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iPhone X 2018

Until last year, the company had for three years released two phones: the normal iPhone, and the bigger Plus-sized ones, which would take the same name. Then last year it did the same, but also added the X, a model that sat between the two other phones in terms of size but featured a whole range of different, new and futuristic features. Read more Pictures claim to show new iPhone as release date nears This time around, Apple is expected to release two of those futuristic, more premium phones. They will, in short, be an updated version of the X, featuring much the same design but with a whole host of even more new features – in traditional Apple terms, they will be an Xs and an Xs Plus, though it's incredibly unlikely they'll actually be called anything like that. And then they will also be joined by another, cheaper model. That will sit in between the two other phones in terms of size, but will be cheaper than both of them – while it will have much the same des...

Apple iPhone X

Twenty years ago, Apple’s slogan was “Think different” - who knew it would be so appropriate two decades down the line? The  X  is the biggest shake-up for the iPhone since, well, ever. It ditches the signature home button, waves goodbye to bezels and scans your face instead of your fingers. Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore. These sweeping changes aren’t just for show, though. They completely transform the way the iPhone works, basically forcing you to forget a decade of muscle memory. That might sound like a big ask, but it’s worth the effort: the X might not be without a few quirks, but it’s comfortably the best iPhone to date. SCREEN: OLED THE WAY Let’s get the obvious out of the way: that notch. Impossible to miss, right? The X might have the thinnest screen bezels of any iPhone, but it could only get there by ditching the physical home button. That also meant getting rid of TouchID fingerprint scanning, so instead we get FaceI...