Tech giant Apple is preparing for the launch of the iPhone 8 and iPhone X in September. The highly anticipated smartphone is expected to be a radical change for the brand, as it seek to wow users for the device 10th anniversary.
The iPhone 8 has been rumoured to include wireless charging, facial recognition, an edge-to-edge display and – for the first time – no home button. Apple is expected to release it alongside two other phones, the iPhone 7s and 7s Plus, which will be upgrades on its current offering.
Here’s part one of our three series of everything you need to know about the iPhone 8 release.
Here’s part one of our three series of everything you need to know about the iPhone 8 release.
When will it be released?
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook is expected to unveil the iPhone 8 at an event in California on September 12. In August the company sent invitations out to journalists inviting them to an event at its new Apple Park headquarters at 10am Eastern Time (6pm Nigeria time). Tradition dictates the devices will go on sale a week after their announcement, making it likely the iPhone 8 will be available for pre-order on September 15 and hit international stores on Friday September 22. It will however take a month or longer before it is available in Nigeria.
New camera and screen technology
Like in recent years, Apple is expected to focus on the camera as one of the central features of the new phone. And as in recent years, it will do that in part by including a range of new features. This time around, those will include “Portrait Lighting”. That will use special technology to change the lighting of portraits, and the software includes a range of different names: Contour Light, Natural Light, Stage Light, Stage Light Mono, and Studio Light.
The display will also feature “True Tone” technology, which has already appeared inside the iPad Pro. That uses sensors to detect what the light is like and reflect that on the screen, so that the white of browser pages doesn’t look bright in a more yellow-lit room, for instance.
The display will also feature “True Tone” technology, which has already appeared inside the iPad Pro. That uses sensors to detect what the light is like and reflect that on the screen, so that the white of browser pages doesn’t look bright in a more yellow-lit room, for instance.
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