Apple announces 5.8" iPhone Xs and 6.5" Xs Max with OLED displays, A12 Bionic 7-nanometer processor, dual-SIMs, available in gold, silver, and space grey
Apple Mat Smith / Engadget : The biggest announcements from Apple's iPhone Xs event Gordon Gottsegen / CNET : Apple's ‘Shot on iPhone XS’ clip shows off iPhone's slo-mo, 4K video skills Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat : 10 key things you missed at Apple's September 2018 Gather Round event South China Morning Post : This is what Huawei's mobile chief tweeted after the Apple iPhone unveil Eli Blumenthal / USA Today : Apple will raise iPhone battery replacement prices on January 1 Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors : Tim Cook on iPhone Prices: ‘We Want to Serve Everyone’ Jason Cross / Macworld : The details you may have missed in Apple's ‘Gather round’ iPhone event ABC News : Apple unveils iPhone XS Max Stan Schroeder / Mashable : The new iPhones are jaw-droppingly expensive in Europe Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Apple shares ‘Shot on iPhone Xs’ video w/ stunning slo-mo, 4K, and time-lapse clips Irina Ivanova / CBS News : New iPhones, Apple Watch revealed in Apple's September event - as it happened Luke Dormehl / Cult of Mac : Tim Cook: Why Apple's priciest ever iPhones are still a great deal Rajesh Pandey / iPhone Hacks : Tim Cook: Apple Wants to Serve Everyone with iPhone Pricing Chris Velazco / Engadget : iPhone Xs and Xs Max hands-on: The new normal Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal : What if ... What if AirPods end up being the most exciting thing announced today? Chris Preimesberger / eWeek : Apple Unveils Three New iPhones, Watch That Calls for Help If You Fall Ige Ebima / Gizchina.com : Apple A12 Bionic chip announced Supriya Vohra / Technology Personalized : New iPhones and Apple Watch: What the Experts Say! Bogdan Popa / Softpedia News : Three Reasons I'm Not Buying an iPhone XS Firstpost : Apple leaks names of new iPhones and Apple Watch variants ahead of launch Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet : iPhone XS/iPhone XS Max/iPhone XR: Here's everything you need to know (in pictures) Jack Purcher / Patently Apple : Apple's CEO is Positive that Apple's Wider iPhone Price Range will be able to Serve more Customers Worldwide Ivan Mehta / The Next Web : Here's when Apple's new iPhones will arrive in your country Ben Gilbert / Business Insider : The 5 most important things Apple announced at its big annual iPhone event MacDailyNews : Apple ‘wants to serve everyone,’ says Tim Cook: Wider price range opens up developing Asian markets Chris Velazco / Engadget : iPhone Xr hands-on: Premium power for everyone Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat : Apple unveils 7-nanometer A12 Bionic chip for new iPhones Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors : Apple Announces ‘iPhone XS’ and ‘iPhone XS Max’ With Gold Color, Faster Face ID, and More Chris Welch / The Verge : AppleCare+ now offers optional loss and theft protection at $299 for the iPhone Xs and Xs Max plus a device replacement cost of $269, less for other models Tweets: Nic Nguyen / @itsnicolenguyen : tiny hands vs. iphone xs (5.8 inch) and iphone xs max (6.5 inch) pic.twitter.com/B7P5eLMQzm Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : Apple A12: • 7nm • 6.9B transistors • 6 CPU cores • 4 GPU cores • 8 “neural” cores • 5 trillion ops/sec • 512GB addressable storage • Oh and the rest of the “stuff” for a SoC tl;dr Apple is the leading chip innovator and creator in the world. Benjamin Mayo / @bzamayo : The new iPhone XS line is pretty, but more sumptuous than substance. XR gonna sell really well so it doesn't really matter. Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : Give Apple credit on dual-SIM execution and doing the sandwich rather than side-by-side. I don't think anyone did it that way until now. @techcrunch : eSIM support is rolling out carrier by carrier throughout the fall. A single physical SIM and an eSIM. A special model of iPhone Xs for China will be made with TWO PHYSICAL SIMs because Apple can't do eSIM there.http://techcrunch.com/ ... #AppleEvent http://twitter.com/... Tom Warren / @tomwarren : Got to the point in the Apple press event where Apple has run out of reasons for people to get the new iPhone pic.twitter.com/Thmcv91Ln7 Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken : In retrospect, with three iPhones on the agenda there wasn't room to talk about iPads or MacBooks. Steve Troughton-Smith / @stroughtonsmith : Apple Watch Series 4: heck yesDon't think I'll be upgrading the iPhone X to an XR or XS Max this time round (though the XR is way more tempting than it should be). Now, just need the massive iPad Pro redesign next month Rene Ritchie / @reneritchie : IPhone Xr battery life: 90 minutes longer than iPhone 8 Plus.(Relative measures aren't great. I suck at math on the fly. Give me absolutes please.) @cnet : The iPhone XR is official, with white, black, blue, coral, yellow, Product Red color options and an edge-to-edge LCD screen. pic.twitter.com/SG5cMqTgYT Rich DeMuro / @richdemuro : Cool things about the iPhone XR: one lens, same wide angle camera as in the iPhone Xs can do portrait mode with blurry background with single lens has same Smart HDR as Xs Rene Ritchie / @reneritchie : Next challenge is to eliminate the need to mine new materials. Will require responsible sourcing, replying. IPhone X's uses recycled tin in logic board. Better plastics program. Bio based materials. Better for the planet, also performs better. Raymond Wong / @raywongy : Apple says it wants to stop using mined resources to build its devices. iPhone XS uses recycled tin in the logic board. Speaker enclosure is made with 35% recycled plastic Cover glass frame more biodegradable #appleevent Michael Moore / @kiey : How important is China's market to Apple? Important enough to make a new iPhone just for them. Neil Shah / @neiltwitz : As predicted. Apple adding eSIM to iPhones with DSDS in iPHone Xs series and a special physical Dual SIM SKU for China (as Carriers have different plans ;)) https://twitter.com/... P.S: Apple didnt “build” DSDS tech as Phil implied its used worldwide #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/YQbOrKmZbM The Verge / @verge : Battery life on the iPhone XS lasts 30 minutes longer than the X while the XS Max lasts up to 90 minutes longer than the Xhttps://t.co/uaAHQWYZh5 http://twitter.com/... Connie Guglielmo / @techledes : New feature Dual SIM Dual Standby — DSDS — allows for you to switch between SIMS. Apple also bringing eSim technology from iPad to iPhone XS. Requires support from carrier. #AppleEvent Rich DeMuro / @richdemuro : iPhone Xs: up to 30 minutes longer battery life iPhone Xs Max: up to 1 and 1/2 hour longer battery life Xs, Xs Max: Gigabit Class LTE Xs, Xs Max: Dual SIM capability so you can have two phone numbers on one phone (uses eSIM) #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/cJiIxKJpRG Geoffrey A. Fowler / @geoffreyfowler : Hurray for slightly longer battery life in the iPhone XS, Apple claims. (And 1.5 hours longer on the XS Max.) #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/eBX5htxkkg Safwan Ahmedmia / @supersaf : FINALLY! Stereo recording on the iPhone Xs! #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/Cpg1eUacV6 Daniel Howley / @danielhowley : iPhone Xs gets you 30 minutes more battery life over the iPhone X. The iPhone Xs Max gets you an hour and a half more versus iPhone X. Geoffrey A. Fowler / @geoffreyfowler : New cameras on the iPhone XS have improved image sensors, but the bigger impact on your shots might come from the new “smart HDR mode,” which chops together the best bits of many shots taken at once. (Sounds like what Google does on its Pixel phones.) pic.twitter.com/LC1GhfGmtL Rene Ritchie / @reneritchie : New Smart HDR. (Been really looking forward to this!) Zero shutter lag (4 frame buffer) Secondary interlays Merging everything into one perfect photo. (Be super interesting to compare to Google's HDR) Rene Ritchie / @reneritchie : Capturing detail on a windy day, shooting into the sun. (This is what people need: Everyday photography. Just take the camera out and tap. Shouldn't have to worry about anything else.) pic.twitter.com/tmUPa5wN1S Marques Brownlee / @mkbhd : Image processing is massively important to smartphone photography, and Apple knows it. Love that we're gonna start seeing real bokeh and depth control, holy smokes pic.twitter.com/gzxuRXYEh8 David Pierce / @pierce : That said, this camera looks SICK. And if Smart HDR really works to capture fast-moving subjects, this immediately becomes the camera I want with me all the time Lance Ulanoff / @lanceulanoff : Apple updated the Bokeh effect capabilities in Portrait mode. You can now adjust the blur effect after you take the photo. #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/k4BvYea9ic David Pierce / @pierce : Apple just claimed it invented the ability to adjust background blur after you take a photo, and I can think of a LOT of companies who might disagree with that idea Lance Ulanoff / @lanceulanoff : A look at the new Elder Scrolls game on the iPhone Xs. #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/InkQg1dUBm James Titcomb / @jamestitcomb : iPhone XS - most definitely an “S” year. Apple talking through big upgrades to CPU/GPU, more durable glass, better screen etc. 512GB of storage. Main reason to upgrade will be 6.5-inch screen on the Max. Jim Norris / @misterseven : A12 Bionic CPU - 6.9 billion transistors. 4+2 cores in big.LITTLE style, up to %15 faster, quicker neural processing and %50 faster 6 core GPU. #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/GUzzGkA8vn Aki Anastasiou / @akianastasiou : Apple introduces iPhone Xs & Xs Max. Improvements in camera, sound & A12 bionic processor. iPhone Xs is a 5.8 inch Super Retina display and the bigger iPhone Xs Max has a 6.5 inch screen. #iPhone #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/NZZMUEHdyG The Verge / @verge : The new iPhone XS Max has “the biggest display ever on an iPhone.” pic.twitter.com/5JmjyQjiMe @whichtech : New A12 Bionic processor for the iPhone XS and XS Max: > 15% faster and 40% more efficient processor (for better battery and performance) > 50% faster graphics (for your fave games) > ‘Neural Engine’ - More AI techiness for a smoother experience #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/8fBwWR5KfH Connie Guglielmo / @techledes : New iPhone X powered by a new A12 Bionic chip. Apple says it's the industry's first 7 nanometer chip. 4-Core GPU, 6-core CPU. All designed by Apple. Up to 50% faster than prior chips. Includes a A12 neural engine that can do 5 trillion operations per second. #AppleEvent @techcrunch : iPhone Xs comes up to 512GB. This is enough for 200,000 photos stored on an iPhone. https://tcrn.ch/2CN27nl #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/DaI1kFDmm2 @techcrunch : 6-Core CPU, 2 high performance cores that are 15% faster and 40% lower power than the A11. There's a new 4-core GPU in the A12 that's 50% faster with tessellation and multilayer rendering. Neural Engine is an 8-core dedicated machine learning processor. #AppleEvent http://twitter.com/... Horace Dediu / @asymco : Half terabyte of storage now possible in an iPhone. JP Mangalindan / @jpmanga : iPhone Xs with 5.8-inch display. #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/5L6vDaizh2 Quinn Nelson / @snazzyq : “iPhone XS is fine against liquids. Pick it up, dry it off, and you'll be fine.*” *not covered by AppleCare