwhelmed. It's an underwhelming device unfortunately. But who am I? Vote with your wallet. I, personally am not impressed this time around and will avoid this release like the plague.

Your old phone still does what it does, but if you have the coin - upgrade as soon as possible. Remember, we all use these things every day of our lives. Enjoy the latest and greatest - life is too short to pinch pennies over nice life enhancing things like this. Just my opinion.

 

[Spiral Fracture]

Wow - not posted here for a while but what's with all the neg ferrets !!

IMHO this has been the best presentation for ages - actually felt like some of the old spark returning......

OK, Angela accidentally mentions 'cervix' instead of service and face recognition didn't work straight off, but hats off for running the face recognition again (felt that this was unscripted probably) and for putting his trust behind the technology.

Great tech, loads of power and nice updates all round. Loved it !!

 

[tmcnulty1381]

Wonderful devices, but the expense seems high.

No Mac announcement ! Might as well sell the Mac product line
To someone.....

 

[Ben2998]

The GBP is slumping big time....

CDN - $1,529.00 for the 256GB version... just wow. Way too expensive for a phone. Even the 64GB is $1300.

I was about to comment on this! The introduction of the iPhone X went from “I like the design and i can’t wait to see the software” to a disappointed “Is that it” when they showed no advantages over the iPhone 8 other than an extra inch of screen estate that devs won’t use because fewer people will buy it. The Canadian pricing just killed the whole deal and I’m starting to question if I should just buy a red iPhone 7 or just keep my 6S and dip my toe in Android-land.

 

[MistrSynistr]

Talk about a floppity flop flop.

 

[imacalot]

I don't understand why Apple is using inferior AMOLED technology.

OLED is far superior. S8 and Note 8 are far superior phones. Sorry apple, you still haven't caught up to Samsung.

 

[Fatboy71]

The only thing putting me off the iPhone X is those polished Stainless Steel top, bottom, sides. The Stainless Steel Apple Watch shows micro scratches really easily even with using it with care and I can't see why the iPhone X will be any different, if not worse as there is more of it.

I wish Apple had went with the Stainless Steel finish they used on the iPhone 4.

 

[212rikanmofo]

The notch just ruin's it for me... everything else is nice, what a shame... c'mon apple, I thought you guys were #1 when it comes to beautiful designs...

 

[CazalKing]

If you ever want to deactivate Face-ID or Touch-ID for that matter, I think you can press the power button 5 times in a row and it will push you back to having to type in a passcode.

I just tried this, it didn't work for me.