Apple launches largest ever iPhone
Meet the largest-ever iPhone. TIMES OF INDIA 13.09.2018
Apple on Wednesday unveiled the iPhone XS, a premium model with a 5.8-inch screen, and the iPhone XS Max a new big-screen premium model with a 6.5-inch screen. The iPhone XS Max (what a mouthful!) is the company’s biggest-ever smartphone. The XS models are generally sped-up versions of last year’s iPhone X, Apple’s first $999 model. Apple emphasised the phones’ advanced processor, durable glass and so-called Super Retina OLED display with a wide colour gamut. It’s obvious why Apple and other phone makers like Samsung keep increasing the size of their phone screens: Phones with bigger screens are selling well. When presented with the choice between a small phone and a bigger one, most people will go with the latter. That’s similar to how just about everyone wants a big-screen TV.
Yet for mobile phones, there are tradeoffs. For one, the phones get more difficult to use with one hand. With last year’s 5.8-inch iPhone X, it was difficult to reach your thumb across the screen to type a keystroke or hit a button inside an app. Those usability tradeoffs will probably persist in these new models.
The larger screens raise an important question about design and usability. Will Apple do much in the near future to improve one-handed use as its devices keep getting larger? When Apple’s screen sizes started getting much larger with the iPhone 6 in 2014, the company released a software shortcut called Reachability, where you tapped the home button twice to lower the top of the screen and make it easier to reach buttons up there.
That feature still exists for the brand-new iPhones, but the lack of a home button makes it more difficult to use — instead of double tapping the home button, now you swipe down from the bottom of the screen.
Apple Watch becomes more of a health device
Apple introduced a new version of its watch that it’s calling the Apple Watch Series 4, which it has designed to be more of health aid.
It’s the first time the company has redesigned the device since it was introduced in 2015. The new watch is slightly thinner than the previous version, but the black frame around the screen — what are know as the “bezels” — has been removed to create a larger display area. Significantly, Apple said the new watch has a faster processor and better health and motion sensors. For instance, the watch can detect when a wearer has fallen down, a leading cause of injuries. REUTERS
The new iPhone XS and XS Max being unveiled at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park in Cupertino, California on Wednesday
Meet the largest-ever iPhone. TIMES OF INDIA 13.09.2018
Apple on Wednesday unveiled the iPhone XS, a premium model with a 5.8-inch screen, and the iPhone XS Max a new big-screen premium model with a 6.5-inch screen. The iPhone XS Max (what a mouthful!) is the company’s biggest-ever smartphone. The XS models are generally sped-up versions of last year’s iPhone X, Apple’s first $999 model. Apple emphasised the phones’ advanced processor, durable glass and so-called Super Retina OLED display with a wide colour gamut. It’s obvious why Apple and other phone makers like Samsung keep increasing the size of their phone screens: Phones with bigger screens are selling well. When presented with the choice between a small phone and a bigger one, most people will go with the latter. That’s similar to how just about everyone wants a big-screen TV.
Yet for mobile phones, there are tradeoffs. For one, the phones get more difficult to use with one hand. With last year’s 5.8-inch iPhone X, it was difficult to reach your thumb across the screen to type a keystroke or hit a button inside an app. Those usability tradeoffs will probably persist in these new models.
The larger screens raise an important question about design and usability. Will Apple do much in the near future to improve one-handed use as its devices keep getting larger? When Apple’s screen sizes started getting much larger with the iPhone 6 in 2014, the company released a software shortcut called Reachability, where you tapped the home button twice to lower the top of the screen and make it easier to reach buttons up there.
That feature still exists for the brand-new iPhones, but the lack of a home button makes it more difficult to use — instead of double tapping the home button, now you swipe down from the bottom of the screen.
Apple Watch becomes more of a health device
Apple introduced a new version of its watch that it’s calling the Apple Watch Series 4, which it has designed to be more of health aid.
It’s the first time the company has redesigned the device since it was introduced in 2015. The new watch is slightly thinner than the previous version, but the black frame around the screen — what are know as the “bezels” — has been removed to create a larger display area. Significantly, Apple said the new watch has a faster processor and better health and motion sensors. For instance, the watch can detect when a wearer has fallen down, a leading cause of injuries. REUTERS
The new iPhone XS and XS Max being unveiled at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park in Cupertino, California on Wednesday
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