According to a Wall Street company, in this year, iPhone X’s innovative features will bring a bonus.

Piper Jaffray reiterated the excess ratings for smartphone makers and predicted next year, Apple will benefit from better monitors and 3D sensors to the rest of its iPhone line. Analyst Michael Olson wrote to clients on Thursday that “Why AAPL Can Keep Working: ‘Super Cycle’ Is Now ‘Super Long Cycle.'”, according to which, Apple may be more and more likely to experience the development of a formidable iPhone for many years Tracks, instead of short-term “super cycles.” In addition, the iPhone cycle is believed to be extended in FY18 and then there will be more iPhone X “offspring” in the fall of 2018, as people become more aware and interested in Augmented Reality after developers plugging new use cases and long-term backside 3D sensors into the app store.

Analysts expect that Apple will introduce three better OLED displays next year. In addition, he said, three-dimensional sensor supplier will be required to increase threefold volume next year. He writes that the iPhone X’s offspring could broaden iPhone users’ interests in the fall of 18.

Apple is one of the biggest performers in the market so far this year. Its shares have rallied 46% compared with the S&P 500’s 17% gain through Wednesday. And after the report, the company’s stock rose 0.8% on Thursday as well.

Apple’s iPhone X launched on Nov. 3 with the price of $999.

Many of the iPhone X features are innovative, but some of them are not quite as obvious. The following are 18 iPhone X tips that you should know about:

1. Power Off/Medical ID/Emergency Call With The iPhone X
To turn off the power, pull out a medical ID, or an emergency call with your iPhone X, you need to press and hold the side buttons and any of the volume buttons at the same time. Then slide to turn off the device, pull up the medical ID, or make an emergency call.

2. Double Tap The Side Button For Apple Pay
When you double-click the side button on the right side of the device, it opens Apple Pay. This allows you to pay bills without having to remove a debit or credit card from your wallet.

3. Set Up Animoji
You can use facial expressions to customize animated messages (called Animoji) using the Face ID facial recognition system built into the iPhone X front by going to the message, clicking on the App Store icon, and clicking on the monkey with its mouth open. Then scroll to select an Animoji and touch and hold the red recording icon or click Animoji to send an animated photo. Animoji videos can be recorded for up to 110 seconds and sent via iMessage.

4. Close Apps That Are Open
To close an application that is open on the iPhone X, you need to activate the application switcher by swiping from the bottom home indicator and dragging the application to the right. Then press the app for a few seconds until you see the red button at the top of each app card. You can then slide the application as you would on any other iPhone, or click the red button to close the application. This is useful if you want to turn off applications that run in the background, such as streaming music applications or GPS applications.

5. Take A Screenshot With The iPhone X
Simply tap on the side button and the top volume button to take a screenshot on the iPhone X

6. Activate Siri By Pushing Down Side Button
Simply push down the side button on the right-hand side of the device to activate the Siri digital assistant on the iPhone X.

7. Force Reset Your iPhone X
If you want to hard reset the iPhone X, please follow these three steps: 1.) Tap and release the volume up button 2.) Tap and release the volume down button 3.) Press and hold the side button on the right Manual button for a few seconds until you notice that the device is restarted and the Apple logo that appears when the power is turned on.

8. Record 4K Videos At 60 fps
By default, iPhone X is set to record 4K video at 30 fps. However, you can set it to record at 60 fps to make sure higher and smoother resolution. This setting can be found in Settings app > Camera > Record Video.

9. Turn ‘Tap To Wake’ On Or Off
By default, there is a ” Tap To Wake” feature on the iPhone X. This means the lock screen will appear when you tap the screen. If you do not want to enable this feature, you can go to the Settings app > General > Accessibility > Toggle off “Tap To Wake” to turn off this feature.

10. Tap On ‘Done’ After Moving Around Or Deleting Apps
On other iPhone, you usually have to press an icon until it swings or removes the application from the home screen. Then click the Home button to close the application icon edit mode. On iPhone X, you also have to press the application icon to move or delete them. But Apple added a “Done” button in edit mode at the top right corner of the iPhone X screen so you can move or delete the application.

11. Home Indicator Opens The App Switcher
Without the physical home button, Apple added the Home indicator at the bottom of the screen. The Home light is used to unlock the device and activate the application switcher. To launch the application switcher, you must drag your open application from the home page indicator to the right of the screen with your finger. Then you will see all the open applications arranged together for easier switching.

12. Swipe The Bottom Edge To Return Home
The Home flag line is also used to return to the main screen when the application is opened. Swiping from the bottom edge of the home screen will take you back to the first page – this will come in handy if you have multiple application icon pages.

13. Control Apps That Use Face ID For Authentication
You can customize which apps use Face ID for authentication through going to the Settings app> Face ID & Passcode> (Enter Passcode)> Other Apps.

14. Swipe From The “Left Ear” For Cover Sheet
When you swipe down from the “left ear” (left area to the notch) on the top of your iPhone X, “Cover Sheet” appears. The cover sheet has been called the Notification Center.

15. Swipe From The “Right Ear” For Control Center
When you swipe down from the “Right Ear” (right area to the notch) on the top of your iPhone X, “Cover Sheet” appears. And then the Control Center will show. You can also control the Control Center under the Settings app > Control Center > Customize Controls. In addition, you can see the battery life on the left of your iPhone X as well.

16. ‘Zoom To Fill’ The YouTube App
To take full advantage of the larger 5.8-inch screen on the iPhone X, you can zoom in on the YouTube app. To zoom in and out videos, just use pinch-to-zoom gesture while in full-screen landscape mode. When zoomed in, the YouTube video shows ” Zoomed to fill” at the top. When you zoom out, it says ” Original.”

17. Swipe Left Or Right To Switch Between Recent Apps
Simply swipe left or right on the Home indicator line.

18. Additional Face ID Controls
Under the Settings app > Face ID & Passcode, there are additional Face ID controls. For instance, ” Require Attention for Face ID” will require the user to directly look at the front camera to unlock the device. This may prevent someone from unlocking the device when pointing to your device while you are asleep. In addition, you can turn on or off “Attention Aware Features” that essentially control whether the alarm will disappear and the screen will dim once you pick up iPhone X and watch it after waking up.

Clear Your iCloud Account From Your Apple Device

Generally, to ensure your personal data safety,  there are two ways to connect all your Apple devices to your iCloud account terminated,  depending on whether or not your Apple device still works properly.

For Apple Devices That Still Work

1. Link your Apple devices to WiFi.
2. Open up the settings on your device.
3. Select “iCloud.”
4. Scroll to the bottom and click “Sign Out.” and put in your password to confirm.

For Apple Devices That Don’t Work

1. Get to icloud.com on your computer.
2. Login to access your iCloud account through either your Apple ID or your iTunes.
3. Click on “Find My iPhone” at the bottom of the page.
4. Then, click the option called “All Devices.”
5. Next, you’ll have a list of all of the devices that are currently connected to your iCloud account.
6. Choose the device you want to remove.
7. Click “Remove from Account.”

Verify Your Apple Device Isn’t Connected

The last step –  double-check that your Apple device isn’t still connected to your iCloud account. To verify that, go to website www.icloud.com/activationlock/ and type in your Apple device’s serial number or IMEI. Then you can confirm whether your device is or not connected to an iCloud account.

Avid buyers of Apple products we’re excited for the information released about 2017’s new iPhone. The biggest surprise was, being this was the 10th anniversary of iPhone generations, Apple created an “iPhone X,” along with iPhone 8 and 8 Plus. iPhone 8 and 8 plus is already available for as low at $699. 

The iPhone 8 continues the 7 series features including the new jack for headphone and the jack adapter. The overall design is still the same as previous generations, including the touch ID home button and the bezel surrounding the frame..

 What’s new?

is the entirely glass body enclosed in an aluminum frame, and the glass is said to be most durable glass yet as it’s placed in an aluminum structure and reinforced steel that’s water and dust resistant. The speakers of the iPhone 8 is about 25 % louder than previous generations including the 7, with a deeper bass. 

The iPhone 8 display is about 1 inch smaller than the iPhone 8 Plus, both equipped with True Tone Support, the feature that allows adaptation to color temperature and intensity to ambient light. Basically, say you step outside your dark room to a brightly lit room, the iPhone 8 and 8 plus will adapt the screen to an intensity better adjusted for your eyes. It’s like a paper-viewing experience, as described. 3D touch is the newest feature, and there are wide varieties of color to be chosen. 

There is a new charging feature, a Qi-based inductive wireless charging, allowing charging to take place when the phones are placed atop this charging station. Very high-tech for modern day technology, but certainly an interesting one at best.

 

The new six-core Bionic chip apparently makes this the smartest and fastest iPhone yet. It makes the experience of gaming and using this iPhone closer to reality. This iPhone is fastest, smartest, and even a “faster learner” than all iPhones.

The new camera is sharpest in quality, while the A11 brings forth better low-light quality images, faster autofocus, new pixel-processing technologies, and even catches less “noise” in images captured. These are only some of the camera qualities the iPhone 8 and 8 plus has to offer!

True Tone is available on each phone, which is easily described as a lighting detector that will automatically alter the lighting on your phone to best suit your eyes and to meet a standard of a natural viewing experience. 

How To Choose? Deciding to go with an iPhone 8 or 8 plus? Pick from Silver, Space Grey, or a Rosie-gold. 

 

And finally- the iPhone X

The moment we’ve all been waiting for. The 10th generation of iPhone called for an entirely new experience, which is where the iPhone X came from. This smartphone is an “all-display” featured phone, designed unlike the iPhone as we know it. It’s 5.8 inches of screen is wrapped into a stainless steel band and a durable all-glass body (like the iPhone 8 and 8 plus, without the bezels). 

This super-retina technology utilizes a life-life experience of color on this phone also features deep black and million-to-one contrast, including the highest resolution and pixel density ever in iPhone history. This amazing technological advancement also includes HDR, wide color, 3D Touch, and True Tone. 

Rather than a home button, users swipe to open or access “home.” You can “tap to wake” meaning access your notifications, a side button for Siri, and swiping down opens your control center.

iPhone X also allows for fastest, multiple use performance thanks to the ALL Bionic chip (better than A10), including faster higher-

efficiency cores, multi-thread work, GPU (image processor, A11 motion coprocessor, and the Secure Enclave for Face ID. What’s more is this battery lasts approximately two hours longer than iPhone 7. 

Facial Identification

Face recognition is the newest and probably most interesting part of iPhone X. Instead of typing in a password, the phone recognizes your face by creating a 3D image with the front-face camera. This feature also allows you to make purchases and access personal apps. This can read through hats, makeup, beards, and more, but will only open if you’re actually looking at the screen. It doesn’t unlock if you’re looking away or if it’s looking at a photograph or other replicas. In other words, the iPhone X is quite aware of who is and isn’t its owner.

 

Fun Features

Every smartphone user loves Emoticons, but now there are Animoji for the iPhone X. This 3D emoji mimics your facial expression, literally translating your facial expressions into a Animoji for iMessage!

Portrait lighting creates the best lighting ever whether it’s in selfie mode or regular camera mode! The back camera also includes optical image stabilization, better augmented reality experience, and a TrueDepth camera.

The iPhone X starts at $999 and comes either with 64 or 256GB of storage. Although this is not yet available, it will be sold by the end of October! You can purchase this phone in Silver or Space Gray. 

Not In Your Budget?

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If you want to know more about the newest generations of iPhones or how to sell your old phone, stay tuned with SellMyMac or call 212-840-0415. We look forward to helping you sell your Apple products and get one step closer to your new one!