Keynote Apple: the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus with Apple A11 are announced!
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To
replace the current iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, Apple does not launch iPhone
7S but directly iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus that drop the metal and
switch to the glass shell.
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The Cupertino
firm is inevitably awaited on its iPhone announcements during this
September 12 keynote and it announced as planned theiPhone 8 and 8 Plus
that will replace the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus 2016, without going through
the box ofiPhone 7S models.
Both models
exchange their metal shell for reinforced glass with aluminum strapping,
always protected against splashing and dust infiltrations.
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There are
diagonals of screen of 4.7 inches for the iPhone 8 and 5,5 inches for
the iPhone 8 Plus, with True Tone and pressure sensitive displays thanks
to 3D Touch.
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On board, it is now an Apple A11 "bionic" processor that finds place. It is well hexacore (the Apple A10 is quadcore) and integrates 4.3 billion transistors. The
performances of the two powerful cores are improved by 25% compared to
the Apple A10, while those of the 4 economic cores increase by 70%.
The GPU also evolves and is announced as designed directly by Apple. It is 30% faster than the Apple 10 while consuming less. The
image processing chip was also designed by Appel and promises there
also a performance gain of 30% compared to the Apple A10.
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The main photo sensor of the iPhone 8 is 12 megapixels with a new module taking advantage of optical stabilization. The
iPhone 8 Plus also benefits from a dual 12 megapixel sensor with f /
1.8 (wide angle) and f / 2.8 (telephoto) openings and OIS stabilization.
As
expected, the iPhone 8/8 Plus cameras can record video in 4K 60 fps or
1080p 240 fps with a video encoder ... there again directly created by
Apple.
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The Apple A11 and cameras are also pruned for augmented reality which therefore makes an official appearance on the new models. The developers will be able to give themselves to heart with the ARKit.
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Other expected features are also confirmed, such as the presence of Bluetooth 5.0 or the wireless charging via the Qi standard. As expected, Apple does not have a charging base in its own and highlights that of Belkin. For
prices, the iPhone 8 starts at $ 699 and the iPhone 8 Plus at $ 799,
with the possibility of ordering them on September 15 and a general
availability on September 22.For its part, iOS11 will be available for eligible iOS devices on 19 September.
