iPhone XS Specs and Price

Following yesterday's launch event in Cupertino, California at the Steve Jobs Theatre in the just completed Apple Park new iPhones was released. Among the trio of new iPhones released comes the new iPhone XS which looks very much like last year's iPhone X. In fact, the two smartphones can not be easily distinguished from each other.The new smartphone comes with the next generation Bionic chipset, a tad bit longer battery life and improved camera among other upgrades. There's the notch on top and the overall build is maintained with not much of a visual distinguishing factor.

iPhone XS Key Specs and Features

5.8-inch, Super Retina OLED; capacitive touchscreen 2436 x 1125 pixels (458 ppi)

iOS 12

A12 Bionic Neural CPU and a 4GB RAM

64GB/128GB/245GB built-in storage, with no support for memory card

Dual 12MP + 12MP rear camera and a 7MP front camera

IP68 dust and water proof

Qi wireless charging

Face Unlock

Non removable Li-ion battery (30 minutes longer than iPhone X)

Design and Display

There is really not much of a difference between this smartphone and itsi predecessor. According to the naming, it suggests it is only a slight change in build style from last year's smartphone. There is the bottom firing speaker with charging port and the other speaker in the notch to give a stereo effect. Also sitting in the notch is the camera and better sensors for a great experience. Over to.the side, there's a a metallic frame which attract smudges and glass finish on both sides. You can now get the new smartphone in a gold finish variant which was not available for the former iPhone X and it looks amazing!

Despite the smartphone having the same display size and resolution as the iPhone X of last year. You can not help but notice the name tag of 'Super Retina OLED display' that it comes with. As mentioned earlier, the size remains the same at 5.8-inch which somehow strikes the balance between big and small. It also has oleophobic coating which prevents smudging and happens to be scratch resistant too.

Even if the resolution of 2436 x 1125 pixels is maintained, the HDR10 and Dolby Vision is still supported but with an additional 60% boost to the dynamic ramge. There is the 3D Touch display and the True-tone display which improves the clarity of bright as well as dim visuals without driving the brightness up.

Battery and Camera

About the capacity of the battery on the iPhone XS, details was not revealed only that the smartphone will be having a longer battery life. However, you don't get much time on the smartphsna as it only gives you 30 minutes more tham the iPhone X which has 2, 700mAh of battery juice. The reason for this is most likely to be the new chipset which is a more power efficient alternative. It will be retaining its wireless charging ability as well as quick charge even if it doesn't come with the cable

The photography side of the flagship is as it is on the one before it, which is nothing short of splendid. Sticking with the pixel structure on the former flagship, the smartphone now has an improved picture quality thanks to the new processing system inside. At the back, you have the repetition of a dual 12MP camera arranged in the same fashion as before. The front has a 7MP Truedepth camera  which is also responsible in 3D mapping for Face ID.

Included is in-app editing which can tweak the background by changing the blur even after the shot. You get to play with features like Animoji, Memoji, optical image stabilization, 2x zoom with the telephoto lens and wide angle camera for better low light photography.

Hardware and Software

Pioneering its new Bionic chipset for this year, the smartphone is better and faster with a promised jump in performance. The new Apple Neural processor gives you one of the most powerful processing speed in the smartphone scene with top of the line graphic processing power. Performance is smooth and loading apps is snappy with no delay same as playing games.

There is a 4GB RAM on board with a storage option ramging from 64GB to 512GB, a storage option that was not available in the formal flagship. There's the iOS 12 on the smartphone too with navigation and improved gestures.

iPhone XS Pricing and Availability

The iPhone XS will be available for pre-order on September 14 and will sell globally come September 21. The 64GB variant will be selling for about $999 (363, 000 Naira), 256GB for $1, 149 (417, 000 Naira) and the 512GB for $1, 349 (49, 000 Naira).

iPhone XS Specs

Here are a few specs of the iPhone XS:

General Features

Platform: iOS 12

Processor: Octa-core Apple Bionic

GPU: Apple GPU

Memory: 4GB RAM

Colours: Space Gray, Silver, Gold

Dimension: 143.6 x 70.9 x 7.7 mm

Weight: 177g

SIM Type: Nano SIM

SIM Count: Dual SIM

Display

Display: 5.8-inch, IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 1125 x 2436 pixels (458 ppi)

Screen Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass 5

Camera

Rear Camera: Dual 12MP + 12MP camera, 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps,

Rear Camera Features: Autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, 2x zoom, Animoji, Memoji,stereo sound rec

Front Camera: 7MP camera, 1080p Video@30/60fps

Storage

Built-in Storage: 128GB/256GB/512GB

Memory Card Support: –

Bundled Cloud Storage: –

Network Support

2G GSM: Yes

2G CDMA 1X: –

3G WCDMA: Yes

3G CDMA EVDO: Yes

4G LTE: LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 29(700), 30(2300), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 46, 66(1700/2100), 71(600)

Internet & Connectivity

GPRS: Yes

EDGE: Yes

3G/WCDMA/HSPA: Yes

HSPA+: Yes

CDMA EVDO: Yes

4G LTE: LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1Mbps

WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA

Wi-Fi Hotspot: Yes

Bluetooth: Yes, v5.0 with A2DP, LE, aptX HD

NFC: Yes

Infrared Blaster: –

USB Port: USB 2.0 2.0, proprietary reversible connector

Messaging

SMS/MMS: Yes

Instant Messaging: Yes

Push Emails: Yes

Email Protocol: –

Entertainment

Music Player: MP4/DviX/XviD/H.265 player

Video Player: MP4/DviX/XviD/H.265 player

FM Radio: Yes

Loudspeaker: Yes

3.5mm Jack: –

Navigation

Navigation: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, QZSS

Maps: Yes

Sensors & Control

Digital Compass: Yes

Accelerometer: Yes

Proximity Sensor: Yes

Light Sensor: Yes

Barometer: Yes

SpO2: –

Pedometer: –

Heart Rate Monitor: –

Gyroscope: Yes

Fingerprint Scanner: –

Iris Scanner: Yes

Face Unlock: Yes

Intelligent Digital Assistant: Yes

Motion Sensing / Gesture Control: Yes

Voice Control: –

Other Features

Video Streaming: Yes

Active Noise Cancellation: Yes

Wireless Charging: Yes

Built-in Mobile Payment: –

Water Resistant: Yes

Dust Resistant: Yes

Image Editor: Yes

Video Editor: Yes

Document Viewer: Yes

Document Editor: Yes

Battery

Battery: non removable Li-Ion battery

Talktime: –

Standby Time: –

Fast Charging: Yes

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