The brand new iPhone X -- that's pronounced "ten," by the way, not "ex" -- is a phone of firsts for Apple. The 5.8-inch OLED screen isn't just larger, it also uses a different technology that Apple says will make colors absolutely pop. It's also the first iPhone to completely do away with the iconic home button -- you know, the one Apple popularized on its very first iPhone. And, it's the first to offer Face ID as a new way to securely unlock the phone and pay in the check-out line. The iPhone X is Apple's only new device to nab optical image stabilization for both rear 12-megapixel camera lenses, a portrait mode on the front-facing camera (despite having just one lens and not two), and -- more breezily -- a new feature to animate emojis.
It's clear that Apple is prepping iPhone users to wave goodbye to the home button, by framing its dismissal as a feature. But until we can thoroughly test it to see how well it actually works, we're dubious if this is an empty upsell. If it does work well, you can bet Samsung will step up its game to make its own facial recognition software secure enough for mobile payments (right now, that's just iris scanning and the fingerprint reader). It's likely other phonemakers would ditch a current trend to put the fingerprint reader on the back and adopt -- or at least experiment -- with face unlocking, too.
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https://www.cnet.com/products/apple-iphone-x/preview/
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