Apple's New iPhones Exposed By YouTube Star

As it stated in 2018 is the year Apple dramatically changes its iPhone line-up, both in terms of display size and cheaper pricing. The first Geekbench results for Apple's new iPhones have been spotted by eagled-eyed French site iGeneration, and they reveal a year of underwhelming performance stagnation lies ahead. Breaking down the results for the listed 'iPhone 11,2' (expected to be the iPhone X Plus as the iPhone 8 Plus was identified as the 'iPhone 10,2'), we discover Apple's upcoming phone has just 10% greater single-core performance and 5% greater multi-core performance than last years models. Finally, iPhone X Plus buyers are also likely to be treated to the highest ever iPhone screen resolution so there's some compensation here. The iPhone 7 boosted its CPU 40% and GPU 50% over the iPhone 6S and the iPhone 8 offers a 25% faster CPU and 30% faster CPU than the iPhone 7.

Apple's New iPhones Exposed By YouTube Star

While the second generation iPhone X is physically identical to the original iPhone X and the budget iPhone X is slightly thicker and heavier than the premium models. Interestingly, Brownlee notes the budget iPhone X may have thicker bezels than its premium stablemates. This despite the LCD phone sporting groundbreaking display technology capable of even thinner bezels than the OLED panels in the iPhone X and iPhone X Plus. Brownlee doesn't discuss the internals of the new iPhones, but we already know the budget iPhone X has a (limited) party trick. ___Follow Gordon on Twitter, Facebook and Google+More On ForbesiPhone 9 Dual Sim Edition Will Be Restricted To ChinaApple iOS 12 Confirms Existence Of iPhone X PlusApple's Budget iPhone Has Groundbreaking Bezel TechnologyApple Is Planning A Dual Sim iPhone X PlusiPhone Exclusive: Apple's Massive, Cheap iPhone Revealed

Apple Faces Challenge as New iPhones Lose Luster

as mentioned in This could have major revenue and stock price implications for Apple, whose shares are down 7.9% from their 52-week high through Wednesday close. Apple's IPhone Has Fueled Its StockStock 10-Year Performance Apple 1,300% Nasdaq 313% S&P 500 174%Lack of Innovation, Market Saturation Threatens iPhone SalesIn a recent research note, Citigroup warned that Apple's iPhone launches aren't generating as much buzz as they used to. This is a major issue for the Cupertino, Calif.-based company, which still generates roughly 56% of its revenues from its core smartphone business, according to Statista. "We suspect this is because of a slowdown in innovation and the saturation of iPhone in the addressable market." Apple is slated to report its most recent quarterly earnings results on Nov 1.

Cops Told 'Don't Look' at New iPhones to Avoid Face ID Lock-Out

Last month, Forbes reported the first known instance of a search warrant being used to unlock a suspect's iPhone X with their own face, leveraging the iPhone X's Face ID feature. "iPhone X: don't look at the screen, or else… The same thing will occur as happened on Apple's event," the slide, from forensics company Elcomsoft, reads. Caption: The slide from Elcomsoft's materials talking about Face ID and the iPhone X. In the US, however, law enforcement agencies have used both technical and legal means to get into devices. But with Face ID, it is easier to use 'accidentally' by simply looking at the phone," Katalov added.

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