Apple iPhone 8 review

02 October 2017
This should have been a 7S. That simple. But it’s complicated. Too complicated perhaps for Apple as we used to know it.

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  • isau
  • Lfs
  • 03 Oct 2017

also wth is the a11 bionic chip... with 2 monsoon + 4 mistral cores??? Mac OS High sierra??

seriously Apple, did you randomly hired some new-age hipster/entrepreneur (unemployed pothead) riding on his electrical scooter off the street to come up with the names?

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    • Anonymous
    • XNk
    • 03 Oct 2017

    I'd get the much cheaper A3 but comparable over this.

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      • isau
      • Lfs
      • 03 Oct 2017

      Naming scheme is dumb af. This should be the iPhone 7s/7s Plus while iPhone X should've been iPhone 8 and launched later...

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        • Duel
        • Scq
        • 03 Oct 2017

        Oathbreaker, 02 Oct 2017You are forgetting 5c and SE. The SE is the best iPhone eve... more" PhoneBuff proved Note8 is faster than 8 Plus."

        Actually 8 plus was faster, it won the first round, only thing why iPhone lost was it reloaded one app, that never happened with 7 plus. iOS11 still needs improvements with ram management and also Apps and games really doesn't fully benefit that A11 yet. 7 plus is year old phone and so well optimized with all the games, apps and OS

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          • AnonD-524500
          • GXp
          • 03 Oct 2017

          All three cameras have identical details and Xperia s photos look natural and you're saying xz1 compact images have less detail

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            • JGZ
            • 03 Oct 2017

            Hmm.
            I don't understand this camerareview, important points left out in the camerareview.

            -Iphone still don't have stereo audio when recording video.
            -Iphone still don't have HDR video (yes HDR photo exist but not HDR video).
            -The camera software has aggresive noise reduction that results in detail loss and
            waterpainting effect in some images (image number 2, with grass (look in full size).

            Nothing special about the camera in my view, it's ok.

              Tip for Geekbench, it’s requiring ALL POSSIBLE cores to run the multicore tests, and besides, if it was just two cores the score wouldn’t surprass 200% of Single core. So there your problem is solved. All SIX cores are used.

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                • Anonymous
                • IV8
                • 03 Oct 2017

                I noticed this new 5 STAR rating system which this iPhone got 4.3.. What gives?? GSMArena review is all about numbers and facts.. Brightness value in Cd not how many stars.. Loudspeaker value in dB not how many moons.. Battery life in hours not how many planets.. Contrast ratio, benchmark numbers, direct picture comparison not some BS score like DXO based on OPINIONS.. Seriously GSMA just stick to the facts and drop the star ratings..

                  Anonymous, 03 Oct 2017So this basically needs to be charged all the time, nicely ... moreiPhones may have great standby times, but they're use times are mediocre because those Ax SoCs are power hungry.

                    The only good thing about iOS is great standby time, but even then Android is now getting the same great standby time as well especially with Android Nougat. iOS use times are weak because those single cores on the Apple Ax CPUs are power hungry.

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                      • MdN8
                      • 60P
                      • 03 Oct 2017

                      Honestly I didn't even notice this review, I thought it was still the 8 Plus review on the front page and they just changed the background for some reason. Anyone else?

                        NoToBrandLoyalty, 03 Oct 2017More like iPhone 6sss. Mediocre battery life during use... moreIf they want to promote saying their new chipset is more efficient than its predecessor, they should put a bigger battery than this small battery. Look at the XPERIA XZ1 COMPACT, small compact design but still enough to put a decent battery. Both XPERIA XZ1 and XPERIA XZ1 COMPACT got better battery life than this!!!

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                          • Gusta
                          • vgN
                          • 03 Oct 2017

                          Anonymous, 02 Oct 2017Akshually, iPhone 8 is the eleventh iPhone and X is twelth ... moreYou forgot iPhone SE

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                            • Anonymous
                            • pWQ
                            • 03 Oct 2017

                            So this basically needs to be charged all the time, nicely expensive corded phone. :-) Just like the old times without cell phones.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • ty@
                              • 03 Oct 2017

                              At that price level, you could buy why s7 edge + G5, right ?

                                More like iPhone 6sss.

                                Mediocre battery life during use plus same boring design and low pixel density (any higher pixel density would make the mediocre SOT go even lower).

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                                  • AnonD-626332
                                  • xAc
                                  • 02 Oct 2017

                                  very poor battery life, "iOS is optimized good", ifans

                                    The design isn't timeless. It's the best version of a bad one (6 series). A design Apple took cues from HTC but made it uglier. I prefer the size of the 8 more than the Plus ones but it also has only 750p, about 30% worse battery life, and no Telephoto. The iPhone 8 series is underappreciated though thanks to the anticipation of the X.

                                    8 = 4 & 6 design remixed

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                                      • mn6
                                      • 02 Oct 2017

                                      Strange, its as the picture quality is better then the 8 plus! Less watercolor effect...

                                        This design is timeless and very refreshing in the technology world where things are outdated 6months in.

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