iPhone X Launched New Features To Apple Users Not So New To Android


So today’s big news isn’t the launch of a new Chinese phone, but the iPhone X. Here’s whats new for Apple and old to us Android users.

Even if you don’t find Apple and its product interesting you will have already seen the new iPhone X, even though it was only announced a few hours ago! After months of leaks and the usual dummy phone releases, the iPhone X is here and with it a lot of new features, well new if you’ve never had an Android phone before!

No home button

For generation after generation, iPhone rumours have often revolved around the home button on the phone and if Apple will finally ditch it and with the iPhone X they have. So no more physical home button to press on the iPhone X, but isn’t that similar to the about 50% of Android phones?

Edge-to-Edge Display

Apple are pretty happy with their edge-to-edge display. It has very minimal bezels even less than the Xioami Mi Mix 2 and perhaps about as much as the latest Essential device. While Apple aren’t the first to go for an edge-to-edge display, they do seem to be the ones who have perfected it with their 5.8in 2436 x 1152 Super Retina Panel.

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Wireless Charging

Wireless Charging is nothing new to us Android users it’s been a feature that has come and gone over the years and Apple has only just decided to use it. Expect the next crop of Android phones to also see wireless charging make a come back.

Dual Cameras

Dual cameras might be more popular now than ever before, but we can than HTC for the first dual camera phones, and Huawei for making them popular. Now most Android smartphones are being launched with dual rear cameras, however, the sensors on the iPhone X are very special!

The iPhone X has dual 12 megapixel sensors one with an F1.8 aperture and the other a smaller F2.4. What’s really good here though is dual optical image stabilisation and a cool quad LED True Tone flash.

Face ID

Face ID takes over where Touch ID once was and as you can probably tell by the name it uses recognises your Face to unlock your device. Again this isn’t a new feature to Android users and has been offered in builds of Google’s OS and in standalone Apps since around 2012.

So while there are lots of new features on the iPhone X for Apple phone users a lot of the features are going to look rather familiar to us Android users.

The iPhone X will be available for pre-order on October 27th starting from $999 for the 64GB model rising to $1149 for the 256GB version.

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20 Comments

  1. Kim Lundquist
    September 12, 2017

    Holy side bezels batman. Just saw a hands on of this and it looks like a toy, not impressed at all. No fingerprint scanner is not going to be popular, face unlock is not nearly as convenient, no matter the fancy buzzwords used.

    The iphone 8 and plus looks exactly like the previous gen iphones too, not surprising. At least with the X they did something different for once.

    • NextHype
      September 13, 2017

      “If they didn’t want to “ruin” the look of the back with a normal fingerprint scanner why didn’t they just make one in the shape of their logo?”

      They should have implemented underscreen fingerprint scanner. Oh no wait… that’s a QC technology and Apple is in law court with QC… too bad

    • Angry Mobile Nerd
      September 13, 2017

      You’re not welcome and you get nothing. A lot of people all over the internet have had the exact same idea regarding using the Apple logo on the back as a fingerprint scanner.

      • Kim Lundquist
        September 13, 2017

        Oh no, Apple is not going to give me a cut of their smartphone sales because of something I wrote on the internet? I’m totally devastated. ..

        Wanker

        • Angry Mobile Nerd
          September 14, 2017

          Wankers are people who think they know how to do something better than the worlds most valuable company, especially when the said wanker is hanging out on a site that focuses on cheap Chinese phones of all places.

  2. Ionut Johnny
    September 12, 2017

    Still the MI Mix 2 is a better deal.

    • Gousgounis
      September 13, 2017

      The Mi Mix 1 is even better deal. Minor differences don’t justify the price.

  3. Flavi
    September 12, 2017

    Not hating on Iphones but I am just a bit disappointed especially considering how much it will cost. Samsung S8 and Note 8 seem to have an edge, all things considered. Looking forward now to Pixel 2 phones.

  4. Kim Lundquist
    September 12, 2017

    Holy side bezels batman. Just saw a hands on of this and it looks like a toy, not impressed at all. No fingerprint scanner is not going to be popular, face unlock is not nearly as convenient, no matter the fancy buzzwords used.

    If they didn’t want to “ruin” the look of the back with a normal fingerprint scanner why didn’t they just make one in the shape of their logo? Job done. You’re welcome apple, hope I get my cut when it’s implemented in the iphone XI.

    The iphone 8 and plus looks exactly like the previous gen iphones too, not surprising. At least with the X they did something different for once.

    • NextHype
      September 13, 2017

      “If they didn’t want to “ruin” the look of the back with a normal fingerprint scanner why didn’t they just make one in the shape of their logo?”

      They should have implemented underscreen fingerprint scanner. Oh no wait… that’s a QC technology and Apple is in law court with QC… too bad

    • Angry Mobile Nerd
      September 13, 2017

      You’re not welcome and you get nothing. A lot of people all over the internet have had the exact same idea regarding using the Apple logo on the back as a fingerprint scanner.

    • Kim Lundquist
      September 13, 2017

      Oh no, Apple is not going to give me a cut of their smartphone sales because of something I wrote on the internet? I’m totally devastated. ..

      Wanker

    • Angry Mobile Nerd
      September 14, 2017

      Wankers are people who think they know how to do something better than the worlds most valuable company, especially when the said wanker is hanging out on a site that focuses on cheap Chinese phones of all places. It’s like Hyundai owners on a Hyundai forum talking about all the “mistakes” Mercedes Benz made with their new AMG car.

  5. Ionut Johnny
    September 12, 2017

    Still the MI Mix 2 is a better deal.

    • Gousgounis
      September 13, 2017

      The Mi Mix 1 is even better deal. Minor differences don’t justify the price.

  6. Flavi
    September 12, 2017

    Not hating on Iphones but I am just a bit disappointed especially considering how much it will cost. Samsung S8 and Note 8 seem to have an edge, all things considered. Looking forward now to Pixel 2 phones.

  7. September 12, 2017

    Ummm…congratulations to Apple for making the ugliest edge-to-edge phone on the market?

  8. Josef Izchaki
    September 13, 2017

    I’ll admit that the new iPhone X is very nice looking, but $1000-++?! no freaking way.

  9. boo Jay
    September 13, 2017

    Ummm…congratulations to Apple for making the ugliest edge-to-edge phone on the market?

  10. Josef Izchaki
    September 13, 2017

    I’ll admit that the new iPhone X is very nice looking, but $1000-++?! no freaking way.