![]() When Apple launched the iPhone 10 years ago, the device was three things: a phone, an internet communicator, and an iPod. Most of all, the iPhone X makes a powerful statement that augmented reality is coming. Apple has the unique power to make, say, wireless charging work-and between the three new models, Apple instantly makes relevant whatever standard it chooses. ![]() This iPhone moves a number of important ideas forward. ![]() Not just because it's cool-looking and futuristic, one giant step closer to the "just a screen in your hand" device so many science fiction lovers imagined. This was Apple's biggest announcement in years, and possibly its least surprising. The firmware was absolutely loaded with details, from Animoji images to Face ID setup videos to the names of the new devices. But the biggest leak came last weekend, just a few days before the announcement, when the final build of iOS 11 leaked to 9to5Mac. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported many of the device's details, as did developer Steve Troughton Smith. After Tim Cook promised to "double down on secrecy," the secrets spilled faster than ever. If you've been obsessively following rumors and firmware leaks, little about the iPhone announcements came as a surprise. ![]() (Be sure to read Andy Greenberg's initial dive into the security of Face ID.) There are a lot of things Apple could do when it knows you're looking at the phone, many of them cool and some of them very creepy. The iPhone X can double-check whether you're using the phone before shutting off the screen, and if it sees you're looking it won't play loud alert sounds. Apple appears to see the feature as a way to help you use the phone while you're using it. It requires your attention to unlock the phone, and Apple says it has done extensive work to make sure masks and photos can't fool it. You'll unlock your phone by holding it up to your face, pay for things by holding it up to your face, and log in to apps … by holding it up to your face. Once you set up Face ID, the feature essentially replaces your fingerprint. When you first start using an iPhone X, you'll go through a short setup, the face version of registering your thumbprint-you'll peer into the front-facing camera, framing your face just right, then turn your head left and right so the iPhone's sensors can get a good look. In terms of how you actually use your iPhone, the new Face ID may be the most important new feature of the iPhone X. With the new Portrait Lighting mode, you'll be able to tweak the flash on the back of the iPhone to fill a little more naturally-or make it look like your subject's lit by a spotlight on stage. rolling out a series of upgrades to the experience: You'll be able to capture slow-motion film in higher definition or shoot film-style 4K. The camera, of course, has always been one of the iPhone's standout features. Apple is also releasing its own charging accessory called AirPower that has room for your iPhone and your Apple Watch. ![]() Apple is adopting the Qi standard, so it will work with current Qi pads by companies like Mophie and Belkin. You won't have to plug your X into the wall to charge it you'll just lay it down on the inductive pad. After years of observing the Android ecosystem's messy and multi-standard embrace of wireless charging, Apple's finally in the game. The iPhone X's stated battery life has improved-Apple says it lasts two hours longer than the iPhone 7-and so has its charger. ![]()
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