Apple iPhone 8 Plus long-term review

14 February 2018
Five months ago Apple crossed the Rubicon, and in doing so, made it tougher to choose our next iPhone. We now have two large screened flagship phones to pick from within Apple’s lineup, the iPhone 8 Plus that has evolved over the last ten years to where we are today, and the iPhone X that introduces a new design direction and methodology for how we interact with our iPhones for the next ten years.

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I believe the Battery Health “Maximum Capacity” on my iPhone 8 Plus goes down slower because most of the time I charge it at a standard 1 amp rather than fast charging it at higher amps and the other thing I do is I stop charging it by 89% when I can and I also try to avoid letting the battery go down too low (40%+ is optimal apparently) when I can. My Maximum Capacity is 85% and I’ve had the phone since new with the same battery for a little over 3 years now.

Is 15% degradation in 3 years pretty good or just average?

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    • KRASNIQI
    • Mya
    • 07 Nov 2023

    Shume i mir

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      • Anonymous
      • mFd
      • 19 May 2023

      mojojojo, 20 Feb 2018also what i found annoying: notifications will played on to... moreso you prefer to miss an important notification just for music or dont you get important notes. I appriciate phones that do this.

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        • Anonymous
        • mFd
        • 19 May 2023

        Anonymous, 15 Feb 2018It's always entertaining to see strong negative opinions fr... moreYoure right

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          • Mz Dussey
          • XIa
          • 13 Aug 2020

          Please I have a problem with my iCloud storage
          Have deleted all my pictures and my apps but still can’t take pics from camera

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            • Anonymous
            • t@g
            • 28 Dec 2019

            mojojojo, 20 Feb 2018also what i found annoying: notifications will played on to... moreWhy wouldn't you just flick the side switch to silent or ring and you are never disturbed by notification sound

            Only iPhone that had side switch for ringer, you won't be like Android since the ringer mode is on notification panel

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              • Alex
              • xnm
              • 16 Apr 2018

              Indeed it's expensive, but it works very well. my iph 6 resist throughout the day better than my s6 for example (battery life) what i like the most at apple ecosystem is that it does t have so much advertisments like android on random apps ( youtube, fb, fb messenger)

                also what i found annoying: notifications will played on top of music played, and while at it they had the nerve to mute my music and then continue playing the music. can just the notification muted just visual notifs, or at least the notification sound played and leave my music playing unaltered

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                  • AnonD-179722
                  • KLR
                  • 19 Feb 2018

                  joy, 15 Feb 2018i literally puked when i zoomed in the normal camera sample... moreWait till you compare with 3 years old LG G4. I still keep that phone as a camera when going for holiday.

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                    • AnonD-179722
                    • KLR
                    • 19 Feb 2018

                    Klondike, 15 Feb 2018It cost a kidney but they don't give you fast charger LOL... True indeed. That's why I never own an iPhone though I can afford it easily. If I ever use it, I probably need to bring my charger everywhere I go.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • P@Y
                      • 17 Feb 2018

                      To expensive
                      Not a user friendly
                      there's a lot of things lacking on this Phone ssshhhh. even its a high end Phone

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 0cL
                        • 15 Feb 2018

                        [deleted post]It sums up that there are those for whom the iPhone's with sophisticated tech like true face unlock is on a too high a branch, so they scream "sour grapes" and call those who actually have the latest iPhone "sheep."

                        Apple "forced" us all to abandon floppy disks, too.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 0cL
                          • 15 Feb 2018

                          It's always entertaining to see strong negative opinions from people who have never used late model iPhone.

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                            • ZloiYuri
                            • 352
                            • 15 Feb 2018

                            "Still not finding a nice viewer for this type of images and sharing is painful as it involves converting the photos first."
                            No, really? XnView and XnConvert supports HEIC for a long time.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 9HD
                              • 15 Feb 2018

                              Solid phone. Expect five years of use from it.

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                                • Klondike
                                • U{R
                                • 15 Feb 2018

                                It cost a kidney but they don't give you fast charger

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • ssd
                                  • 15 Feb 2018

                                  Anonymous, 15 Feb 2018Just realized that the iPhone 8 Plus has the same screen re... moreNope it doesn’t if you don’t know about screen technology better to check the expert screen review like Erica

                                  https://youtu.be/XWKnwnJGErQ

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • ssd
                                    • 15 Feb 2018

                                    joy, 15 Feb 2018i literally puked when i zoomed in the normal camera sample... moreOversharpens crap.

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                                      • AnonD-715926
                                      • gM}
                                      • 15 Feb 2018

                                      Review : Keep your k!dney$

                                      You're welcome

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                                        • joy
                                        • 7tW
                                        • 15 Feb 2018

                                        i literally puked when i zoomed in the normal camera samples, i have no idea where all the praises are coming from aka your technical point of view but to my eyes Xiaomi's Redmi note 5 pro camera samples looks phenomenal at least in the zoomed in state.