Apple iPhone 8 Plus review

30 September 2017
In another place and another time, the Apple iPhone 8 Plus would have been one of the hottest things around. Swathed in hype, causing a stir, bringing the free ride of the competition's flagships to an abrupt and painful halt.

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  • 30 Sep 2017

Anonymous, 30 Sep 2017GSM Arena, corner softness please look at the samples again... moreHmm Xperia daylight images are best

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    • AnonD-524500
    • GXp
    • 30 Sep 2017

    Clearly daylight images of xz1 compact are better than both S8 and 8 plus look at the text on the van far right in samples and foilage

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      • P9 User
      • P@Y
      • 30 Sep 2017

      AnonD-66340, 30 Sep 2017Look at Samsung Benchmarks and then, see it lag and hang :D... morelook at how you construct you sentence, SHAME! :)

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        • Force Majeure
        • m}J
        • 30 Sep 2017

        What a shitty upgrade on the battery front, when the iphone 6S Plus has better endurance. Why didn't they put in a 3100 or 3300 mAh in this one? It's baffling.

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          • Anonymous
          • 7tF
          • 30 Sep 2017

          denadapast, 30 Sep 2017but smartphone of the year is...Samsung Galaxy Note 8They announced it before the launch of iPhone 8 in India :)

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            • AnonD-66340
            • X{W
            • 30 Sep 2017

            P9 User, 30 Sep 2017look at the xp1 performance on geekbench shame!Look at Samsung Benchmarks and then, see it lag and hang :D SHAME!

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              • Anonymous
              • uS6
              • 30 Sep 2017

              Total submission by Droids.. Hail the King..

                15 hrs of video playback? iPhone X's should be higher thanks to OLED.

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                  • Kd10
                  • 4qB
                  • 30 Sep 2017

                  Very nice phone and a great in-depth review, thanks.

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                    • P9 User
                    • P@Y
                    • 30 Sep 2017

                    P9 User, 30 Sep 2017i don't think this phone will sell like hotcakes, given th... morePremium*

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                      • AnonD-22740
                      • myP
                      • 30 Sep 2017

                      Anonymous, 30 Sep 2017I do not understand why a few sites like PA give so much cr... moreIm guessing youre not a photographer. Bokeh is the pleasing or aesthetic quality of out-of-focus blur in a photograph. Its not really about the background not being seen but more about the isolation of the subject wherever you are. Depending on what the photographer wants to achieve, its mostly used for artistic/creative purposes.
                      A white background wouldnt be that interesting, would it?
                      But hey... at least you have the option whether to use it or not.

                      In my opinion this artificial bokeh will never be as good as the real thing! but still its a nice Feature to have...

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                        • P9 User
                        • P@Y
                        • 30 Sep 2017

                        i don't think this phone will sell like hotcakes,
                        given the fact that the X is about to released.
                        IMO:if you are into decent and specs wise phone
                        with less price cost with beast inside
                        go for Xz1 Premiu Note8 or S8+
                        not a Samsung fan or Sony fan but really love this device XD

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                          • Anonymous
                          • pQr
                          • 30 Sep 2017

                          The noise reduction of the iPhone 8 looks extremely synthetic. Not good for pixel peepers. Just look at the lights next to the soccer pitch. Many artifacts!

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                            • 30 Sep 2017

                            P9 User, 30 Sep 2017look at the xp1 performance on geekbench shame!flagship smartphone's benchmark is irrelevant at this point.

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                              • Cod3rror
                              • JbS
                              • 30 Sep 2017

                              Kudos to you GSMArena for photo comparisons. Always using full resolution, untouched images. The same locations for easy comparison. Great job!

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                                • Anonymous
                                • pQr
                                • 30 Sep 2017

                                Xperia and Galaxy S8 camera looked much more natural. The iPhone camera has a yellow tint, an issue that was already present with the iPhone 5 camera. Grey does not look grey with iPhones, rather beige, that's why iPhone cameras often have unnatural colors. Moreover the iPhone 8 looked oversaturated, the third image looks awful.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • pQr
                                  • 30 Sep 2017

                                  I compared the iPhone 8 Plus camera with a Nexus 5x which has 99% the same image quality as the Pixel in HDR+ On mode. The Nexus 5x had much better dynamic range with HDR+ On than the iPhone 8 Plus with HDR. Moreover the colors of the Nexus 5x with HDR+ were much more natural than the iPhone, for instance when I took a photo of a wooden table. The sky also looks more natural with the Nexus 5x. For instance the sky is grey, but with the iPhone 8 Plus it was blue.

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                                    • Drickz
                                    • K5W
                                    • 30 Sep 2017

                                    In the old time iPhone superior hardware and innovative feature justify the high price and locked ios but now they just trailing behind android spec and android trailing iPhone prices. Sad.

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                                      • P9 User
                                      • P@Y
                                      • 30 Sep 2017

                                      look at the xp1 performance on geekbench
                                      shame!

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • LaT
                                        • 30 Sep 2017

                                        GSM Arena, corner softness please look at the samples again, the right side of these images is blurry