Apple iPhone X

2018: Resuming of sales because of the flat demand on new iPhones

In November, 2018 it became known of resuming of production and sales iPhone of X because of that newer flagman smartphones Apple — iPhone XS and XS Max — are on sale badly.

That Apple decided to return iPhone X on counters, the The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) newspaper with reference to the informed sources reported. They specify that this phone will be available in the countries where demand for devices of Apple most quicker falls. About what markets there is a speech, in the publication it is not specified.

Because of crash of sales of the new Apple smartphones returns old iPhones in sale

According to interlocutors, production of the old iPhone models is always cheaper in comparison with new as the first do not need new components and the factory equipment.

In a case with iPhone X the decision on restart of production can be also connected with the purchase contract of a certain number of OLED displays at Samsung, WSJ writes.

After the presentation of new smartphones in September, 2018 Apple  removed  from the official site information on  iPhone X, SE and 6s. It means that production and sale of these smartphones are stopped, the company also ceased to offer accessories for these models. Thus, for November 23, 2018 it is officially possible to purchase only   iPhone XS, XS Max, XR, 8 and 7. Terms of resuming of sales of iPhone X are unknown.

In November, 2018 journalists of WSJ reported that in connection with  the flat demand the company reduced orders for   production iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR. The lowered forecasts for the income of suppliers of Apple therefore fell the quotation of both these companies, and Apple became confirmation of low sales. According to WSJ, corporations became more complex to be calculated how many components and finished products will be required to meet demand of consumers worldwide.

The Nikkei newspaper wrote that production iPhone XR will be reduced because of low demand. In exchange Apple increased release of iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus.^[1]

2017

The Russian twins demand with Apple 20 million that iPhone X does not see between them a difference

Twin brothers from Vladimir — 26-year-old Alexander and Ilya Tunchiki — sent Apple a claim to the Russian office of the company because system of face recognition Face ID on them smartphones iPhone X equally identifies both young people, thereby, according to them, breaking personal data protection^[2].

The offended users require from the company to improve technology and also to compensate moral damage in the amount of 20 million rubles, TASS the lawyer Roman Ardykutsa representing the interests of brothers reported in January, 2018.

"Twins purchased … iPhone X to use function of an unblocking of the screen by means of persons. To their disappointment, each device recognizes both brothers what they were not warned upon purchase about, this information is absent in the instruction. For this reason applicants ask the company to finish technology" — he explained.

iPhone X were assembled by students probationers

The corporation Apple confirmed that one of her key production partners, the Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. company which is a part Taiwan Foxconn Technology Group attracted to assembly of flagman smartphones iPhone X students trainees, and those illegally worked overtime, Bloomberg tells on November 21, 2017.

Foxconn attracted to assembly of iPhone X of students trainees

During recent check we knew of cases of overtime work of students trainees. When we learned that we to some probationers permitted to overwork, we without delay reacted" — said in Apple concerning an incident.

The comment followed in communication in the publication The Finanicial Times (FT) that in September, 2017 the group of 3 thousand pupils of technical school of city railway transport of Zhengzhou, the capitals the Provinces of Henan, People's Republics of China was directed to one of Hon Hai factories. The age of probationers was from 17 to 19 years.

Foxconn admitted the fact that students overworked at some factories of the company

In article it was noted that the three-months training at the Foxconn enterprise was announced by obligatory: it was required to be passed to receive the document on the termination of educational institution. Six pupils said to the edition that they regularly worked for 11 hours, being engaged in assembly of the flagman Apple smartphone that is violation of the Chinese legislation. According to the last, pupils probationers cannot work more than 40 hours a week, and the companies have no right to ask them to work overtime.

Foxconn also recognized that at some of its factories students overworked, having noted that it contradicts own policy of the company.

We investigated all cases and we report that interns really worked overtime in defiance of our rules. At the same time, would like to emphasize that all pupils worked voluntarily and that their work was appropriately paid, said in the statement of vendor.

Added to the companies that already took measures for correction of a situation and prevention of similar in the future.^[3]

Announcement

On September 12, 2017 Apple provided the new flagman smartphone — iPhone X. The main innovations are connected with the display and the biometric system of protection.

In the name of innovation not letter X (X) is used Roman "ten", but. iPhone X will be available in two flowers — silvery and "space gray".

iPhone X will cost from 80 thousand rubles

The iPhone X screen manufactured on OLED technology occupies the most part of a front surface and has 5.8-inch diagonal,   with a resolution of 2436 x 1135 points, with a pixel density of 458 ppi (the highest rate in iPhone) and contrast   1,000 000:1.

In Apple developed a sensing technology of the person for an unblocking. The company claims that it is the safest method of protection and  iPhone X it is impracticable to crack. Also using  Face ID it is possible to make payments as it has support  of the Apple Pay.

iPhone X is protected from negative impact of dust and water

 Face ID works at  fundamentals of technologies of the camera TrueDepth and  is easily configured. On the person of the user more than 30  thousand invisible points are projected, and  then  on the basis of data retrieveds his  accurate structural map is created.

On the face of iPhone X the scanner of the person is located

iPhone lost the Home button which was in all previous Apple smartphones. The lack of this key is compensated by gestures: in the lower part of the screen there was a horizontal line, having pulled for which it is possible to return on the home screen. If at the same time to delay a finger in one provision, the list of the last started applications opens.

The iPhone X display occupies almost all front surface of phone

Are installed the dual 12-megapixel camera with optical stabilization on back face in new phone and the 7-megapixel front camera in front. There is enough battery power, according to in Apple, "for two hours longer, than in iPhone 7".  The new A11 Apple processor is the hardware cornerstone of a tube.

iPhone X cost in Russia will be 80 thousand rubles for the version from 64 Gbytes of a fixed memory and 92 thousand rubles for 256-gigabyte option. Sales start on November 3, 2017.^[4]

Comparison of Apple iPhone X with competitors, data of TAdviser

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