Customers in New Zealand who pre-ordered the iPhone X last Friday for launch day delivery are beginning to see their devices arrive, with Instagram and Twitter filling up with pictures of the devices as they arrive on doorsteps across the country.
iPhone X
iPhone X (pronounced “iPhone Ten”) is Apple’s single biggest update to the iPhone line since the introduction of the product category in 2007. According to Jony Ive, Apple’s chief design officer, “For more than a decade, Apple’s intention has been to create an iPhone that is all display. The iPhone X is the realisation of that vision.” The device features a 5.8-inch Super Retina OLED edge-to-edge display with 2436 x 1125 resolution and 458ppi, HDR support, Dolby Vision, HDR10, and True Tone. The Home Button has been removed from the iPhone X, with Apple adding a new Tap to Wake feature which works alongside Raise to Wake.
Apple has designed a new A11 Bionic chip with a special neural engine which helps power Face ID that unlocks the device by taking a 3D scan of the users face. Apple says Face ID can’t be spoofed by photographs, masks, or makeup, and changing your actual appearance with a hat, beard or makeup won’t prevent Face ID from working.