![]() Here is everything announced today.This is CNET and here are the stories that matter right now. There were many other new products revealed at Apple's event. ![]() Today's announcements follows some clever reporting by 9to5Mac, which seemed to confirm that new iPhones. ![]() Pre-orders begin September 14 and shipping begins September 21.įor more on the new iPhones and Apple's event head over to CNET to watch the stream and follow their liveblog. IPhone XS and iPhone XS Max will be available in 64 GB, 256 GB, and 512GB starting from $999 and $1099 respectively. For China, where eSIM isn't available, there's a special version of the phone with space for two physical sims. Carriers such as EE, AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile have already pledged support to eSIM. The XS and XS Mas now has Dual Sim Dual Standby and eSIM technology, which effectively allows owners to have two phone numbers and plans at the same time. And the iPhone XS Max providing an extra hour and a half. The impact all of this has on battery life isn't significant, with the iPhone XS offering 30 mins more battery than the iPhone X. The new sensor and the power of the A12 Bionic chip, along with the faster sensor, is also beneficial to video, which now records sound in stereo, autofocuses, highlights shadow details, tone mapping, and improves color, among other things. Portrait mode lighting has been improved and when you take a picture you can use a slider to adjust the depth of field. Since there's no shutter lag, images of things in motion are clearer. One new feature for the camera is Smart HDR, which captures multiple images so you get the precise moment and merges them together to bring up the highlights. ![]() It also does face detection, facial landmarking, and segmentation. The A12 Bionic's image signal processor automatically sets exposure, noise reduction, focus, local tone mapping, highlights details. On the front there's an RGB camera, an IR camera for advance image sensing, and a dot projector. It has a 12MP wide-angle camera, an improved True Tone flash, and a 12MP telephoto camera on the back. The camera has undergone some improvements for the newest iPhones too, thanks in large part to the A12 Bionic. The iPhone's OLED screen, Howard noted, pulls out little details in the game's environment and allows Bethesda to show off advance visual flourishes, the kinds of which were only possible on high-end consoles. Augmented reality is also a focus for the new version, and users will be able to use the camera to transform their surroundings with AR.ĭuring the keynote, Bethesda's Todd Howard appeared on stage to talk about The Elder Scrolls Blades. IOS is also getting an update, being fitted with new features such as Siri shortcuts, which let you set reminders and instructions. With 512 GB of internal storage, Apple describes it as "the smartest and most powerful chip ever in a smartphone." The upshot is that everything from image signal processing and the depth engine, to the display engine, memory controller, and audio subsystems are significantly better performing. It also has a Neural Engine with an 8-core design. The 4-core GPU is also 50% faster than the A11 Bionic. Its 6-core CPU is designed by Apple with two performance cores that run 15% faster, while the four efficiency cores run at 50% faster. At the heart of the device is the A12 Bionic, a seven nanometer chip featuring 6.9 billion transistors.
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