Tech of the week iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max, iPhone XR arriving in Malaysia this week

KUCHING: Apple’s latest and much-talked-about iPhone range is arriving in Malaysia this week, with major telecommunication companies (telcos) and authorised retailers offering attractive packages and promotions for pre- orders.

The iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max and the iPhone XR are one of the most advanced iPhones ever, beautifully redesigned with breakthrough communication, fitness and health capabilities.

iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max build on the all- screen design of iPhone X and feature the sharpest displays with the highest pixel density of any Apple device.

Now offered in 5.8-inch and 6.5inch sizes, these Super Retina displays with a custom OLED design support Dolby Vision and HDR10 and have iOS system-wide color management for the best color accuracy in the industry.

iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max offer a million- to- one contrast ratio with remarkable brightness and true blacks while showing 60 per cent greater dynamic range in HDR photos.

iPhone Xs Max delivers a more immersive experience with over three million pixels for videos, movies and games, offering the largest display ever in an iPhone in a footprint similar to iPhone 8 Plus.

iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max bring an improved dual camera system that offers breakthrough photo and video features, A12 Bionic chip with next- generation Neural Engine, faster Face ID, wider stereo sound, longer battery life, splash and water resistance, and introduce Gigabit- class LTE for even faster download speeds.

Both phones introduce Dual SIM to iPhone through the use of a nano- SIM and digital eSIM.

For a more affordable version of the iPhone Xs, the new iPhone XR, integrates breakthrough technologies from iPhone Xs in an all-screen glass and aluminum design featuring a stunning 6.1inch Liquid Retina display.

iPhone XR is packed with the newest technologies including the A12 Bionic chip with nextgeneration Neural Engine, the smartest and most powerful chip in a smartphone, which unlocks new experiences for immersive AR, games and photography, while still delivering all day battery life, lasting up to an hour and a half longer than iPhone 8 Plus.

The Apple- designed A12 Bionic features a six- core fusion architecture with two performance cores that are up to 15 per cent faster, four efficiency cores that are up to 50 per cent more efficient, a four- core GPU that is up to 50 pe rcent faster, powerful Apple- designed Image Signal Processor ( ISP), video encoder and more.

A fast storage controller can deliver iPhone storage up to 512GB.

The next- generation Neural Engine is built for advanced machine learning. A new eightcore design allows it to complete up to 5 trillion operations per second compared to 600 billion in A11 Bionic.

This enables new capabilities like faster plane detection for ARKit and new features that use real-time machine learning.

For the first time the Neural Engine is open to Core ML, empowering developers to build apps that utilise this highly efficient machine learning engine.

Core ML running on the A12 Bionic Neural Engine is up to nine times faster than on A11 Bionic, with as little as one-tenth the energy usage.

The new iPhones will be available in Malaysia on October 26, 2018 (Friday), while pre- orders are now available for most major telcos.