iPhone 8 and X as Fast As Possible
Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2018-05-06
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1,069 words · ~5 min read
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autumn means it's time for lots of things 18 hours of football every
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weekend stores trying to shove pumpkin flavored junk food down your throat and
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another iphone but wait
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something's different this year we're not getting one but two
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distinct apple smartphones the iphone 8
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and the iphone 8 plus oh wait also the 10 that's three
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and by the way no we don't know what happened to the iphone 9 maybe they got
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their naming inspiration from another tech company it wouldn't be the first
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time anyway let's dive right into the features so you can decide if the new
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iphone models might be sensible upgrades for you
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both models are available in either 64 or
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Gigabyte capacities a welcome change after apple developed a bit of a
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reputation for offering lower capacities than competing flagship smartphones and
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although some features are simply carried over from the iphone 7 such as
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the same camera lenses the same ip67 dust and water resistance and the same
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lightning connector despite hopes that apple would switch to the open usbc
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standard there are enough new features here to
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raise some eyebrows including industry
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standard wireless chi charging so at least you
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won't have to fumble around with said lightning cord when you need some more
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apple juice okay bad puns aside apple is also
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promising their highest quality photos yet with the rear camera rocking a new
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larger image sensor you can learn more about why that's important up here but
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the basic idea is that this will allow more light to enter the phone resulting
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in more detailed shots and apple has
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also said it delivers better low light performance and dynamic range than ever
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before and speaking of light the new iphones go a step beyond automatic
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control of the screen brightness and will also attempt to adjust the color of
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the display changing it on the fly based on your ambient light conditions
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apple is also promising a wider color gamut for the lcd display
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but if looks don't matter as much as uh
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what's on the inside to you you won't be disappointed either the iphone 8 and 10
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both come with the new a11 soc and early
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reports are indicating that it is crushing its Android rivals in synthetic
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tests like geekbench but what are the extras you're getting
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if you opt for the significantly more expensive iphone 10 well it gets a few
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new design features that we haven't yet seen on an iphone
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first up apple has hopped on to the bezel-less or rather almost bezel-less
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hype train even going as far as to ditch their
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iconic home button it's been replaced by
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a swipe up so finding your way around the phone might take some getting used
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to it also gets an OLED display running at
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a somewhat wacky 1125p resolution
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still the highest though that any iphone has offered apple also claims that this
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display has a million to one contrast
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ratio and while that number may or may not be
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fudged which you can learn more about here this is still easily the highest
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contrast display that apple has ever released as part of a smartphone
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it also boasts the largest screen of any iphone ever with a 5.8 inch display and
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a battery that apple says can deliver up to 21 hours of talk time versus 14 for
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the iphone 8. well okay Linus that's great and all
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but these are actually all features that we've had on Android phones for a while
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now is apple offering us anything that's actually new
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well yes actually the big selling point in that regard is face id which for now
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is an iphone 10 exclusive instead of the touch id technology
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that's been with us since the iphone 5 you can instead unlock your phone and
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make purchases by using the front camera
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which maps a 3d model of your face with
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over 30 000 data points a more advanced
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solution than the 2d face recognition on the galaxy s8 which apple is claiming is
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much more secure than touch id
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unless of course you have an identical twin as a side note this tech also lets you
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record and send animated messages to your friends using one of apple's baked
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in 3d characters they are going to sell so many of these
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based on that feature alone at least assuming anyone can afford them
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obviously new iphones aren't cheap in general and this is especially true with
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apple releasing the super high-end iphone 10 in tandem with the more
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mainstream eight and eight plus so you can expect to pay at least 700 us
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dollars and as much as 1150
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depending on exactly which model you want and which capacity
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which gets me thinking maybe face id could be updated to let siri know to you
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know comfort you if you look stressed out from all that credit card debt
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