Apple homepage gets iPhone X makeover ahead of Friday preorders
Apple on Tuesday updated its homepage with dynamic graphics and links touting various iPhone X features, like the TrueDepth camera and Face ID, in an effort to advertise the handset ahead of a start to preorders this week.
As seen above, the iPhone X product link, which first appeared shortly after the device was announced September, has taken over the top spot on Apple's homepage. The iPhone 8 and Apple Watch Series 3 saw heavy rotation in the spotlight carousel element prior to today's change.
Below the banner image are six large graphics blocks containing animated imagery showing off key iPhone X features including Design and Display, Face ID, the TrueDepth camera, "Radically new" rear cameras, the A11 Bionic SoC and wireless charging. The blocks point to anchor points on the dedicated iPhone X webpage, which offers more information on each subject.
To realize the revamped landing page, Apple pulled highlight clips from its iPhone X product promo video and embedded them into the square block design. The blocks dynamically load in and animate in a loop when users scroll down the page.
Mousing over the images brings up the aforementioned category titles and a brief description of each section. For example, the TrueDepth camera section reads, "So much technology in so little space. The TrueDepth camera makes Face ID, Portrait mode, Portrait Lighting and Animoji possible."
A final edge-to-edge animated banner anchors the homepage and includes a link to Apple's iPhone X product video.
Apple's iPhone X represents the culmination of ten years of iPhone technology and design. The handset features a full-face 5.8-inch Super Retina OLED display and proprietary depth-sensing camera equipment that powers advanced facial recognition features like Face ID user authentication. Inside, an A11 Bionic chip boasts high clock speeds and its own neural engine for chewing through computationally intensive tasks.
Preorders for iPhone X begin this Friday at 12:01 a.m. Pacific, with initial shipments scheduled to arrive on Nov. 3. Apple has announced first-day retail availability of the handset, but encourages prospective buyers to arrive early as quantities will be limited.
As seen above, the iPhone X product link, which first appeared shortly after the device was announced September, has taken over the top spot on Apple's homepage. The iPhone 8 and Apple Watch Series 3 saw heavy rotation in the spotlight carousel element prior to today's change.
Below the banner image are six large graphics blocks containing animated imagery showing off key iPhone X features including Design and Display, Face ID, the TrueDepth camera, "Radically new" rear cameras, the A11 Bionic SoC and wireless charging. The blocks point to anchor points on the dedicated iPhone X webpage, which offers more information on each subject.
To realize the revamped landing page, Apple pulled highlight clips from its iPhone X product promo video and embedded them into the square block design. The blocks dynamically load in and animate in a loop when users scroll down the page.
Mousing over the images brings up the aforementioned category titles and a brief description of each section. For example, the TrueDepth camera section reads, "So much technology in so little space. The TrueDepth camera makes Face ID, Portrait mode, Portrait Lighting and Animoji possible."
A final edge-to-edge animated banner anchors the homepage and includes a link to Apple's iPhone X product video.
Apple's iPhone X represents the culmination of ten years of iPhone technology and design. The handset features a full-face 5.8-inch Super Retina OLED display and proprietary depth-sensing camera equipment that powers advanced facial recognition features like Face ID user authentication. Inside, an A11 Bionic chip boasts high clock speeds and its own neural engine for chewing through computationally intensive tasks.
Preorders for iPhone X begin this Friday at 12:01 a.m. Pacific, with initial shipments scheduled to arrive on Nov. 3. Apple has announced first-day retail availability of the handset, but encourages prospective buyers to arrive early as quantities will be limited.
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On the off change you mean without a contact in terms of subsidization the major US carries have stopped doing that so you can buy it outright from the start, but it will activated and you will be subject to their terms of use and have to pay for that activation fee and possibly the first month of use, but you may be able to cancel that and get a prorated rebate right away. In the past an iPhone could still be locked to a carrier and they're usually pretty much dicks about it, but I seem to recall that ended after we got the muhltiband phones and moved into LTE where CMDA-based networks had to support a SIM (but I could be wrong).
PS: Remember when Sprint was pushing WiMAX as their '4G' and Qualcomm was trying desperately to UMB/EV-DO Rev. C as the future of '4G' tech. God I'm happy those debates are over and that neither of them won.
This means there will be a delay for the approval process when many users are trying to do the same, and that will inevitably give us a delivery date after Nov 3. That’s ok with me. I just want to get in the queue. New buyers wanting a fighting chance of getting the new iPhone X on release date will just have to pony up the full price up front.
PS: Because of the Series 3 Watch with cellular I'm debating leaving my iPhone and/or MacBook Pro home when I travel by plane for Thanksgiving this year. Honestly, I'm not sure I can leave either behind but it'll be an interesting experiment if I can do it. I have no iPad but that might be a good alternative if I can get the Watch to replace much of my iPhone's functionality.
1) I'm confident there will be plenty of people in iUP that pre-approved and ordered ASAP when Friday hits Pacific Time (UTC/GMT-07:00) that will also not get a 03 November arrival. I'm fully expecting "I ordered less than a minute after it went live and I have to wait weeks yada yada yada."
2) If you live near an Apple Store that could work out for you. They did say they will have them in stores come 03 November.