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Apple Unveils iPhone X with Facial Recognition and No Home Button

蘋果發表iPhone X 10月27日開始預購

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Apple Unveils iPhone X with Facial Recognition and No Home Button
iPhone X 發表 臉部辨識功能超吸睛!
Apple has launched the iPhone X, its radically redesigned smartphone that features new Face ID sensors and supports wireless charging, as with the newly released iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus models.
蘋果剛推出徹底改變設計的智慧型手機iPhone X,有新的Face ID臉部辨識感應器,且和新推出的iPhone 8和iPhone 8 Plus一樣,也支援無線充電。
launch(v.)推出=roll outradically(adv.)徹底地;完全地feature(v.)以…為特色;以…為號召wireless charging無線充電
The new phone will come with the company’s new iOS 11 software.
iPhone X將搭載蘋果新的iOS 11系統。
Apple has omitted the standard physical home button for the first time and replaced it with new on-screen buttons and an upward swipe from the bottom of the phone.
蘋果第一次捨棄了標準實體的Home鍵,改以螢幕上的按鍵和從手機底部向上滑動的動作取代。
omit(v.)省略;刪去replaced A with B 用B取代Aswipe(n.)(v.)滑動
The screen itself, which Apple refers to as “Super Retina Display”, uses an OLED display for richer color and sharper images. It is the first time Apple has used OLED technology for an iPhone.
螢幕本身使用Super Retina顯示器,搭載OLED面板,能夠呈現出較豐富的色澤和更銳利的影像。這是蘋果首度在 iPhone上使用OLED面板。
refers to A as B 把…稱作…
The front of the device features a notch at the top of the edge-to-edge screen to accommodate the front camera and new Face ID sensors.
iPhone X的正面採全螢幕設計,上方有一個小洞,內藏前鏡頭和新的Face ID感應器。
notch(n.)切口;凹槽edge-to-edge screen全螢幕設計accommodate(v.)容納
Apple says that Face ID is capable of identifying the phone’s owner from a 3D scan of the face in order to unlock the device and authenticate payments.
蘋果表示Face ID能夠過3D臉部掃描辨識手機主人,用以解鎖手機和認證支付。
be capable of~能夠;有…功能identify(v.)辨識;指認authenticate(v.)認證=verify
According to Apple, the facial recognition is far more accurate than the Touch ID fingerprint scanner that has been used in all of Apple’s phones up until now.
蘋果表示,Face ID臉部辨識技術比起目前為止所有蘋果手機使用的Touch ID指紋識別感應器來得更準確得多。
accurate(adj.)準確的
The iPhone X’s facial recognition technology will also be used to power “Animoji”, new animated emoji characters which allow users to map facial expressions on to little characters, such as a robot, fox, or unicorn.
iPhone X的臉部辨識技術也將支援「Animoji」功能,Animoji是新推出的動畫表情符號角色,使用者可以將自己的臉部表情同步呈現在機器人、狐狸和獨角獸等可愛的角色上。
animated(adj.)動畫emoji表情符號map…onto…連結=connect…to…(facial) expression臉部表情
Like the more conventional iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus models, the futuristic i-Phone X supports wireless Qi charging through the glass back on the phone, and it also has the same six-core A11 Bionic chip.
跟較為普通的iPhone 8和iPhone 8 Plus機款一樣,新潮的iPhone X透過玻璃機背支援Qi無線充電,同樣也有 A 11 Bionic六核心處理器。
conventional(adj.)傳統的;普通的futuristic(adj.)超前新奇的;極其新潮的
The iPhone X is priced at $999 with 64GB of storage, or $1,149 with 256GB.
容量64GB的iPhone X定價999美金,而 256GB的價格則是1149美金。
It will come in two colors, space grey and silver, and will be available for pre-order on October 27, with shipping beginning on November 3.
iPhone X將有太空灰和銀兩個顏色可以選擇,預計10月27日開放預購,11月3日開始出貨。

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unveil(v.)
為…揭幕;使公諸於眾;公開=reveal=present
facial recognition
臉部辨識
launch(v.)
推出=roll out
radically(adv.)
徹底地;完全地
feature(v.)
以…為特色;以…為號召
wireless charging
無線充電
omit(v.)
省略;刪去
replaced A with B
用B取代A
swipe(n.)(v.)
滑動
refers to A as B
把…稱作…
notch(n.)
切口;凹槽
edge-to-edge screen
全螢幕設計
accommodate(v.)
容納
be capable of~
能夠;有…功能
identify(v.)
辨識;指認
authenticate(v.)
認證=verify
accurate(adj.)
準確的
animated(adj.)
動畫
emoji
表情符號
map…onto…
連結=connect…to…
(facial) expression
臉部表情
conventional(adj.)
傳統的;普通的
futuristic(adj.)
超前新奇的;極其新潮的
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