In the past week, Apple has released a few new products including two new iPhones and the next series of the Apple Watch. In this post, I will share my thoughts on these new products.
The two new phones that Apple released were the iPhone 8 and the iPhone X. The iPhone 8 is the new step up from the iPhone 7 and the iPhone X is supposed to mark the tenth anniversary of iPhones. This means that they would be skipping the iPhone 9 although since it is the tenth anniversary makes a little bit of sense since Microsoft Windows also went from Windows 8 to 9. The iPhone 8 is supposed to have a better camera and thicker glass than the iPhone 7 as well as being faster in terms of specs. The iPhone 8 didn’t bring back the 3.5mm headphone jack and still uses the same Touch ID that the iPhone 7 uses. It is supposed to support wireless charging as well which is different from the iPhone 7, but you can also still charge it using the normal lightning cable. The iPhone X is way different than previous iPhones since they have removed the home button, therefore, making the screen a bit bigger. Instead of Touch ID, the iPhone X uses a new Face ID which scans your face in three different ways. The iPhone X also has new Animojis which scan your face so that an emoji that you choose can match the movements of your face. Both of the new iPhones are supposed to support Augmented Reality with their new cameras and A11 chips. I think the new iPhones are pretty cool although the iPhone X will be released later than the iPhone 8s being shipped on September 22.
The new Apple Watch Series 3 comes in a few different versions like the Nike+, Hermès, the normal Apple Watch Series 3, and the Apple Watch Edition in ceramic. The Apple Watch Series 3 changes a few features, but the main feature is the introduction of cellular data for the watch itself and the new addition of Siri having audio on Apple Watch. I don’t think Siri having audio will make much of a difference to me if I do choose to get the Series 3, but the feature of having cellular data for the watch does seem interesting. Having data would help since you can use more of the watches features without your phone needing to be around.
I think that all of these new products are really interesting especially the new iPhone X, but unfortunately, I don’t think I will ever get to own any of these new products seeing as they’re all quite expensive for now.