Live Coverage of Apple's iPhone X Event at Steve Jobs Theater

[MacFetish]

My wallet is ready

 

[frifra]

They mentioned 64gb

What? Thats what I call back to the future.

 

[grad]

That unibrow looks awful in landscape, ok it doesn't look great even in the portrait tbh. Also, swipe up to go home and swipe up + hesitate to multitask, not feeling that.

They are running out of gestures.

 

[Boatboy24]

If Face ID is fast, I'll be really excited. I'm kind of sick of pressing the thumb print multiple times in order for the phone to maybe recognize me- Especially when my finger is wet.

Wonder what will happen when your face is wet.

 

[L-Viz]

I see no safe way to unlock the iPhone X while driving. That's an epic fail for me and makes this phone simply overpriced at $1000 without any Touch ID.

I realize the fascinating gimmick factor to the iPhone X, but why pay more for a phone that's display will not last as long and has less features and practical functionality in real life situations I'd be likely to use the phone?

But what about the Animojis ? Clearly lifechangers!!!!

 

[MH01]

Still can’t believe the256gb will be $1829 here in Australia. That’s just bull@***

Wtf!!! That is crazy

 

[WinterWolf90]

even the costs $150 to upgrade from 64-256.

 

[MH01]

Are taxes included in the £999 price?

They pay tax?

 

[ryan102]

UK prices are a rip off but just had a quick look at the other European countries and they're paying around £20-£40 more than we are. Ouch.

 

[_Kiki_]

Are taxes included in the £999 price?

even after tax still should be £899 not £999

 

[L-Viz]

We should seriously consider if we call that stupid black area on the front "unibrow" or "monobrow" in respect to the camera wart on the backside.

 

[dantracht]

Literally every rumor proved true.

 

[tripleh3lix]

What happens when I already paid for my upgrade and they want 14 days to trade in my phone?

 

[mi7chy]

No it was on one of the slides.

I skate to where the pick has been. That's what the iPhone X is doing.

Spotted in tech specs so the gimmick is still alive. Surprised they don't replace it with long touch gestures.

https://www.apple.com/iphone-x/specs/

 

[nviz22]

Nothing, they only mentioned wireless charging, not fast wireless charging and there is a BIG difference.

I saw faster charging so I assumed it was like Qualcomm's quick charge.

 

[Boatboy24]

Am I the only one who is wondering what 'water and dust resistant at a microscopic level' means?

 

[andyp350]

I see no safe way to unlock the iPhone X while driving. That's an epic fail for me and makes this phone simply overpriced at $1000 without any Touch ID.

I realize the fascinating gimmick factor to the iPhone X, but why pay more for a phone that's display will not last as long and has less features and practical functionality in real life situations I'd be likely to use the phone?

This was the first thing I thought about, as well as situations like unlocking it while its on a desk charging, in a bedside stand dock etc. I'd say about 25% of the times I unlock my phone I am not looking directly at it, FaceID seems like such a big step back from TouchID which truly is innovative and as close to flawless as a technology can be.

 

[shooter03]

Wtf!!! That is crazy

Yeah nearly 2k for a phone..... and 64gb just isn’t enough

 

[BlueCreek]

Are taxes included in the £999 price?

Yes tax of 20% is automatically included in the UK price, which is £200 on a £1k phone

 

[timeconsumer]

They pay tax?

That's what I am asking, I don't know. I know the UK has VAT, but I don't know if it's included in the price or if they have to pay the £999 and then VAT.

 

[MH01]

Well played Samsung, you got them to copy the S8, loosing thier best feature that made the phone so useable , touchid and home button.

 

[darkarn]

Damn, there's still no Lightning 4K Adapter in the Store

Do they announce new accessories usually though?

 

[rafark]

Did anyone catch the release/order date for the lte Apple watch and iPhone X?

Pfffft October 27 releases nov 3....

 

[576316]

Everything?

Hahaha. Absolutely not.

 

[dallas112678]

Ugh, It's going to suck to be the guy trying to explain the different models to a customer in the apple store...

Customer: "Why does the newer iPhone 8 and X not have 128GB, but the iPhone 7 does?"

Seriously, there are now so many iPhones, and guess what? When a customer goes in a store and swipes around the phone and scrolls, all of them are pretty much going to be just as smooth, they aren't going to see the difference in processor performance while in the store. They are going to see that they can probably get a 128GB iPhone 7 for LESS than an iPhone 8 64GB... Honestly, why would anyone buy the iPhone 8? You get double the storage with the 7 for a lower price, and the a10 still has absolutely no problem running apps flawlessly. Wireless charging? Well, wait til next year.

One of the ways Jobs turned Apple around is he simplified the product portfolio, now they are going back to old apple with lots of similar products with not so many differentiating features (iPhone X excluded).