Apple unveils its vision for the smartphone future with iPhone X

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple's big reveal at its September event today was the iPhone X the company's vision for the future of smarthones. Featuring a new edge-to-edge 5.8-inch display, an new Face ID facial recognition technology that uses face tracking and camera technology to authenticate access and mobile payments.

Using a new OLED display with an edge-to-edge display, iPhone X is the culmination of 10 years of Apple innovation in the segment it defined. iPhone X meets competitors like the LG G6, Samsung Galaxy Note8, and S8 as well as the Essential Phone by offering a similar edge-to-edge display and an all new OLED panel. Because of this new display, Touch ID and the Home button are no longer available.

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Apple launches new and improved iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple revealed the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus smartphones which brings back a glass back as well as an updated Apple A11 Bionic processor, wireless charging, new Retina HD displays now featuring the True Tone displays first seen in the iPad Pro.

The A11 Bionic, is what Apple is calling "the most powerful and smartest chip ever in a smartphone," it features a six-core CPU design with two performance cores that are 25 percent faster and four efficiency cores that are 70 percent faster than the A10 Fusion, offering industry-leading performance and energy efficiency. iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are designed for AR (Augmented Reality).

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The new Apple TV 4K brings Ultra HD resolution and HDR

Apple reveled its new Apple TV 4K set top box now with HDR functionality and featuring a new 4K user interface as well as HDR (High Dynamic Range) colour gamut for truer to life details.

Apple has also announced various content deals bringing 4K content from various studios to Apple TV. Aside from from iTunes, Apple will also feature Netflix and Amazon Prime content in Ultra HD quality as well. Canada, along with Austrailia, are getting Apple TV 4K services later this month. Other countries. Apple VP Eddy Cue also announced that live news and live sports will be coming to the Apple TV app.

Featuring an Apple A10X Fusion chip, the Apple TV 4K also has a gaming play as evidenced by a demo during the event.

Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE and Watch OS 4 launch today

Apple today released the Apple Watch Series 3, which is an updated version of its wearable which it released two years ago. The Apple Watch has found a niche in health tracking, notifications as well as specific advantages for runners and swimmers. The newest version features an LTE variant which.

Watch OS 4 Comes to customers on September 19.

Apple Watch Series 3 2ill have LTE connectivity which will be tied in to user's iPhone number. It will be able to stream music from Apple Music, it also comes with a barometer. Apple's Jeff Williams admitted that having LTE on the Apple Watch as a goal since day one, but the technology was not there.

As with most Apple Watch releases, Apple has also announced new straps including collaborations with Hermes and Nike. Series 1 Apple Watches will be available for US $249. Non cellular and cellular models of the Series 3 will be available for pre-order September 15 with a September 22 launch date.