New iPhone X with OLED display, Portrait Lighting and 4K

Wednesday 13 September 2017, 22:44 by Michelle Peeters | 5,009 views | 3 comments

This article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.

Apple announced the new iPhone X (iPhone Ten) during its annual keynote. The new smartphone consists almost entirely of an OLED display and no longer has a visible home button, but it does have facial recognition and improved camera and video features.

Here are the highlights from the Apple iPhone X presentation:

Super Retina Display

The brand-new iPhone has an OLED display that covers almost the entire front of the device.

It was about time Apple switched to OLED. Competitors such as Samsung have been using these displays for years, and the quality of the Galaxy displays has therefore been many times better than that of the iPhone for at least as long. This does make the device considerably more expensive.

But of course, you do get something in return, namely a 5.8-inch display with a resolution of 2436 x 1125 pixels (458 ppi) and HDR.

The OLED smartphone also gets a True Tone Display, which improves the white balance. The True Tone Display is already built into the iPad Pro. The screen resolution will be 1,125 by 2,436 pixels.

No home button

The new iPhone no longer has a home button. Instead, you see a thin bar at the bottom of the screen. It also appears that the power button on the side of the device can be used for various actions. For example, you can call up Siri by holding down the button.

Camera

The dual cameras in the iPhone X are an important change compared with the previous model, although it is still a 12-megapixel camera. The sensors are larger and more advanced. The camera has an f/1.8 and f/2.4 aperture on the telephoto lens, as well as image stabilisation on both lenses.

The positioning of the cameras is important. While they are next to each other on the iPhone 8 Plus, the cameras on the iPhone X are positioned one above the other. The reason for this is that this positioning is ideal for AR (Augmented Reality), which Apple plans to focus heavily on.

The camera also has the same capabilities as the iPhone 8 Plus:

Quad LED Truetone Flash, which considerably improves the quality of your photos

The Portrait Lighting feature, which means that the popular Portrait mode and improved lighting are also possible with this device. This feature allows photos to be lit in real time or afterwards

By applying different lighting effects to the image, you can simulate studio lighting or natural light when taking a photo, allowing you to create DSLR-like images.

It is also great that the TrueDepth camera (formerly the FaceTime camera) supports Portrait mode as well.

There are also new resolutions for recording videos. These include HD videos at 240 fps, 4K videos at 24 fps, and 4K footage at 60 frames per second.

Face ID

The large OLED screen may have many advantages, but the downside is that there is no longer room for the fingerprint sensor. Instead, the iPhone is equipped with technology that allows the device to recognise your face.

Face ID, to be precise, replacing Touch ID. According to Apple, the technology is secure, and in fact much more secure than Touch ID.

Animojis

A fun new feature on the iPhone X is Animojis, or emojis that you can animate using your face. Because Face ID scans your face so accurately, you can also use this technology to change the appearance of emojis to express your emotions.

You can use these Animojis directly in iMessage.

Wireless charging

This version of the iPhone can be charged wirelessly. Of course, you do need a wireless charger for this, and unfortunately Apple does not supply one with the device. A universal charging pad (AirPower) will be available, which can charge both your iPhone 8 and your iPhone X, as well as your Apple Watch Series 3.

Colours, prices and availability

The Netherlands and Belgium are among the first countries where the iPhone X will become available. You can order the new smartphone from 22 October and the devices will be shipped on 3 November.

The device is available in space grey and silver, and when it comes to storage capacity, you can choose 64 gigabytes (1,159 euros) or 256 gigabytes (1,329 euros).

Will the iPhone X be your next new phone, or has it now become a bit too expensive for you?
Let us know in the comments.

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Michelle Peeters is fotografe en oprichter van DeuxBleus Fotografie. Michelle herkent het bijzondere in het gewone en het gewone in het bijzondere. Ze heeft zich nooit willen specialiseren en is daardoor van alle markten thuis.

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3 comments

Fred wrote on Thursday 14 September 2017 at 09:30 | reply
Ridiculous prices, I'll stick with my Samsung!
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Donald Willemsen wrote on Thursday 14 September 2017 at 11:07 | reply
A lot about the iPhone X had already been leaked earlier. I have always found Apple iPhones far too expensive. I can't afford that and even if I could, I would much rather put the money into upgrading or replacing my DSLR. I am very satisfied with my MOTO 5G, which is considerably cheaper and whose memory you can expand.
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R K wrote on Thursday 14 September 2017 at 13:38 | reply
Earlier this year I switched from the iPhone to the Huawei P10, mainly because Apple's operating system was starting to annoy me too - after every iOS update there was always something that no longer worked (properly). I haven't regretted it for a moment, the P10 offers everything I need as a smartphone photographer and filmmaker.

And this new iPhone doesn't change that, quite apart from the fact that the X is also beyond my budget. Portrait Lighting may well be the only truly interesting innovation, but looking at the example photos at the introduction, I don't see anything that I can't do now with the excellent "face enhancement" in Snapseed to achieve the same effect.

Nevertheless, the iPhone X will undoubtedly be warmly welcomed by true Apple fans: they see the hefty price tag as a plus point, because it is therefore a "premium" product.
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