Apple iPhone X: Updated features, prices and availability

The rumors are true.

Apple who is popular for producing phones have just unveiled its new iPhone X (pronounced “ten”) at its much-anticipated event today. Apple also skipped the “S” update to the iPhone 7, instead unveiling an “all-new” glass design called iPhone 8 and 8 Plus.

Here’s what you should know about the new iPhones.

Costs $999. Pre-orders start Oct. 27, with shipments starting Nov. 3.Facial recognition to unlock the phone, using new “TrueDepth” camera system to take an IR image that uses more than 30,000 IR dots to model your faceThe same face-scanning system will also power new animated emoji, which will read your facial expressions for custom, live animations in messages, or animojiWireless Qi charging through the AirPower accessoryNo home button, swipe up from the bottom insteadMade of “surgical-grade stainless steel”Comes in space gray and silver with a “pearlescence” to the glass5.8” diagonal “Super Retina” display, 2.7 million pixels, highest resolution in pixel density in an iPhoneThe iPhone X 12 megapixal camera includes dual optical image stabilization, “quad-LED” flash, and better selfies up front — but it doesn’t sound revolutionarily different than the iPhone 8 camera system.Costs $699 for the 8 and $799 for the 8+ and will be available Sept. 22Includes support for new AR — augmented reality — apps, which display graphics over the “real world”Both front and back made of glassWireless Qi charging through the phone’s glass backAvailable in silver, space gray and a new gold finishHas improved, more vivid, “true tone” screen, and faster chipsApple says its glass is the most durable yet, and the phone is sealed for waterproofingBetter camera quality: 12-megapixel sensor, dual camera and portrait lightingHighest quality video capture in a smartphone, according to Apple.

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