The Future Of iPhone

Apple iPhone X

- James Lu

The iPhone X is the most exciting iPhone since… well the first iPhone. Much of that is due to its new bezel-less 5.8-inch Super Retina HD OLED display. The 5.8-inch display has a 2,436 x 1,125 pixels resolution (~458ppi) but because of its tall 19.5:9 aspect ratio, it’s not actually that big. In fact, the X is closer to the iPhone 8 in size than it is to the 8 Plus, and if you watch regular 16:9 aspect ratio content on it, there’ll be big black bezels on either side, so it will appear about the same size as a phone with a 5-inch display.

While the bezel-less display is the focal point of the new iPhone, it’s not the only shiny new thing on the X - quite literally. The X has a new stainless-steel band that runs around the sides of the phone; on the Silver model it’s a gleaming chrome finish, while the Space Gray X gets a DLC coating that is equally reflective, but not quite as flashy.