Apple’s iPhone “X” is an Android copy cat

iPhone 8 and 8 Plus overshadowed

iPhone X is the  flagship iPhone that Apple fanboys will be giving up their kidneys to own. It has OLED, face unlock and edge to edge display and if it looks the same as the Galaxy S8 and Note 8, it is because it is pretty much the same as a Galaxy S8 with its edge to edge display – why waste money on design teams when Samsung has done your job for you.

Tim Cook claims that the iPhone X the next one for the decade of innovation, which is not bad because it is similar to what Xiaomi made last year before Apple and Samsung launched their phones  and sold millions of it.

The all screen edge to edge measures 5.8-inch diagonal with 2436×1125 resolution. That translates to 458 ppi, again something we’ve seen before. Apple was arrogant claiming that they are using the first OLED overexplaining why they it is very late to the OLED game.

Since the home button is absent, there is now a “tap on a screen to wake up” something we’ve seen with  LG G2 launched exactly four years ago.

No home button means you will swipe-up from the bottom which is exactly the way Apple fanboys are toilet trained. Again nothing new,  seen this with a few Android phones. Phil Shiller is saying that there has “never been the better way” to unlock. If only this had not worked on Android years ago, he might have a point. There is a swipe up and pause for multitasking and Apple is using face unlocking called face ID. It recognises your face something that the Samsung Galaxy S8 has it. Samasung has IRIS recognition that is way more secure than the face unlocking but Apple will probably claim to have invented that in future models.

There is a Siri button on the side which copies everyone else too.

The new iPhone X supports Qi wireless charging since it has a glass back and front and it has the water and dust resistance. Philip W. Schiller Senior Vice President Worldwide Marketing mentioned the surgical grate stainless steel in Space gray and silver

iPhone X comes with A11 Bionic 4.7 billion transistors.  It has the first Apple GPU and Apple ISP just like iPhone 8 and 8 Plus. Battery life is two hours longer than iPhone 7, which was not that great.

It has dual 12 megapixel cameras, faster and wider sensor f 1.8 on a wide angle and f / 2.4 in a telephoto camera. There are dual optical image stabilisation on two cameras with lots of moving magnets and a new Quad LED two tone flash.

Qi charging iPhone, watch and Airponds with an optional case which can charge using  Apple’s AirPower charging mat. This should go into future Qi standard, Airpod charger next year.

However about the only truly inovative thing here is the price which is prohibitive for what is essentially old technology. The new iPhone X will start selling for $ 999 for 64GB and there will be 256GB version too. October 27 is the preorder day and it will ship on November 3.

Apple made a big deal about Animoji, animated emoji you control with face and snapchat supports it. Appropriately Apple animated the poo emoji which will be useful for the press who need to write reviews on it. 

Overall, it is the best iPhone ever, it has just arrived about two years too late and behind the competition, which has beaten Apple in its own game.