Since releasing the first iPhone more than a decade ago, Apple has completed 69 acquisitions, according to the PitchBook Platform. And like its predecessors, the iPhone X has benefited from its designer’s sustained dealmaking down the years.

Origen: The M&A deals behind the iPhone X [interactive timeline] | PitchBook News

April 2008 >> P.A. Semi

April 2010 >> Intrinsity

July 2010 >> Imsense

September 2010 >> Polar Rose

January 2012 >> Anobit Technologies

July 2012 >> Authentec

August 2013 >> Passif Semiconductor

November 2013 >> PrimeSense

January 2014 >> SnappyLabs

May 2014 >> Luxvue Technology

April 2015 >> LinX Computational Imaging

October 2015 >> Perceptio

November 2015 >> Faceshift

January 2016 >> Emotient

February 2017 >> RealFace

June 2017 >> SensoMotoric Instruments

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A11 bionic chip

 

TrueDepth camera system

 

Face ID

 

Eye Tracking

 

OLED touchscreen