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iPhone X, pent up demand predicted to drive Apple sales for years to come — if all factors line up

An analyst has mixed feelings about the iPhone X pricing and release schedule, and believes that it may drive Apple's valuation to new heights — but if it is not well accepted, then it will eat into the company's earnings for years to come.

Mike Wuerthele 8 years ago 26

How Apple's iPhone X TrueDepth AR waltzed ahead of Google's Tango

Apple's iOS 11 brings Augmented Reality to a huge installed base of over 350 million iOS devices with powerful A9, A10 Fusion or A11 Bionic chips. However, another form of AR is about to be introduced, exclusive to the company's new iPhone X. Here's a deeper look at Apple's big AR surprise.

Daniel Eran Dilger 8 years ago 32

Inside Apple's ARKit and Visual Inertial Odometry, new in iOS 11

When iPhone launched ten years ago it took basic photos and no videos. Today's iOS 11 now achieves a new level of image capture with Depth, AI Vision and Machine Learning. In parallel, it hosts a new platform for Augmented Reality, which integrates what the camera sees and graphics created by the device. Here's a look at how it works.

Daniel Eran Dilger 8 years ago 10

Watch: Apple's iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone 7 Plus cameras compared

Though the cameras in Apple's latest iPhones boast the same megapixel count as last year's models, the new devices sport greatly improved internal components, from "deeper" pixels to an upgraded image signal processor. See how the new hardware compares to its predecessor in this video.

AppleInsider Staff 8 years ago 16

iPhone X TrueDepth supply issues likely to clear up in early 2018, 'super cycle' still coming

KGI Securities Ming-Chi Kuo sees the TrueDepth camera and Face ID as the real driving force behind a "super cycle" for the iPhone, with it ultimately growing iPhone sales for the entirety of fiscal year 2018.

Mike Wuerthele 8 years ago 9

Video: How Apple's 'Slow Sync' flash for iPhone 8 and iPhone X makes pictures better than ever

The iPhone 8 and iPhone X boast a new feature dubbed "Slow Sync" flash that improves picture quality when relying on the camera flash. AppleInsider shows you how it works in our latest video, covering everything from exposure to slow shutter speeds, and how flash freezes the image.

AppleInsider Staff 8 years ago 8

Apple and the future of photography in Depth: iPhone 8 Plus

When iPhone launched ten years ago it took basic photos and no video. Apple has since rapidly advanced its capabilities in mobile photography to the point where iPhone is now globally recognized for its billboard-sized artwork and has been used to shoot feature length films for cinematic release. iOS 11 now achieves a new level of image capture with Depth. Here's a look at the future of photos, with a focus on new features debuted in iPhone 8 Plus.

Daniel Eran Dilger 8 years ago 46

Watch: HEIF vs. JPEG on iPhone 8 compared

Apple announced support for the High Efficiency Image File (HEIF) photo format at WWDC in June, a standard that supposedly retains image quality while boasting better compression that results in files half the size of past formats. We decided to test out Apple's claims by using our iPhone 8 Plus to take photos in the legacy JPEG format and HEIF, then comparing them side by side.

AppleInsider Staff 8 years ago 36

Three more reports of swollen batteries in iPhone 8 Plus surface, still not statistically significant

Three more reports of swollen iPhone 8 Plus batteries have surfaced in international markets, but the current rate of failure is still well within industry norms for infant failure of lithium ion batteries.

Mike Wuerthele 8 years ago 46

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