iPhone X (10): Meet The First iPhone With An OLED Display + No Home B.utton (Photos)

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With the iPhone 6, 6s, and 7, Apple has done something they have not done before, which is to retain the same design for three years in a row. The company has in the past typically switched up the design every two generations, but we guess the Cupertino company must have been “saving” the design refresh for today with the iPhone X (pronounced iPhone “ten”).

The iPhone X represents a huge shift for Apple in terms of design and also in terms of features, where it is bringing to the table many new features that Apple users have been asking for in the past few years, which includes wireless charging, an OLED display, and also a build that’s more friendly for one-handed use. According to Apple’s CEO Tim Cook, “It is the biggest leap forward since the original iPhone.”

Starting with the design of the iPhone X, it will feature the same glass front and back similar to that of the iPhone 8, a surgical stainless steel band running around the frame of the handset, along with water and dust resistance. It will sport a display that measures 5.8-inches diagonally with a resolution that Apple is calling Super Retina (2,436 x 1,125) that offers up a pixel density of 458 PPI. It will support HDR from the likes of Dolby Vision and HDR10, and of course there will also be 3D Touch built into the display along with True Tone.

Now clearly with the full screen display, Apple has done away with the physical home B.utton, but at the same time they have introduced some new gestures and features that helps users navigate the phone. Users can now swipe upwards from the bottom of the display to go to the home screen, swipe up and pause to launch multi-task, or swipe left/right to swap between apps. Users can also wake the iPhone X by tapping on its display, in addition to the raise-to-wake feature, and pressing the sleep/wake B.utton.

The sleep/wake B.utton has also been redesigned to be larger where users can press and hold to launch Siri, or double press to activate Apple Pay. However the question we’re sure many are wondering is what happened to Touch ID? As per the rumors, it looks like Apple has done away with Touch ID on the iPhone X and has replaced it with a facial recognition system they are calling Face ID.

This is accomplished with a new front camera system that Apple is calling TrueDepth. This will utilize an array of new sensors all packed into the front of the phone which consists of a flood illuminator used to detect your face, an IR camera to capture your face, and a dot projector that will help map your face, all of which when combined results in the Face ID feature.