Apple's iPhone X, iPhone 8 lack a feature the Galaxy S8 rocks The new iPhones won't be able to tap into the super high speeds the carriers are building into their networks. The iPhone X has new tech like facial recognition, but not when it comes to cellular radios. Apple presents the iPhone X as the "smartphone of the future." But at least in one key area, its new phones fall short of Android phones that have already been out for months. ch like facial recognition, but not when it comes to cellular radios. The iPhone 8 , iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X lack the ability to tap into a superfast wireless network technology called Gigabit LTE, confirming a CNET report from earlier this year. Meanwhile, there are 10 Android phones, including the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8 , LG V30 and HTC U11 , that boast the ability to reach a theoretical peak speed of 1 gigabit per second. That's the ...