Our Apple iPhone 2018 Keynote Cheat Sheet – Gather Round

Apple just closed their latest address from the Steve Job’s Theatre, their regular early Autumn debut of this years new iPhones. Here’s our usual cheat sheet, a bite size look at what’s new…

iPhone

iPhone Xs
5.8″ OLED screen, 2436×1125, 458ppi
A12 Bionic CPU – 7 nanometer, 6 cores
GPU up to 50% faster than A11
Plus new 8-core neural engine
5 trillion operations per second
2 new 12MP camera f1.8 f2.4, 7MP front camera
30 mins better battery life than iPhone X
Stereo Recording
IP68
Richer Sound
Faster Unlock with new FaceID
DSDS Dual SIM Dual Standby & ESIM (carrier support required)
(2 physical SIMs for China only)
iOS 12 released Sept 17th
64GB, 256GB or 512GB
£999 to £1,349
preorder 14th Sept
Ships 21st Sept

iPhone Xs Max
6.5″ OLED screen, 2688 x 1242, 458ppi, Biggest ever iPhone display
IP68
Richer Sound
Faster Unlock with new FaceID
1.5 hours longer battery life than iPhone X
Silver, Gold or Space Gray
64GB, 256GB or 512GB
£1,099 to £1,449
preorder 14th Sept
Ships 21st Sept

iPhone XR – Lower cost option
Aluminium Chassis
Same A12 Bionic from XS
LCD Edge to edge ‘Liquid Retina’ display
6.1″ 1792×828, 326 ppi
FaceID
Single 12MP rear camera f1,8 wide angle,
Portrait mode from single camera
Same front TrueDepth camera as XS
Haptic touch instead of 3D touch
IP67
1.5 hours longer battery life than 8 Plus
64GB, 128GB, or 256GB
Black, White, Yellow, Coral, Blue or Product Red
Starts £749 (less than iPhone 8 Plus) to £899
Order from Oct 19th
Ships from Oct 26th

Apple Watch

Series 4
S4 dual-core 64bit custom CPU up to 2x faster
Next gen accelerometer & Gyroscope samples 8x faster
32% and 35% Larger Screens
But Thinner for less total volume
New Speaker 50% Louder
Mic moved to opposite side to reduce echo in calls
Haptic Feedback on redesigned Digital Crown
Black ceramic and sapphire crystal back case
Optical heart sensor, Low & Hight Heart Rate, plus AFib detection
- Plus electrical heart sensor for Electrocardiogram (ECG) – 1st consumer product to do so
- FDA Approved, USA this year, working on other countries
Fall detection with SOS feature
watchOS 5 out 12th Sept
Same 18 hour all-day battery life
Silver gold or space grey
stainless
from $399 GPs, $499 Cellular
Order from 14th, ships one week later