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Surgical grade stainless steel, gorgeous new gold finish on the front and on the glass. It is the most beautiful iPhone we have ever made. The screen goes top to bottom and is rounded into the corners. It's a new formulation of glass that is the most durable glass ever in a smartphone. Gold, silver, and space gray. protected from dust liquids to IP68.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:40:21 PM
by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:40:44 PM
The screen is a 5.8" OLED with 2.7 million pixels, calling it a Super Retina display. The display is as big as the plus size phone, in a smaller-in-the-hand form factor. Dolby Vision, HDR10.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:41:29 PM
60% greater dynamic range than iPhone X.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:41:59 PM
What do you call a phone that is bigger than a Plus sized phone?

by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:42:47 PM
You call it iPhone Xs Max.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:43:03 PM
by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:43:34 PM
3D touch is still here! -VM

by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:43:45 PM
It has stereo sound, with wide feel for better movie and game experience. Watching music videos sounds better than ever.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:44:24 PM
Face ID- Face ID is a huge step forward and customers love it. It's powered by the True Depth camera system, using neural networks. With Xs you pick it up and look at it, and it's faster than ever before. It has faster algorithms and a faster secure enclave. Most secure facial authentication ever in a smart phone.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:45:35 PM
The A series chip powers it, and this year, the team has done something truly breakthrough. The A12 Bionic. The A12 Bionic is the industry's first 7nm chip. That's a huge breakthrough. 6.9 billion transistors.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:46:16 PM
by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:46:58 PM
by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:47:18 PM
by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:47:33 PM
The neural engine used to be a dual core. Now it's 8! 5 trillion operations per second up from 6.9 million!

by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:48:03 PM
by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:48:48 PM
by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:49:05 PM
The A12 Bionic was designed for iPhone, not just any smartphone, and this is why it works so well - it makes everyday tasks feel fast and effortless. Apps launch up to 30% faster.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:50:54 PM
Focusing on the everyday experiences, including ones that use machine learning. Whether it's quicktype suggestions, photo memories, and more. The Next Gen Neural Engine unlocks real time machine learning for portrait mode and lighting, for animojis, for Arkit, and the new Clips app for even better selfie scenes.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:52:19 PM
Now she's demonstrating Siri Shortcuts.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:52:40 PM
Core ML opens up the neural engine and runs 9x faster, using 1/10th the energy. That means developers can run neural networks in their apps and free up the GPU for immersive graphics for Augmented Reality.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:53:39 PM
by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:54:15 PM
by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:54:29 PM
AR quicklook means you can tap on an object and place it in the real world directly from Safari. Also, Apple incorporated a measure app, killing off what I'd call the 'fart-app-of-AR' - VM

by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:55:15 PM
Todd Howard from Bethesda Game studios comes out

by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:55:31 PM
Blades on iPhone. The OLED screen pulls out all the detail you'd usually miss in light and dark areas.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:57:10 PM
check out the reflections of the light in the cave.
scenes like this used to only be possible on the computer in the living room.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:57:49 PM
It's not just immersive - it transports you. Blades is coming to iOS this fall, available for pre-order now.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 5:58:53 PM
Steve Nash from the basketball hall of fame. Homecourt is an app that helps you find the technique by aiming the camera at the court and tracking you and your make/attempts
for every single shot the player takes, they track 6 different elements, and gives immediate feedback if you're practicing with the right form.

to coach you.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 6:01:35 PM
Atli Mar comes out

by victormarks 9/12/2018 6:03:02 PM
They're making virtual arcades multiplayer. AR Galaga!

by victormarks 9/12/2018 6:03:50 PM
Phil is back out.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 6:05:36 PM
images shot on iphone used professionally, like the cover of Time magazine.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 6:07:28 PM
by victormarks 9/12/2018 6:07:45 PM
Phil talking about all the things that the image signal processor does.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 6:08:12 PM
For the first time, the ISP is connected to the neural engine to do detection of faces and bodies to understand the scene you're shooting, and does instant red-eye reduction. In portrait mode, the hair and glasses are better than every before. It can do 1 trillion operations on every photo you take.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 6:09:00 PM
Smart HDR is a brand new feature.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 6:09:07 PM
by victormarks 9/12/2018 6:09:23 PM
There's zero shutter lag. what the HDR is doing is shooting a 4 frame buffer to capture critical moments, as well as secondary interframes to bring out highlight detail, as well as shadow detail, and then merging them all into one perfect photo. This makes taking photos easier than ever to get perfect results.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 6:10:13 PM
straight from the camera.
look at the water drops!

by victormarks 9/12/2018 6:11:09 PM
by victormarks 9/12/2018 6:11:43 PM
Better than ever before.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 6:12:06 PM
The team studied the best lenses and full frame cameras to learn about Bokeh to bring that to iPhone. What they've achieved is incredible.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 6:12:52 PM
What the team discovered is, when you take the picture in portrait mode, and then tap Edit, there's a slider that says depth. Watch the depth and background. After you take a picture you can adjust the background.

by victormarks 9/12/2018 6:14:05 PM
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