When the iPhone 12 Pro launches this fall alongside the expected iPhone 12 Pro Max, a lot of people will be wondering how the two phones compare to the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max. The good news is that the iPhone 12 rumors and leaks point to a bunch of key upgrades.

You can expect everything from larger displays for the iPhone 12 Pro to possibly 120Hz refresh rates and more powerful cameras. Other enhancements should include 5G connectivity and a blazing new A14 Bionic chip that should deliver more speed along with more efficiency for longer battery life.

The iPhone 11 Pro is still a pretty advanced phone, with a fast A13 Bionic chip, bright and colorful displays and very good battery life on the Max model. So will the iPhone 12 Pro really be that big of a step up? Our iPhone 12 Pro vs. iPhone 11 Pro comparison will tell you all the biggest differences between these two flagships based on all of the leaks and rumors thus far.

iPhone 12 Pro vs. iPhone 11 Pro: Models and sizes

The iPhone 12 Pro is expected to come in two sizes: 6.1 inches for the iPhone 12 Pro and 6.7 inches for the iPhone 12 Pro Max. Those are both significantly larger than the 5.8-inch iPhone 11 Pro and 6.5-inch iPhone 11 Pro Max.

I know what you might be thinking. Where is the compact iPhone 12 Pro? It looks like the smallest iPhone 12 will be the entry-level iPhone 12, which could be as small as 5.4 inches. So if you want something that’s really easy to use with one hand, you might want to skip the Pro route this year.

iPhone 12 Pro vs. iPhone 11 Pro: Prices

The good news is that it doesn’t look like Apple will increase the prices of the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, at least based on leaks. The iPhone 12 Pro will reportedly cost the same $999 as the iPhone 11 Pro. And the iPhone 12 Pro Max would command a $100 premium at $1,099. 

This rumor was a bit surprising to us, because we’ve seen other flagship phones increase in price with the addition of 5G connectivity, but leaker Jon Prosser seems pretty confident in his predictions.

iPhone 12 Pro vs. iPhone 11 Pro: Design

The iPhone 12 Pro should have a decidedly different look than the iPhone 11 Pro. Although you should still expect a glass back and stainless steel band this time around, the iPhone 12 Pro will reportedly feature flatter sides and squared-off edges, similar to the iPhone 5.

In addition, we’ve heard that the iPhone 12 Pro could be thinner than the iPhone 11 Pro and come in a new Midnight Blue color. The iPhone 11 Pro comes in Space Gray, Silver, Gold and Midnight Green.

Last but not least, the iPhone 12 Pro will likely have a smaller notch, as Apple may move the top speaker out of the same area as the TrueDepth camera array. So we could get something to a full-screen design with the iPhone 12 Pro vs. the iPhone 11 Pro.

iPhone 12 Pro vs. iPhone 11 Pro: Displays

The iPhone 12 Pro’s display should really look and feel Pro compared to the iPhone 11 Pro. Leaks point to Apple offering a 120Hz refresh rate on the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, which would enable smoother scrolling, gameplay and movie playback. But apparently this feature is not confirmed.

According to Ross Young, CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants, the iPhone 12 Pro’s 6.1-inch OLED display will have a resolution of 2352 x 1170 pixels, up from 2436 x 1125 pixels on the iPhone 11 Pro. More important, you should expect 10-bit color support, which would be a first for the iPhone line. The iPhone 12 Pro Max would offer the same color support with a resolution of 2778 x 1824 pixels.

iPhone 12 Pro vs iPhone 11 Pro: Specs and performance

The iPhone 12 Pro should see a major upgrade with the introduction of Apple’s A14 Bionic processor, which promises a big performance boost over the A13 Bionic. Plus, because this chip will be based on a 5-nanometer manufacturing process, the iPhone 12 Pro should last longer on a charge on the iPhone 11 Pro while being faster.

In terms of RAM, we’ve heard that the iPhone 12 Pro will offer 6GB of RAM, which would be an increase in the 4GB of RAM inside the iPhone 11 Pro. You can also expect three storage options in 128GB, 256GB and 512GB. The iPhone 11 started with just 64GB so this would be a welcome upgrade.

iPhone 12 Pro vs iPhone 11 Pro: Cameras

We don’t know a lot about the iPhone 12 Pro cameras yet other than the number of cameras and what they’ll do. Both the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max should continue to feature three rear lenses: a wide angle camera, an ultra-wide camera and a telephoto lens. That’s the same as the iPhone 11 Pro, but the iPhone 12 Pro could offer a better optical zoom than the iPhone 11 Pro, going from 2x to 3x.

The other major camera upgrade should be the addition of a LiDAR sensor. Debuting first on the iPad Pro 2020, LiDAR is an advanced time of flight sensor that can map your surroundings in 3D very quickly. As a result, the LiDAR sensor in the iPhone 12 Pro should enable better performance in iPhone AR apps and improved photography and video effects.

iPhone 12 Pro vs. iPhone 11 Pro: 5G

Although 5G networks are still being built out, having 5G on board the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max should deliver much faster download speeds than the 4G LTE iPhone 11 Pro lineup. Depending on the network, you could see data rates in excess of 1 Gbps. 

While the regular iPhone 12 will reportedly offer only sub-6Hz 5G support, the iPhone 12 Pro phones should support both sub-6GHz (which has a wider range) and mmWave (which has faster speeds) 5G technologies. In other words, the iPhone 12 Pro should be more future proof.

iPhone 12 Pro vs. iPhone 11 Pro: Battery life and charging

In addition to the efficiency boost provided by the A14 Bionic chip, Apple will reportedly pack larger batteries inside the iPhone 12 Pro. For example, one leak from Max Weinbach and EverythingApple Pro says that the iPhone 12 Pro will feature a 4,4400 mAh battery, up from 3,969 on the iPhone 11 Pro Max. We have not yet heard about the battery size for the regular iPhone 12 Pro and how it compares to the 3,046 mAh power pack inside the iPhone 11 Pro.

In terms of charging, we believe that the iPhone 12 Pro will offer the same fast 18W charger in the box as the iPhone 11 Pro. But it’s possible Apple could offer faster wireless charging.

iPhone 12 Pro vs. iPhone 11 Pro: Outlook

The iPhone 12 Pro has all the makings of a very formidable flagship phone. Between the larger and smoother 120Hz displays, faster 5G connectivity and more powerful A14 Bionic processors, it looks like Apple will offer plenty of compelling upgrades. You should also expect more capable cameras and a LiDAR sensor that opens up new possibilities for both augmented reality and photography.

Assuming the prices remain comparable to the iPhone 11 Pro, the iPhone 12 Pro lineup should be well worth the premium this fall. Check out our iPhone 12 hub for all the latest news and leaks heading up to launch.

User Guide To iPhone 11

Design Of iPhone 11

Overall, the design of iPhone 11 has not undergone game-changing modifications and maintains the traditional streamlined appearance. What’s supposed to freshen up the user experience is the new iOS 13. The 2019 model lineup includes three versions of the smartphone: the basic one with 6.1” display, the Pro model with 5.8”, and the Max Pro version with 6.5”. Apple has taken measures to enhance the durability of the screens.
The smartphone retained the XR body with all its features and peculiarities. The basic model boasts of a more gentle, pastel color palette, which includes yellow, green, and purple, in addition to the more standard look of Product Red, black, and white. The Pro models are available in four elegant colors: the classic grey, Space Grey and gold, and the stunning Midnight Green.
The glass panels have remained shiny, while the metal frames are still matte. The basic model is noticeably inferior to the Pro versions in terms of giving the user a “frameless” feel. The new triple camera module in the Pro models looks very bold, but it does not take long to get used to and makes the Apple smartphones stand out among the competitors. Noteworthy changes are the repositioning of the Apple logo and the lack of the “iPhone” text on the back panel.

The Camera Module In iPhone 11

The most recognizable and disputed feature of the 2019 iPhone lineup is the triple camera module in the Pro models. In this regard, Apple has brought to life two major innovations: a super wide-angle camera and a night mode. The Pro smartphones come with three modules, each with a resolution of 12 MP:

• the usual wide-angle camera with 26 mm focal length and ƒ/1.8 aperture;
• the telephoto camera with 52 mm and ƒ/2.0. This camera is absent in the basic model;
• the ultra-wide camera with 120° capture angle, 13 mm focal length, and ƒ/2.4.aperture.

A rarely mentioned minor change is that the flash now has only two diodes, while the last year’s models had four.
The frontal camera now has 12 MP, f/2.2 aperture, and the capability to record 4k videos with up to 60 fps. A notable feature is the recording of 120 fps slow-motion videos in the Full HD resolution, which received the curious name “Slofie”.

Main New Features in iPhone 11

• Prolonged battery life: In comparison with last year’s XR, iPhone 11 lasts 60 minutes longer, according to the rated battery life specifications in the user guides and manuals.
• Apple’s fastest mobile CPU, A13 Bionic. It’s six cores are divided into the 2-core performance module and the 4-core efficiency module. Its speed is up to 20% higher than in the previous-generation central processing units, while its power consumption is up to 40% lower.
• U1 Ultra Wideband technology that allows for incredibly high precision of the smartphone’s location.
• Enhanced FaceID speed brought to life by the new operating system iOS 13.
• Spacial audio. Thanks to a new virtual decoder, iPhone 11 is capable of simulating surround sound on certain media files.
• Waterproofness by the IP68 standard. The smartphone can stay under meters of water for up to half an hour.
• Night mode. The new camera and operating system coupled with an intelligent software component made it possible for high-quality low-light photographs without using the flash.
• Audio zoom when recording videos. When you zoom in on the subject of your video, the microphone will focus on it, creating an impression of moving closer towards the subject.

iPhone 11 Prices In Different Countries

If you’ve been eager to purchase Apple’s new smartphone, your dream can now come true, as the 2019 crop of iPhones became available in stores on September 20. As usual, Apple fans in the second-batch countries had to wait for longer, until September 27, to put their hands on the new model. Due to the intricacies of exchange rates and taxes, the prices for iPhone 11 are not the same in all countries either.
In the product’s motherland, the United States, the iPhone 11 pricing starts at $699 for the 64 GB model and reaches $1449 for the Pro Max version with 512 GB, which is the world’s cheapest price for the latter. Japanese buyers can get the basic model at the lowest cost in the world: only $692. In Norway, it is the most costly and comes at $947. The Pro Max 512 GB model has the world’s highest price in the Russian market: $2053, which is 604 dollars more expensive than in the US.

iPhone 11 User Guide

With the abundance of new features, there is a demand for high-quality user guides and manuals that will help you get started with your iPhone 11 and make every stage of its usage convenient and comfortable. If you need a user guide or manual for your iPhone 11, or its Pro/Pro Max version, the first place you should visit is the Help section of the Apple.com website. You will find the necessary information in the form of accessible guides and manuals that will guide you through your first acquaintance with the device and explain how to set it up for comfortable usage.
The provided guides and manuals also cover the main new features introduced in this year’s lineup and contain the guidelines for efficient use of the main standard features, including Siri. With the help of these manuals and user guides, you’ll be able to adjust all settings following your personal preferences, learn how to use the standard, pre-installed apps to your advantage, how to share various files with your family or coworkers, and how to connect your smartphone to other devices. The user guides and manuals also contain information on the confidentiality of your information, the safety of use of iPhone 11, as well as software reset or restoration of the device.

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Google Cardboard is an app that works with Google Cardboard-compatible VR headsets (also called viewers) and your iPhone. It not only helps you set up a Cardboard viewer but also includes a few VR experiences to get you started.

Try it now: Google Cardboard

Giphy World

This AR-powered app lets you overlay GIFs onto the real world and share your creations with friends. Imagine drawing in the air with cat GIFs.

Try it now: Giphy World 

IKEA Place

IKEA Place lets you virtually see 3D, true-to-scale IKEA products in your space. It includes most of IKEA’s catalogue, like sofas and chairs, and helps you to better understand the furniture’s size, design, and functionality in your home.

Try it now: Ikea Place

Ink Hunter

AR can help you plan your next tattoo! InkHunter lets you preview what a tattoo might look like on your skin. Just draw a marker on yourself, and point your device camera on marker, and the app will show the design at every angle.

Try it now: Ink Hunter

MeasureKit

Although Apple now offers a Measure app directly in iOS, there are alternatives, likd MeasureKit, which has nine AR tools: Ruler, Magnetometer, Trajectory, Face Mesh, Marker Pin, Angles, Person Height, Cube, and Level.

Try it now: MeasureKit

Sky Walk

Star Walk is a popular stargazing app. It’s an interactive guide to the night sky, following your every movement in real-time and allowing you to explore over 200,000 celestial bodies and get access to information about anything you find.

Try it now: Sky Walk

Vuforia Chalk

Vuforia Chalk combines live video, audio, and the ability for a remote person to annotate their live view. Annotations accurately stick to real-world objects, even when people move around. Imagine, for instance, using this as a field technician.

Try it now: Vuforia Chalk

WallaMe

WallaMe allows you to draw messages and hide them in the real world. You can leave the message anywhere, and they’re only visible to your friends, though you can search for other hidden messages using a map interface.

Try it now: WallaMe

The new iPhones are more water resistant, rated IP68. The glass has been updated to be more durable as well. Second model has 6.5-inch display, 2688×1242 at 458 ppi.

iPhone Xs Max name confirmed — because more screen space than a “Plus” phone. iPhone Xs Max display supports landscape two-column apps like previous Plus phones. 3D Touch sticks around for iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max (as expected). Wider stereo sound also included with upgraded speaker system.

Face ID reported to be faster thanks to faster Secure Enclave and faster algorithms. New chip is A12 Bionic, the first 7nm processor. Upgraded Neutral Engine is 8-core, up from 2-core, to power machine learning features.

iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max available with up to 512GB of storage, up from 256GB.

iPhone Xs camera upgraded with improved True Tone flash, larger sensor in 12M wide camera. Front facing 7MP camera has faster sensor. Phil Schiller says camera quality improved with new processors and the image signal processor. iPhone Xs features Smart HDR feature with zero shutter lag and exposure adjusting at different intervals of the shot.

iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max also feature blur adjustment after Portrait photos are taken. The new iPhones can also record sound in stereo thanks to a four microphone system.

iPhone Xs also touts 30 minutes longer battery life. iPhone Xs Max features the largest iPhone battery with 90 minutes longer usage. Giga-bit class LTE networking, most number of bands for worldwide roaming, and dual SIM support.

Dual SIM relies in part on eSIM, supports up to two phone numbers, and incoming calls specify which SIM is used. In China, eSIM is not supported so special SIM trays that support two physical SIM cards will be sold.

iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max up for pre-order on September 14 and shipping September 21. iPhone Xs starts at $999, and iPhone Xs Max starts at $1099.

Most Advanced iPhone Ever Features a 5.8-Inch and 6.5-Inch All-Screen Design, with Powerful A12 Bionic Chip and a Breakthrough Dual Camera System

Cupertino, California — Apple today announced iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max, the most advanced iPhones ever, taking the vision for the future of the smartphone to a new level. The 5.8-inch iPhone Xs and 6.5-inch iPhone Xs Max feature stunning Super Retina displays, a faster and improved dual camera system that offers breakthrough photo and video features, the first 7-nanometer chip in a smartphone — the A12 Bionic chip with next-generation Neural Engine — faster Face ID, wider stereo sound, a beautiful new gold finish and introduce Dual SIM to iPhone. iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max will be available for pre-order beginning Friday, September 14 and in stores beginning Friday, September 21.

“iPhone Xs is packed with next-generation technologies and is a huge step forward for the future of the smartphone. Everything is state of the art including the industry-first 7-nanometer A12 Bionic chip with 8-core Neural Engine, faster Face ID and an advanced dual camera system that shoots Portrait mode photos with Smart HDR and dynamic depth of field,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “iPhone Xs is not one, but two new iPhone models, and iPhone Xs Max offers the biggest display ever in an iPhone with the biggest battery ever in an iPhone, delivering up to an hour and a half more battery life in your day.”

Two All-Screen Designs

iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max build on the all-screen design of iPhone X and feature the sharpest displays with the highest pixel density of any Apple device. Now offered in 5.8-inch and 6.5-inch sizes,¹ these Super Retina displays with a custom OLED design support Dolby Vision and HDR10 and have iOS system-wide color management for the best color accuracy in the industry. iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max offer a million-to-one contrast ratio with remarkable brightness and true blacks while showing 60 percent greater dynamic range in HDR photos. iPhone Xs Max delivers a more immersive experience with over 3 million pixels for videos, movies and games, offering the largest display ever in an iPhone in a footprint similar to iPhone 8 Plus.

A surgical grade stainless steel band now in gold joins finishes in silver and space gray. Wider stereo playback creates a more immersive soundstage. The front and back glass design features the most durable glass ever in a smartphone with improved scratch resistance, while the glass back enables faster wireless charging. iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max reach a new level of splash and water resistance of IP68 for up to 2 meters for 30 minutes and protect against everyday spills including coffee, tea and soda.²

A12 Bionic and Next-Generation Neural Engine

The Apple-designed A12 Bionic, the smartest and most powerful chip in a smartphone, features the first 7-nanometer chip ever in a smartphone that delivers industry-leading performance in a more power-efficient design. A12 Bionic features a six-core fusion architecture with two performance cores that are up to 15 percent faster, four efficiency cores that are up to 50 percent more efficient, a four-core GPU that is up to 50 percent faster, powerful Apple-designed Image Signal Processor (ISP), video encoder and more. A fast storage controller can deliver iPhone storage up to 512GB. All of this unlocks new experiences for games, photography, video editing and graphics-intensive apps. Even with all this power, iPhone Xs offers 30 minutes longer than iPhone X, and iPhone Xs Max offers an hour and a half longer than iPhone X, between charges.

The next-generation Neural Engine is built for advanced machine learning in everything from photography to augmented reality. A new eight-core design allows it to complete up to 5 trillion operations per second compared to 600 billion in A11 Bionic. This enables new capabilities like faster plane detection for ARKit and new features that use real-time machine learning. For the first time the Neural Engine is open to Core ML, empowering developers to build apps that utilize this highly efficient machine learning engine. Core ML running on the A12 Bionic Neural Engine is up to nine times faster than on A11 Bionic, with as little as one-tenth the energy usage.

Breakthrough 12MP Dual Camera System

iPhone Xs continues to bring innovations to photography, things not possible before iPhone. Capabilities like advanced depth segmentation using the Neural Engine, Smart HDR creating photos with high dynamic range and great image detail, advanced bokeh quality in Portrait mode photos and dynamic depth of field that is user adjustable in the Photos app, are all huge improvements in state-of-the-art photographic techniques that everyone can use.

The 12-megapixel dual camera system features dual optical image stabilization with 2x optical zoom, while a new sensor is twice as fast. Smart HDR creates photos with more highlights and shadow detail. Larger and deeper pixels improve image fidelity and low-light performance.

So you’re fiddling about with your new iPhone and you can’t work out how to perform some relatively simple tasks. You might hit Apple’s online support pages for a solution, or try your luck DMing the company’s support service on Twitter. Or maybe load up Apple’s support app if all else fails.

Well, thanks to a new YouTube channel launched by the Cupertino-based company on Tuesday, you now have another option.

Apple Support on YouTube is a collection of how-to videos for anyone looking for tips on getting the most out of their iPhone and iPad. Most of the videos will also work for those of you with an iPod Touch, though Apple only mentions its more popular iOS devices on its new YouTube channel.

Having been up for just a few hours, the site so far shows only 10 how-to videos, including how to take a screenshot on your Apple device (by far its most popular video so far and embedded above), how to change the wallpaper, how to delete the call history, and how to link duplicates or delete contacts.

It seems like all of the videos are going to follow the same format — a split screen with a written explanation on the left and the device on the right, and a narrator explaining the steps you need to take. The videos posted so far run for between one and two minutes.

As we said, the channel has only just gone live, so expect Apple to add lots more how-to videos over time.

And if you can’t find what you’re looking for, then check out DT’s own comprehensive guides for Apple devices, including 27 tips and tricks for its latest operation system (iOS 11), handy tips for the new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, 15 tips and tricks for the iPhone SE, and how to navigate iOS 11 using the iPhone X.

If you’re really starting from scratch with Apple’s mobile operating system, then our guide to getting started with your new iPhone or iPad (or iPod Touch!) should sort you out nicely.

What you need

iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus feature integrated wireless charging that allows for an easy and intuitive charging experience. With an all-new design, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus have a glass back that works with Qi chargers that are available as accessories and in cars, cafes, hotels, airports, and furniture. Qi is an open, universal charging standard created by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC).

There are many Qi chargers available in the market, including two new wireless charging mats from Mophie and Belkin, which represent the best implementation of the Qi standard. These are available at Apple.com and Apple retail stores.

• mophie wireless charging base
• Belkin BOOST↑UP Wireless Charging Pad

View a list of Qi-certified chargers.

Other Qi-certified chargers might vary in functionality and performance. If you have questions, contact the manufacturer.

Charge wirelessly

1. Connect your charger to power. Use the power adapter that came with your accessory or a power adapter recommended by the manufacturer.

2. Place the charger on a level surface or other location recommended by the manufacturer.

3. Place your iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus on the charger with the display facing up. For best performance, place it in the center of the charger or in the location recommended by manufacturer.

4. Your iPhone should start charging a few seconds after you place it on your wireless charger.

You should see  in the status bar.

Learn more

• Wireless charging uses magnetic induction to charge your iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus. Don’t place anything between your iPhone and the charger. Magnetic mounts, magnetic cases, or other objects between your iPhone and the charger might reduce performance or damage magnetic strips or RFID chips like those found in some credit cards, security badges, passports, and key fobs. If your case holds any of these sensitive items, remove them before charging or make sure that they aren’t between the back of your iPhone and the charger.
• If your iPhone isn’t charging or is charging slowly and your iPhone has a thick case, metal case, or battery case, try removing the case.
• If your iPhone vibrates—when it gets a notification, for example—your iPhone might shift position. This can cause the charging mat to stop providing power to your iPhone. If this happens often, consider turning off vibration, turning on Do Not Disturb, or using a case to prevent movement.
• Depending on the charging mat you have, you might hear faint noises while your iPhone charges.
• Your iPhone might get slightly warmer while it charges. To extend the lifespan of your battery, if the battery gets too warm, software might limit charging above 80 percent. Your iPhone will charge again when the temperature drops. Try moving your iPhone and charger to a cooler location.
• iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus won’t charge wirelessly when connected to USB. If your iPhone is connected to your computer with USB, or if it’s connected to a USB power adapter, your iPhone will charge using the USB connection.

The only thing more predictable than iPhone hot takes – like this one – is the desperation of writers to declare that the new iPhone or Note 8 is “massively expensive”. I’m here to tell you that, in fact, it’s a massive bargain.

Once the dust had settled on the launch event I had a little look at the iPhone X pages on Apple’s site. One feature stood out for me – video. I’ll explain. For some time now I’ve been making a portion of my income as a video producer. Video is massively expensive, cameras that perform well are still incredibly costly.

The video features of the new iPhone are incredible. The fact a phone can shoot 4K at 60 frames per second is insane. To give you an idea, for most TV applications you’d shoot 30 frames per second. With the iPhone X you can shoot at double that, which means you can get the smoothest motion possible or use those extra frames to slow the footage down by 50% without a significant drop in motion quality.

Even more remarkable is the phone’s ability to record slow-motion video, at 1080p, with 240 frames per second. It’s hard to explain just how mindblowing a feature like this is. For one, it requires a lot of processing, creates a lot of data very quickly and if you wanted to buy a standalone camera that did it, would cost you quite a bit of money. It’s a really amazing thing to have on a phone.

Cameras like Nikon’s awesome new D850 are just shooting in 4K 30fps and cost three and a half grand. Now I’m not trying to make a comparison between a DSLR and a phone, but given that video and photos are one of the things the iPhone does, it’s quite impressive to see such amazing quality on a thing that fits in your pocket and “only” costs €1,179.

When I was a kid my dream job was to be a cameraman. All I ever wanted to do was operate cameras. Back then, a 240 line video camera cost €500 or so and was out of my reach. Now we have phones with 4K video and a whole lot more. As an example, back in the VHS days, you’d have to spend money on an edit controller, titler, extra recorder for dubbing and probably a sound mixer too. You can do all of this on a phone now, and produce pretty good results.

For a lot of people, €1,179 is unaffordable. For a lot of people, spending that kind of money on a phone seems absurd, and that’s fine – no piece of technology is aimed at everyone. But what I believe is that the iPhone X, Samsung’s Note 8 or S8 or LG’s V30 are all devices that offer more tools than you can imagine in one box.

Gaming on an iPhone might mean you don’t need to buy a Nintendo Switch. Video means you can avoid a €1,179 camera and you get beautiful stills thrown in. For some people, a phone is their only computer too, and phones have brought access to people who might not otherwise have it. You can make video calls to people in distant lands and, for the most part, for very low cost. The value of this kind of communication has, perhaps, been lost in a world where it’s common. But show someone the iPhone X in the ’80s and ask them what they’d pay for it – I bet they’d offer more than €1,179.

So, what am I saying? I’ve seen a lot of technology over the years. I’ve wanted to own, and not been able to afford, a lot of it. Some things that I have bought, like MP3 players, cameras and games consoles have cost me a lot of money and I’ve loved them. But I bet if you added up the hours of use I’ve had out of my other technology – with the exception of computers – the total wouldn’t come close to what I get out of a phone in one year.

And for those who don’t want to spend that kind of money, get an older model. The Galaxy S7 (even the S6), iPhone 6S or SE all have amazing features at a far lower cost than owning the newest phone.

Maria Bure

Tim Cook also launched the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, two new phones that have 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch screens. Like the iPhone X, the devices also have an all-glass design and can be charged wirelessly.

In addition to the phones, Apple announced a third generation of its Watch and a 4K Apple TV.

iPhone X

The iPhone X celebrates the 10th anniversary of Apple’s smartphone, featuring a radical redesign and new technology.

The phone has a 5.8-inch OLED screen, which fills the entire front of the device. Apple has removed the iconic home button to make way for the display, replacing it with facial recognition software called Face ID.

Face ID is used to unlock the phone, authenticate Apple Pay and cutomise the new animoji.

The phone starts at €1,179 in the Ireland for the 64GB version, going up to €1,349 for the 256GB model. Coming in space grey and silver, it will be available to pre-order from October 27 and will ship on November 3.

iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus

Apple also announced the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, an upgrade to its current offering. The new devices have an all-glass design and can charge wirelessly.

The 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch devices start at €829 and €939 for the 64GB versions. They come with iOS 11 software, which will be available to download from September 19, and an upgraded camera and processor.

Apple Watch 3

The third generation of Apple’s smartwatch is the first that works independently from the iPhone. A cellular version of the device is available form €379 and can make phone calls and browse the web.

Apple also unveiled a 4K version of its set-top Apple TV box at the event.

Apple’s next iPhone is on its way. It’s probably the worst time in the world to buy a new one – but the best time to start thinking about it.

This year, little has been revealed about the phones in advance, in keeping with a commitment from Apple to shut down leaks more effectively.

But we do know some things about the upcoming handset – including the fact that there probably won’t be just one of them, but three. And there’s some things that even Apple has accidentally said.

Release date

The most certain thing about the new iPhone is that there will be one. (Or at least one.) The second most certain thing is when it will be launched.

Apple has fallen into a completely predictable pattern in recent years, holding its iPhone events a couple of weeks into September, near Labor Day weekend. That’s almost certainly going to happen again this year, and so it’s probable that Apple will hold an event sometime around 12 or 13 September.

It’s unlikely that it would step out of that pattern, since so much is riding on the iPhone. It could bring it forward – but doing so would bring it into collision with summer plans and other events – but pushing it back would be likely to cause panic among shareholders.

But it’s very possible that it could change the schedule on which those phones become available. The launch date and the keynote presentation’s timing might be all but guaranteed – but it could easily opt to say that one or more of the phones will actually be released at a later date.

Some have already suggested that the much posher, more premium and more pricey iPhone will be delayed until later in the year.

Line-up

The big change this year will be that there’ll almost certainly be three iPhones. The 7s and 7s Plus, as expected – and then a whole extra phone that costs more and is perhaps the most dramatic redesign ever seen.

That phone – variously rumoured to be called the iPhone Pro, iPhone 8, iPhone Edition or even Apple Phone – is probably going to be the thing everyone’s talking about after Apple’s launch in September.

Almost every feature that’s been rumoured for the iPhone is expected to come in this model. That includes depth-sensing cameras, an entirely new display technology, a screen that wraps all the way over the front of the phone and many more.

Indeed, many of those features have been revealed by Apple itself, when it mistakenly made software for the new phone available to the public. That includes information about its design, its lack of home button, and facial recognition features.

The 7s and 7s Plus will probably be much more in the mold of recent updates. They’ll probably feature the same outside design, with an upgraded camera, chip and other internal parts.

This isn’t as radical a switch-up as it might seem, in that Apple expanded the line-up from one to two just a couple of years ago, with the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. But that time the main distinguishing factor was the screen size, and the two packed in many of the same features.

Price

If this rumoured premium iPhone does emerge, then it’s going to have a top-level price to match. All rumours point to Apple pricing its iPhone 7s and 7s Plus as normal – and then sticking the new one at the top of that.

If true, that means the phone is likely to cost as much as $1200, and maybe even more. It will without doubt be the most expensive iPhone ever to be sold.

What remains uncertain is how Apple will seek to encourage people to pay for that extra power, and how it will keep the 7s interesting at the same time. But the might of Apple’s marketing department has never failed to make expensive things seem attractive before.

New data from MacRumors (verified by BGR) has revealed Apple is set to also give the iPhone 8 a larger screen resolution than any previous iPhone. In fact extrapolating the data both sites have collected suggests the iPhone 8 will have a native resolution of 2800 x 1342 pixels. This is dramatically up from the iPhone 7 Plus native resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels.

MacRumors got the ball rolling. In recent years it has spotted Apple visit its site from Apple-owned IP addresses using unknown devices running new versions of iOS and the same is true again. In recent months the frequency of an unknown Apple device visiting the site from the same IP ranges and running iOS 11 has increased.

More intriguingly, it notes these devices are running displays at 387 x 812 pixels. This sounds low but since arrival of the ‘Retina Display’ on the iPhone 4 in 2010, Apple has increased resolutions by using pixel doubling and tripling to increase sharpness and maintain app compatibility.

For example: the iPhone 7 (750 x 1334) actually shows up as 375 x 667 pixels (two pixels per point) in analytics while the iPhone 7 Plus detects as 414 x 736 pixels (three pixels per point) giving the phone an actual native resolution of 1242 x 2208 which Apple scales down to 1080 x 1920.

Take the same logic with the mysterious 375 x 812 iOS 11 devices showing up on both MacRumors and BGR and you extrapolate to 1125 x 2436 pixels, which fits proportionally given the elongated shape change the iPhone 8 will have (minus the expected new ‘Function Area’).

And what did famed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo say in February? That the iPhone 8 would have a 5.8-inch 1342 x 2800 native resolution but, minus the Function Area, the usable space would be 5.15-inches with – you guessed it – a native 1125 x 2436 resolution.

Of course, like the iPhone 7, there’s every chance Apple will slightly scale down the iPhone 8 display as it does with the iPhone 7 Plus to find a resolution to its liking.

But regardless, it is increasingly clear the iPhone 8 is going ‘big’ in ways no iPhone has gone before and as we get closer to the official release every new piece of information is neatly slotting neatly into place…