As a part of Apple’s tenth anniversary, three new smartphones were announced on Sept. 12, 2017; the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and the iPhone X.

Apple has completely redesigned the new iPhone. Unlike the old iPhones, the iPhone X is going to be entirely screen, which means Apple will be completely getting rid of the home button.

Instead of needing to click the home button in order to go back to the home screen, a simple swipe up from the bottom of the screen takes you home.

Materials that make up the iPhone’s body have been completely changed, now made of a svelte glass screen and a surgical stainless steel body. The device is also water and dust-proof.

However, the price seems to throw people off. As opposed to previous iPhone prices ranging from $500-800, the iPhone X sells for a staggering $1000.

“In my opinion, the iPhone X is ridiculous because it doesn’t even have a home button and headphone jack,” junior Daniel Lopez said. “The price for iPhone X is starting at $1000 and that’s a ton of money for such a small device.”

Along with the new design are new camera specs and advanced artificial intelligence. There is a new feature for when portraits are taken which improves the lighting of the photo.

Cameras for the iPhone X have a larger and faster 12MP Sensor, which improves the quality and clarity of the photo taken and allows for optical image stabilization. It also offers optical and digital zoom.

“I like iPhone better because I’ve been using it for years and the camera quality is way better than Android,” senior Janna Desamito said.

IPhone X contains an A11 bionic chip, which is the “smartest chip ever in a smart phone”. With this chip, the iPhone X is capable of 600 billion operations per second.

If you find this impressive, the iPhone X now offers facial mapping for passwords to unlock your phone and to pay. Its battery life also lasts up to two hours longer than the iPhone 7.

“In my opinion, I think Apple is doing great because they’re adding something that the other companies didn’t think of,” Desamito said. “For example, the face ID. Overall, I think it’s really cool.”  

The iPhone X is available for preorder on Oct. 27 and will be released on Nov. 3.