It's been a big week in the world of tech, with one of the most anticipated launch events of the year - Apple's annual iPhone launch. On Tuesday at the new Apple[1] campus in San Jose, the company rolled out three new phones, the iPhone 8[2], the iPhone 8 Plus[3], and the iPhone X[4]. The first two phones share the established iPhone design with the home button and the (relatively) thick bezels on the sides. The new flagship, the iPhone X, brings in a new design, losing the home button and relying on a new system called Face ID[5], which uses a number of technologies, both hardware and software, to carry out facial recognition to unlock the phone.
The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus will release in India on September 29[6]. Both models will be available in 64GB and 256GB variants. The iPhone 8 starts at Rs. 64,000, while the bigger iPhone 8 Plus will set you back by Rs. 73,000; the 256GB variants are Rs. 13,000 more expensive, at Rs. 77,000 and Rs. 86,000, respectively. The iPhone X on the other hand will be releasing in India on November 3[7], and will start at Rs. 89,000. The 256GB variant of the iPhone X, priced at Rs. 1,02,000, will be the most expensive mainstream phone in India yet. The price of the iPhone models is almost 40 percent higher[8] than in the US, although of course the US pricing doesn't include taxes, which varies from state to state.
iPhone X With Face ID, Bezel-Less Design Launched; Coming to India on November 3[9]
In terms of hardware,...