Apple celebrated theiPhone's 10th anniversary with a special-edition phone calledthe iPhone X. The announcement was made during an event atApple's campus in the Steve Jobs Theater by Tim Cook, who said: “It’s truly amazing to see how much the iPhone impacts the world every day.” The iPhone X had been the subject of rumors for many months, and now all the official details have been revealed.
Cook said the new iPhone —which, by the way, is not called the iPhone X—is “the biggest leap forward sincethe originaliPhone.” It’sthe iPhone “Ten,” and the screen covers the entire front of the phone. It’s made of surgical-grade stainless steel, with glass on the back panel. It’s water- and dust-resistant, and available in space gray and silver. Our iPhone X review revealed just how impressed we were with the phone, but it’s not entirely clear why another company actually builtthe iPhone X before Apple did. After all, very little of the technology is new—here’s a list showing which phones pioneered some of its innovations.
Cook said the new iPhone —which, by the way, is not called the iPhone X—is “the biggest leap forward sincethe originaliPhone.” It’sthe iPhone “Ten,” and the screen covers the entire front of the phone. It’s made of surgical-grade stainless steel, with glass on the back panel. It’s water- and dust-resistant, and available in space gray and silver. Our iPhone X review revealed just how impressed we were with the phone, but it’s not entirely clear why another company actually builtthe iPhone X before Apple did. After all, very little of the technology is new—here’s a list showing which phones pioneered some of its innovations.
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To unlockthe iPhone X without a Home button, Apple introduced facial recognition, which it calls Face ID. It works with the TrueDepth camera system, hidden in the notch at the top of the screen. Look at the phone, and it illuminates your face, preparing it for an infrared camera to identify you. It even works in the dark. Using the A11 Bionic chip, a neural engine processes the image in real time and was built specifically to mathematically map the shape and contours of your face.
