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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  • 03 Oct 2017

Anonymous, 02 Oct 2017So the iPhone was a little faster because of a bad update..... moreThe problem of Galaxies isn´t the updates, but the Touchwiz, if you use a Pixel, Moto or a Xperia, all them are faster them Galaxies.

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    • 03 Oct 2017

    Tech Guy 101, 03 Oct 2017Why do they call this line-up innovative? Glass sandwic... moreDon't forget taking out the headset jack. But everyone defends it. Oh well I can use earpods... Sure...Nice option. But why should you be forced to it? Or it comes with lightning headphones. Not every model. And neither the included headphones for some models in some countries nor the ear pods can match the quality of the headphones included with the S8 or Note8.
    Oh I can use an adapter. Why should you have to??????????

    I can use any of those options as well...But I don't have to. And I surely am not defending a company for forcing it on me. Even if it's something that doesn't personally bother me Im still smart enough to know it's cutting corners, ripping off, and taking away from the people that do use it.
    Like when people defend poor front camera quality because they think selfies are only for teens and self absorbed....or that is the only use for a front camera.

    Same with mono sound, headset jack, lower battery capacities, less ram, weak front camera, no good chargers included, and so on with apple. All just cutting corners to make profit...and still charge more at the same time.
    Why? Because they can and no matter what they lack there is an ifan there defending why its so optimized or that missing feature is no longer important.
    Need something? There's a sheep for that LOL

      Why do they call this line-up innovative?

      Glass sandwich design
      Wireless charging
      Fast charging
      Dual cameras

      Come on guys we had these tech for years. Just because Apple didn't have those all this time and now they're catching up doesn't make them some miraculous innovators. Apple just waits till other companies take risks, innovate something then popularize it and then slowly integrate those tech to their own devices after months and make such a huge fuss about it. The reality is that this new iPhone line-up is just a desperate move by Apple to catch up to standards we had since 2015.

      When announcing the iPhone X they said that they wanted to produce a device that is all display for years. For real guys? Apple paid millions of dollars to Samsung to get that display produced somehow because Apple just can't do it on their own. How is that innovative?
      You guys think they couldn't include touch ID in the iPhone X? Obviously they could move it to the back like LGs or Samsung but they didn't. You think a multi billion dollar company like Apple with all that engineers couldn't include one in the back? The answer is simple they were just too lazy to do that :)

      And did they even care to include a fast charger in the box to charge up your iPhone? Instead they will charge you extra 60-70$ to get that basic feature while all other android phones will have that in the box. In Apple's defence they must be thinking 'hey if we could make this guy buy a phone with tech from 2015 for 700$+ , why can't we push him a bit more to get a charger for that price separately?' Sounds nasty but that's the sad truth and they're just playing you nicely...

      You all need to stop being confined to the Apple ecosystem and praise whatever the outrageously priced and out dated devices they bring to the market and start being one of those rational consumers you learned in your economics studies.
      #peaceout

        Ok, ok, ok, pretty beautiful, you know, but what about this video: https://youtu.be/8kpD3XCp49o clearly shows how a well optimized sistem works better, 'cause in practice yeah the iphone looks pretty atronador but in real time performance the gap is not as the say

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          • 03 Oct 2017

          And DXO rate this as the best cameraphone?? LOL at the camera quality

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            • 03 Oct 2017

            AnonD-454153, 02 Oct 2017samsung is still king when it comes to cameraHeard about pixel or huawei mate 9? Or htc u11? Come on man, stop being a fanboy and lets be objective here. U cant include iphone 8 coz dxomatk made a criteria that would suit iphone 8.

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              • 03 Oct 2017

              Iskander, 02 Oct 2017/iFan mode on It's not exploding batteries. It's Apples ... moreBahahahaha

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                • 03 Oct 2017

                Anonymous, 02 Oct 2017Joke of the year Redmi note 3 hahahaha did you compare i... more7plus u id':t! I compared it to 7 plus! But ur beloved icrap is pathetically slow, my redmi note 3 is way much snppy, snappy!

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                  • 03 Oct 2017

                  Anonymous, 02 Oct 2017Joke of the year Redmi note 3 hahahaha did you compare i... moreI dont play games on my phone, even if i was i would not get iphone 7plus coz like. said it slow. I am talking about real worl performance where u open multiple apps. Look u can laugh about what i said, but thats my experience n u cant change that. I really wanted to try iphone regardless of the price as i love the ui in my ipad, mac laptop and desktop but hesitated coz of the limited modification u can do with ur iphone like rooting it. So ho laugh at what i said, coz u cant take the fact that my xiaomi was faster. Let me reword it, snappier. Prolly its just the ui, but i can justify paying more than a grand for the limited stuff i can do. Oh by the way my desktop is a hackintosh coz i know i can have a way much faster hardware for the same amiunt of money i can have buying a mac rig. Laughing like u know everything, i bet u havent used xiaomi in ur life, try it n u will know what i mean. Dont be a brand snob, dummo.

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                    • 02 Oct 2017

                    .alpha, 02 Oct 2017LOL, whatever you say. Nexus 5X have camera that's better t... moreThey were talking about hdr and color rendering

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                      • 02 Oct 2017

                      .alpha, 02 Oct 2017Did you read the review. iPhone blew pass all Android phone... moreNo. Obviously you didn't read the review and have no understanding of technology. The iPhone was faster in benchmarks. It has a faster processor. That's it

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                        • 02 Oct 2017

                        AnonD-700134, 02 Oct 2017I had a Xperia Z3 and was to changing for an iPhone 6S or G... moreSo the iPhone was a little faster because of a bad update...oh apple doesn't have many of those. In fact they are not going through super buggy versions of ios11 right now....
                        And that alone does not make everything better on iPhone. The galaxy still has better battery life, display, cameras, and functions.
                        And if it's that bad obviously you should try a reset. Sometimes you have to do that with any phone. Even an iPhone.
                        Does anyone use their brain before posting?

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                          • 02 Oct 2017

                          Anonymous, 30 Sep 2017I compared the iPhone 8 Plus camera with a Nexus 5x which h... moreLOL, whatever you say. Nexus 5X have camera that's better than Pixel and iPhone.

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                            • 02 Oct 2017

                            Drickz, 30 Sep 2017In the old time iPhone superior hardware and innovative fea... moreDid you read the review. iPhone blew pass all Android phones in spec.

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                              • 02 Oct 2017

                              Anonymous, 02 Oct 2017Joke of the year Redmi note 3 hahahaha did you compare i... more3gs?? Wow. So that's the dinosaur you are using? I mean it was pretty revolutionary. It was the first iPhone to record video. Vga. While Samsung had already brought the world's first phone capable of recording 720p. And the only that could play 720p.
                              Abe that 3mp cam with no flash compared ri the 8mp with flash.

                              And the best part was after the update that followed the release of the 3gs finally finally finally allowed iOS users to send and receive MMS. In later 2009.
                              I mean simply revolutionary.
                              And this is what you are using? And this is what you base your protect the Apple hive mind at any cost off of.
                              How sad

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                                • 02 Oct 2017

                                Anonymous, 02 Oct 2017What luxury do you mean, I use my iPhone as a normal phone,... moreNot one percentage in their comment was 100%. So learn to read. If anything it seems they struck a nerve with you. Maybe what you said is not completely factual

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                                  • 02 Oct 2017

                                  Anonymous, 02 Oct 2017what do you mean by rich? Everyone except poor kids can aff... moreI was reffering to iUsers, who label iPhone critics as "poor" android users.

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                                    • 02 Oct 2017

                                    Anonymous, 02 Oct 2017That about 10-20% of iPhone users. 80-90% of iPhone user... moreWhat luxury do you mean, I use my iPhone as a normal phone, not to feel like a rich person with more money drinking expensive champagne while texting on WhatsApp what the hell is wrong with you people

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                                      Anonymous, 02 Oct 2017It's quite interesting how many "rich" iPhone users can act... morewhat do you mean by rich? Everyone except poor kids can afford a new iPhone.

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                                        • 02 Oct 2017

                                        Mark, 02 Oct 2017Bahahahaha i was going to grt iphone 7plus, but when i trie... moreJoke of the year

                                        Redmi note 3 hahahaha did you compare it to an iPhone 3GS or what? ahaha try to open WhatsApp on both, already there iPhone will be faster. Now try something heavier like Asphalt 8 or make a video on lapseit, you will be ashamed, even your flashy new HTC U11 won't be able to keep up.