{"id":19188,"date":"2017-09-12T17:06:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T15:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=19188"},"modified":"2017-09-12T17:06:36","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T15:06:36","slug":"what-to-expect-from-apples-iphone-x-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/what-to-expect-from-apples-iphone-x-event\/","title":{"rendered":"What to expect from Apple&#8217;s iPhone X event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple is just a few hours away from its biggest launch event in years.<\/p>\n<p>The company is expected to unveil <em>three\u00a0<\/em>new iPhones &#8211; the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and iPhone X &#8211; as well as a new Apple TV, Apple Watch, AirPods and animated emoji.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll most likely also be getting another look at iOS 11 and there are rumours circulating that Apple might even unveil a brand new iPod Touch (it is just a rumour, so definitely take this one with a grain of salt).<\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s &#8220;lower&#8221; end iPhones, rumoured to be called iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, are expected to be very similar to current generation iPhones, it&#8217;s the special ten-year anniversary edition iPhone &#8211; iPhone X &#8211; that has all the magic:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>3D tracking technology<\/strong>\u00a0This, along with <strong>Face ID<\/strong>, might be used to unlock the phone instead of the traditional home button \/ fingerprint scanner<\/li>\n<li><strong>An edge-to-edge<\/strong>\u00a0display screen that covers the majority of the front of the phone much like Samsung&#8217;s Galaxy S8 \/ 8+ and Note 8, as well as LG&#8217;s G6 and V30<\/li>\n<li><strong>No home button<\/strong>\u00a0Apple, like Samsung, has been trying to embed the fingerprint scanner in the screen<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wireless charging, <\/strong>which is\u00a0already used for the Apple Watch and could now finally be integrated into iPhone<\/li>\n<li><b>\u00a0AR\u00a0<\/b>Apple has already announced that they are working on augmented reality and it&#8217;s expected that the iPhone X will integrate an AR camera into the device<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The latest version of the Apple Watch, Watch 3, is expected to look virtually the same as its predecessors but to come with built-in LTE. This means that you might be able to make calls etc on the new Watch.<\/p>\n<p>The all new Apple TV is expected to finally get 4K capabilities, bringing it in line with many other set-top boxes currently on the market.<\/p>\n<p>It seems like the new iPhone launch will be jam packed! If you&#8217;re interested in seeing Apple&#8217;s latest products, you can watch the livestream &#8211; which starts at 7Pm SAST &#8211; in the Safari browser by clicking on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/apple-events\/september-2017\/\">this link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple is just a few hours away from its biggest launch event in years. The company is expected to unveil three\u00a0new iPhones &#8211; the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and iPhone X &#8211; as well as a new Apple TV, Apple Watch, AirPods and animated emoji. We&#8217;ll most likely also be getting another look at iOS<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"\/blog\/what-to-expect-from-apples-iphone-x-event\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[166,452,2373,2546,2547],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-12-at-2.36.37-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19188"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19188"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19195,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19188\/revisions\/19195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}