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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  • 02 Oct 2017

AnonD-696542, 02 Oct 2017I was talking about both design and capabilities, iPhone la... moreNah

design: beautiful and functional
capabilities: *cough* 4K@60fps *cough* *cough* what do you miss?

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    • raggae
    • fmg
    • 02 Oct 2017

    Seriously reading the photo review in this section I wonder how DxOMark got all that score for this phone

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      • Iskander
      • iE7
      • 02 Oct 2017

      AnonD-700950, 02 Oct 2017Iphone 8 exploding battery reported in china/iFan mode on

      It's not exploding batteries. It's Apples newest and thus far kept secret function. After listening to comments of consumers, Apple decided to add the 'user-replaceable' battery. Just connect your new iPhone to the charger, wait for about 1 hour and you can take out the battery and replace it with a new one. We call it 'seamless replacement'.
      /iFan mode off

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        • AnonD-700950
        • DMb
        • 02 Oct 2017

        Iphone 8 exploding battery reported in china

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          • Chocobo
          • dWx
          • 02 Oct 2017

          Anonymous, 01 Oct 2017You literally just made something up. I heard that you b... moreYeah, I made the story and I am so good that Apple has already start an investigation about it.
          You should google about something, before trying to defend it...

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            • Anonymous
            • 3Y2
            • 02 Oct 2017

            AnonD-696542, 02 Oct 2017I was talking about both design and capabilities, iPhone la... moreDesign, arguable. Capabilities, you are deluded.

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              • PeN
              • 02 Oct 2017

              I had a Xperia Z3 and was to changing for an iPhone 6S or Galaxy S7 (here in Brazil they cost the same), i bought a Galaxy S7 and my Wife change her Z3 Compact for a iPhone SE. The only thing the S7 is better is on Cameras, in all the rest there problems, after the update for Android 7, the battery is drainning fast, the system lag a lot, overall the performance of iPhone SE, is faster then S7. When you use only Android, you dont see somethings, many apps have versions more updated in iOS and there is a lot of apps iOS only, mainly games like Flower, Submerged, Geshundeit, etc. Android needs fix the fragmentation, many android games only support 1080p, and there is a few devices with 1440p screens. Many peoples comparing iPhones with mid end Android, but the cost of an S8 and and Iphone 8 is very close, how in some places Apple rarely makes discount, the iPhones lost value slower than Android. In Brazil for instance a used iPhone 7 cost U$800, and one S7 used cost U$450, New they did cost about U$1000. Today the iPhone stil costing about U$1000 and S7 cost U$700.

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                • AnonD-454153
                • S9u
                • 02 Oct 2017

                samsung is still king when it comes to camera

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                  • 02 Oct 2017

                  Anonymous, 02 Oct 2017I think you are blindfooled by the design of a phone. Just ... moreI was talking about both design and capabilities, iPhone lacks in both.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • krW
                    • 02 Oct 2017

                    Anonymous, 02 Oct 2017I think you are blindfooled by the design of a phone. Just ... moreNo...Outdated

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                      • 02 Oct 2017

                      Dodo, 02 Oct 2017Have you ever had a relatively new iPhone? The quality i... moreBahahahaha i was going to grt iphone 7plus, but when i tried it in two different occasions in apple store cant take the fact that its a lot slpwer than my redmi note 3 special edition. So i bought HTC U11 instead, and never regret not getting an iphone. No dedicated keys for menu, back and home key that means more press.

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                        • vGw
                        • 02 Oct 2017

                        Lets be honest... the image quality is far from being one of the best 12 MP sensor's you've ever tested. They're probably still using that tiny 1/3" sensor from the iPhone 7... maybe a newer version but still same size. Give me a break...! If you seriously think the IQ is good in any form whatsoever there's something definitely wrong. Apples camera used to be good during the days of the iPhone 4 & 5 series... In recent iterations its just going from bad to worse.

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                          • AnonD-704900
                          • vGZ
                          • 02 Oct 2017

                          apple products are for old and boring people made by the same kind

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                            • Anonymous
                            • dWg
                            • 02 Oct 2017

                            It's quite interesting how many "rich" iPhone users can actually afford an unlocked 256GB iPhone 8 Plus ($949)?

                            Many of you could never afford an iPhone without carrier deals.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • dWg
                              • 02 Oct 2017

                              Dodo, 01 Oct 2017Or, perhaps these people like Apple's design and overall qu... moreThat about 10-20% of iPhone users.

                              80-90% of iPhone users buy iPhones either with credit or carier deals.

                              Talking about "luxury".

                              And a whole 95% of iPhone users I've met so far are either People knowing litterally nothing in tech and thinking iPhone is simple better or the people who buy Apple to look cool.

                              Talking about likeness.

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                                • AnonD-704895
                                • g3x
                                • 02 Oct 2017

                                Can the writer of review let us know how he has come to conclusion that Kirin 970 will be more powerful compared to A11 when they have yet to be compared accurately?
                                Also, A10 was better that kirin 960 in almost all tests (barring multi core due to A10 having less functional cores, was only less by a slight margin though) and Kirin 970 is said to be better by inly 25 percent when it comes to processing power. A11 on the other hand has smoked all tests so far.
                                Huawei in their presentation compared A10 with kirin 970 in terms image processing capabilities but A10 never had an AI or independent image processing chip so their claims to be most powerful just doesn’t make sense. Their chips are good no question about that but I would appreciate Huawei to now at least be mature and let tests and facts prove capability as they ofter end up claiming wrong results.
                                But, please if any one has actual comparison between the two chips please let me know as I like reading and understanding new chips and both A11 and Kirin 970 right now look to be the best right now, with A11 seem to be having better CPU and GPU capabilities. AI capabilities will depend lot on software so probably it will be a while before we see usefull stuff for users in that regard

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 02 Oct 2017

                                  piku, 02 Oct 2017It also suggest that apple is cheating in benchmarks oh com... moreThe cores are big. That's the magic

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 02 Oct 2017

                                    AnonD-696542, 02 Oct 2017Already feeling bad for people who will still buy iPhone 8/... moreI think you are blindfooled by the design of a phone. Just because a design is old, doesn't mean it is bad. And if you look at the inside of iPhone 8 and 8+, you can see that they are far from outdated

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • Tr3
                                      • 02 Oct 2017

                                      piku, 02 Oct 2017It also suggest that apple is cheating in benchmarks oh com... moreIt does not suggest that at all.

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                                        • s81
                                        • 02 Oct 2017

                                        Already feeling bad for people who will still buy iPhone 8/8+. I mean if you can't afford iPhone X, are you seriously going for these outdated phones when there are next gen phones from brands like LG and Sony and when there exist phones like S8 and Note 8 which even trounces iPhone X in terms of capabilities and design. Don't be blindfolded by a brand.