5 things Apple didn't tell us about the iPhone X

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1. There are two different iPhone X's

I'm not talking about storage. Apple is making the iPhone X with only two different flavors of modems (two different SKUs, in industry parlance). Different countries use different frequency bands for wireless connections, and it's tough for a single model to be compatible with them all, so the two iPhones are meant for different regions. For the iPhone 8, however, there are four different models. What's going on?

It's impossible to know until we see the first teardowns of the iPhone X, but here's my suspicion. Apple is currently trying to diversify its modem suppliers, using Qualcomm modems in some of its iPhone 7's and Intel modems in others. This is probably also the case for the iPhone 8, but, most likely, only one of those suppliers gets to be in the iPhone X

2.The selfie camera hasn't improved

For as much as Apple talked up the iPhone X's TrueDepth camera system and its ability to recognize faces for unlocking your phone securely and letting you animate your face with poop emojis, the specs are exactly the same as the iPhone 7's. It appears Apple is using the same actual camera as that model's while complementing it with better sensors and improved image processing. Still, it would be nice to have more than 7 megapixels.

3.The screen isn't as bright as the Galaxy Note 8's

er the spec sheet, the iPhone X screen maxes out at 625 nits, which is pretty freakin' bright (300 nits is considered very good for most screens). But it's nowhere near as bright as the display on the Samsung Galaxy Note 8. A recent test by DisplayMate found the Note 8 had a maximum brightness of 1,240 nits, which, in the words of DisplayMate analyst Raymond Soneria, was "the brightest smartphone display that we have ever measured." Maybe next year, Apple.

4.Galileo Support

The iPhone has had built-in support for the U.S. military-created GPS network for a long time, and it added support for Glonass, Russia's version of a satellite positional system, back in 2011. The iPhone X — along with the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus — are the first iPhones to support Galileo, Europe's new satellite system, which came fully online in late 2016. Apple's also introducing support for QZSS for better positioning in for Asia-Pacific regions. It's going to be harder than ever to get lost with your iPhone

5.The 256GB model costs $1,149

It's bad enough that the iPhone X base price is $999, but that's only for 64GB of storage. Apple mentioned a 256GB version, but didn't give the price on stage. When you select that model on the official preorder page, the site gives you the bad news: The 256GB iPhone X will set you back $1,149, and that's not even including AppleCare+, which costs $199. Oh my God !!

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