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The screen of the Apple iPhone X has been the  talk  of the town. There are a few ‘firsts’ here for Apple, starting with the choice of going with an OLED panel instead of IPS LCD, which has been the staple choice of Apple for quite some time. The Samsung-made OLED panel sports a resolution of 2,436 x 1,125 packed into an 18:9 aspect ratio, another first on an iPhone. The display also supports both Dolby Vision and HDR10, with Netflix already supporting HDR video streaming on the device. It is a very impressive display when you put it in context of previous or even current generation iPhone models, however, current Android flagships like the Samsung S8/S8+ ( Review ) or the Galaxy Note 8 ( review ) have higher resolution displays, actual edge to edge display and even HDR support. They also lack the notch of the iPhone X which will make viewing videos and playing games on the device a less-than-stellar experience as we discovered. Design The Apple iPhone X uses the...

Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE Announced 2017, August Status Available. Released 2017, September Dimensions 162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6 mm (6.40 x 2.94 x 0.34 in) Weight 195 g (6.88 oz) Build Corning Gorilla Glass 5 back panel SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)   - IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes - Stylus - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Size 6.3 inches, 101.1 cm 2  (~83.2% screen-to-body ratio) Resolution 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~521 ppi density) Multitouch Yes Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5   - HDR10 compliant - 3D Touch (home button only) - Always-on display OS Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) Chipset Exynos 8895 Octa - EMEA Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 - USA & China CPU Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz) - EMEA Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - USA & China GPU Mali-G71 M...