{"id":20960,"date":"2017-09-13T08:59:40","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T00:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=20960"},"modified":"2022-06-28T18:54:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T10:54:28","slug":"apple-releases-iphone-8-8-plus-and-iphone-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2017\/09\/13\/apple-releases-iphone-8-8-plus-and-iphone-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple releases iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and iPhone X"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple finally releases their latest model of phones, the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and iPhone X.\u00a0The first-ever event happened at The Steve\u00a0Jobs\u00a0Theater on September 12, 2017. Aside from the smart phone, they&#8217;ve also released new watches.<\/p>\n<p>The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus are upgrades to Apple&#8217;s current iPhone 7 and 7 Plus range. They&#8217;ve updated and upgraded the current main features of the previous phone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p>Here are the features of the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"listBackground\">Silver, space gray, and a new gold finish<\/li>\n<li class=\"listBackground\">Apple claims it&#8217;s the most durable glass ever in a smartphone<\/li>\n<li class=\"listBackground\">water and dust resistant<\/li>\n<li class=\"listBackground\">4.7&#8243; display for the iPhone 8 and 5.5&#8243; display for the 8 Plus<\/li>\n<li class=\"listBackground\">Stereo speakers are 25% louder than the speakers in the 7<\/li>\n<li class=\"listBackground\">A11 bionic chip<\/li>\n<li class=\"listBackground\">12MP camera<\/li>\n<li class=\"listBackground\">4K 60fps video<\/li>\n<li class=\"listBackground\">Cameras calibrated for augmented reality<\/li>\n<li class=\"listBackground\">New Portrait Lighting feature: machine learning creates facial landmarks and enhances light effects on the face (8 Plus)<\/li>\n<li class=\"listBackground\">Wireless charging<\/li>\n<li class=\"listBackground\">Pre order on September 15, available on September 22<\/li>\n<li class=\"listBackground\">iOS 11 available on September 19<\/li>\n<li class=\"listBackground\">64GB and 256GB<\/li>\n<li class=\"listBackground\">iPhone 8: \u00a3649 for 64GB, \u00a3849 for 256GB<\/li>\n<li class=\"listBackground\">iPhone 8 Plus: \u00a3749 for 64GB, \u00a3949 for 256GB<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"m_first-letter\">T<\/span>he new iPhones have a new operating system: iOS 11.\u00a0iOS 11 includes hundreds of new features\u00a0like a redesigned control center, better multitasking, improvements to the camera, peer-to-peer Apple Pay, and\u00a0new safety features.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p>Here are the features for iPhone X:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Super Retina HD display<\/li>\n<li>5.8-inch (diagonal) all-screen OLED Multi-Touch display<\/li>\n<li>True Tone display<\/li>\n<li>Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating<\/li>\n<li>Support for display of multiple languages and characters\u00a0simultaneously<\/li>\n<li>New glass design that enables wireless charging<\/li>\n<li>Bigger display, but smaller than Plus phones<\/li>\n<li>Easier to hold than an iPhone Plus phone, too<\/li>\n<li>Remains water-resistant and comes in only two colors<\/li>\n<li>More expensive than any other iPhone<\/li>\n<li>64GB iPhone X: $999, \u00a3999, and AU$1,579<\/li>\n<li>256GB iPhone X: $1,149, \u00a31,149, AU$1,829<\/li>\n<li>US carriers are charging $42 a month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\">The iPhone X won&#8217;t be released at the same time as the new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. The 8 and 8 Plus will\u00a0start shipping on September 22. For the iPhone X, pre-orders will begin on October 27, with shipping to begin on November 3.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Sources:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/2017\/09\/12\/iphone-8-uk-release-date-time-price-latest-features-news\/\">Telegraph<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/iphone-8\/\">Apple<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/iphone-x\">Techradar<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new iPhones have a new operating system iOS 11. iOS 11 includes hundreds of new features like a redesigned control center, better multitasking, improvements to the camera, peer-to-peer Apple Pay and new safety features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,38,2580],"tags":[595,705,3890,3892,3891],"class_list":["post-20960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-launching-and-opening","category-other-news-source","tag-apple","tag-iphone","tag-iphone-8","tag-iphone-8-plus","tag-iphone-x"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/09\/iphone_8_release_date_rumours_leak_colour_hands_on_1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20960"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65656,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20960\/revisions\/65656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}