iPhone · X

2017

iPhone X

An OLED edge-to-edge display and Face ID replace the Home-button interaction model.

Announced
2017-09-12
Family
iPhone
Branch
X
Historical weight
Paradigm shift

Key specifications

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Display
5.8" Super Retina OLED, 2436×1125
Chip / CPU
Apple A11 Bionic · 2.39 GHz
Memory
3 GB
Base storage
64 GB
Ports & charging
Lightning
Weight
174 g
Dimensions
143.6×70.9×7.7 mm
Original OS
iOS 11
Launch price
$999
Released
November 3, 2017
Discontinued
September 2018
Graphics
Apple 3-core GPU
CPU cores
6

Generation delta

What changed?

Introduced

2
  • Super Retina OLED display

    OLED enabled a nearly edge-to-edge front with a new Super Retina display.

    Display
  • Face ID

    TrueDepth face authentication replaced Touch ID as the primary biometric system.

    Biometrics

Retired

1
  • Home button retired

    Gesture navigation replaced the physical Home button interaction model.

    Input

Technology DNA

Ideas carried by this generation.

Canonical predecessor

Starts a new branch

Other lineage references