Apple announced the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus with wireless charging and a glass lid
News Devices / / December 19, 2019
Devices are updated iPhone 7 and 7 Plus with faster processors, screens True Tone and improved cameras.
One of the biggest changes presented smartphones - glass back cover. Thanks to her, was able to implement support wireless charging - with aluminum so it was impossible.
To charge the iPhone 8 or 8 Plus, you will need to just put it on a special platform. Apple uses the widespread standard Qi, so charging can be used almost any.
Like the 10.5-inch iPad Pro, the new phones got screens True Tone. This technology automatically adjusts the color reproduction under room lighting.
For the replacement of the processor A10 Fusion came A11 Bionic. Two cores in the six-core chip is 25% faster than its predecessor, and four cores - up to 70% faster. Apple also developed a new graphics processor, the speed of which increased by 30% compared with the previous model.
As for the camera, the iPhone 8 was faster 12-megapixel sensor with support for optical image stabilization. The iPhone Plus 8 also new sensors with the aperture f / 1.8 and f / 2.8. Dual Camera second smartphone supports Portrait function Lighting, which optimizes lighting portraits.
Improvements touched and video recording capabilities: Phones are able to shoot videos in 4K resolution at 60 frames / sec. Video shooting time-lapse effect can now be written in 1080p resolution at 240 frames / sec. On the iPhone 7, the figure was 120 frames / sec.
Apple iPhone 8 positions as the first smartphone designed specifically for augmented reality. Camera devices are calibrated for use with the increasingly popular technology, and a new gyroscope and accelerometer provide a more accurate motion tracking.