Apple unveils 3 iPhones with dual SIM, impressive cameras
San Francisco, Sep 13 : Apple officially introduced its 2018 line-up of iPhones -- the premium iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR at an event in California late on Wednesday.
The iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max will support dual SIM and dual standby functionality.
The premium iPhone XS and XS Max come with upgraded 12MP + 12MP camera and 2x optical zoom. There is an improved TrueTone quad-LED flash as well. Both the models have a 7MP RGB camera sensor in the front with F/2.2 aperture while the iPhone XR has a single 12MP camera at the rear.
The iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max would be available in 64GB, 256GB and 512GB storage variants in space grey, silver and a new gold colour starting at Rs 99,900 and Rs 1,09,900, respectively through Apple authorised resellers in India.
The cheapest of the lot -- the iPhone XR -- has a starting price of Rs 76,900.
The premium iPhone XS is made with stainless surgical grade steel with a new glass formulation and has edge-to-edge screen, Apple said in a statement.
Both the iPhone XS and XS Max are fueled by Apple's latest A12 Bionic chipset built on 7-nm design, which allows for 6.9 billion transistors on the chip. Also, there is a new neural engine with an 8-core dedicated machine learning (ML) processor.
The iPhone X comes with a 5.8-inch OLED display while the iPhone XS has 6.5-inch OLED screen -- the biggest ever on an iPhone. Other than the size, both the models have 3D Touch and HDR.
The Face ID in these models is said to work faster this time than last year's iPhone X. The affordable iPhone XR has a 6.1-inch LCD screen with liquid Retina display and aluminium body instead of a steel one.
The Cupertino-based company also unveiled its new Apple Watch Series 4 with improved health features. Its next generation of Apple Watch features edge-to-edge display with smaller bezels, which is 30 per cent bigger.
The device brings a design overhaul to the Apple Watch as the iPhone-maker is now using a new dual-core 64-bit chipset, custom designed to improve performance.
"Apple Watch isn't just the number one smart watch, it is the number one watch in the world period," Tim Cook, CEO of Apple said. Apart from heartbeat data, the devices would now also track heart rhythm and notify users.
The new series has been approved by FDA for ECG recording as well but this feature would be limited to only US-based users initially. The tech giant said it is working to introduce this feature in other countries as well.
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State govt will approach SC like Tamil Nadu if Governor rejects bills: Minister Priyank Kharge
Bengaluru: Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge said on Tuesday that the state government will be forced to fight against the Governor, like the Tamil Nadu government did, if the bills passed by the Karnataka government continued to be rejected by Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot.
The Governor has returned to the government the Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University Bill, which focuses on replacing the Governor as the head of universities, asking for clarifications from the government.
Addressing reporters in the city on Tuesday, Minister Kharge said the government had faced similar rejection from the Governor earlier too. It had also witnessed similar situations in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, where the Governor had returned bills passed in the legislature. Admitting that the government would provide the necessary clarifications to Gehlot, Kharge said that, if the Governor was still not convinced, the state government would have to approach the Supreme Court ‘like Tamil Nadu did’.
He accused the Governor of violating the legislature’s decisions and causing a feud between the Governor and the government. He also pointed out that a bill was discussed in the legislature and passed through a voting system.
Kharge, who is spokesperson for the Karnataka government, further alleged that the BJP and the RSS were using the Governor’s office as the branch office of the party and state headquarters of the Sangh. He also accused Governor Gehlot of ‘murdering’ democracy by following the orders of the Central government and overruling the decisions of the Karnataka Legislature.
