5 Ways Apple's iPhone X is catching up with Android phones

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That new iPhone X sure looks nice, doesn't it?

It's arguably one of the biggest leaps in hardware features that Apple has introduced for a new iPhone. Indeed, there's a bunch of tech inside the iPhone X that you won't find in any other iPhone.

But that's not to say that you've never seen that tech in other phones. If you've ever looked around and seen an Android phone in someone else's hands, chances are that Android phone had most of the same features that Apple just introduced into the iPhone X.

Check out the tech that Android phones already have, some of which has been around since 2013!

Facial recognition

Samsung barely beat Apple to the punch with this particular feature, as it only introduced facial recognition to unlock the Galaxy S8 when it came out in April this year. Just a few months later, Apple introduced Face ID, which uses Apple's own "True Depth" camera system to register your face to unlock the iPhone X securely.

Samsung's facial recognition didn't work too well, at least during my tests a few months ago. It's possible that the Galaxy S8's facial recognition could be improved with software updates. We have yet to see how well the iPhone X's Face ID facial recognition will work out in the wild and away from Apple's demo room. But seeing as Face ID is replacing Touch ID and our fingerprints to unlock the iPhone securely, I'm hoping it's just as good or better than Touch ID.

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Source: businessinsider