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The Official iPhone 8/8+ Thread, User & Discussion for all
attw
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Sep 14 2017, 07:55 AM
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7 reasons to upgrade to the iPhone 8/8 Plus (and a couple not to)» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «
So you have an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus and after yesterday's keynote you are unsure if there's any reason to switch to the iPhone 8 or 8 Plus. Or maybe you're just looking to find how much of an upgrade the new models are. Either way you've come to the right place.
We went through all differences between the new iPhone 8 Plus and found 7 solid ones to justify an upgrade over the 2016 to the 2017 iPhones.
Design
The iPhone 8 Plus has an all new glass back and one new color option. Apple promises that its new Ion-strengthened glass is the toughest yet on a phone.
Storage
The base storage of the iPhone 8 duo is now double that of the iPhone 7 family - we are finally past the point where the starting price got you storage that was borderline unusable on your main phone.
Wireless charging
The iPhone 8 Plus has a glass back for a reason - it supports the Qi wireless charging standard.
Fast charging
The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus also have fast wired charging - up to 50% of charge in just 30 minutes. If you own an iPhone 7 Plus you know how tediously slow it charges.
Improved screen
Okay, the iPhone 8 Plus retained the display size, resolution and display technology - LCD - but the screen is different. It supports Dolby Vision and HDR10 and it's a True Tone display, meaning it will read the ambient light and adjust the white balance accordingly - so you'll never have too warm or too cool screen color output.
New camera
The camera resolution remained 12MP, the iPhone 8 comes with new, larger sensor and a better, faster image signal processor. All of this promises better focusing in low light, lower noise in lower light, real-time image and motion analysis - body and face detection, wide color capture, new frame rates for video - 4K at 60fps as well as slow motion 1080p at 240fps.
Portrait mode on the Plus model has gotten better. It now supports Portrait Lighting, which scans a scene and let's you choose what type of light hits your subject - strong, soft, studio. And you can adjust it after you've taken the shot too.
A11 Bionic chip
This is the biggest reason by far. The A11 Bionic should wipe the floor with the A10 Fusion. It's built on a new 10nm process (as opposed to the 16nm of the A10 Fusion), it has more transistors, more CPU cores (six vs four) and a new Apple-made GPU.
The A11 Bionic has 6 cores - 2 high-performance and 4 power-efficient ones. The A10 Fusion has 2 of each type. The A10 Fusion chip can run either the 2 fast cores or the 2 slower ones, while the A11 can run all six at the same time.
Apple promises 25% faster performance cores, 75% faster power efficient cores and 70% faster multi-threaded performance.
On the other hand the iPhone 8 Plus is 20g heavier than the 7 Plus, while the 8 weighs 10g more than the 7. And that's while having the exact same ample bezels as last year's models - actually those haven't improved since the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus came in 2016.
A more important reason not to move to either of the iPhone 8 versions however is the iPhone X - it just looks so sexy that it makes the other two as coming from a previous era. If only it wasn't as pricy as it was this would have been a much shorter story.
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attw
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Sep 14 2017, 06:22 PM
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QUOTE(amroll @ Sep 14 2017, 04:46 PM) Not sure but I got feeling iphone 8 will end up like iphone 5c. People will jump to x and only some will opt for 8. Unless the price difference is too big.
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attw
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Sep 14 2017, 07:23 PM
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QUOTE(amroll @ Sep 14 2017, 07:19 PM) Yes but ppl who buy apple product usually want the best,and latest tech.if want cheaper 7/7+ doesnt hv much tech diff with 8/8+.iphone processors already fast enough.just my opinion. And I agree
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attw
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Sep 14 2017, 08:14 PM
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QUOTE(sonypshomer @ Sep 14 2017, 08:10 PM) Ya, exactly that
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attw
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Sep 15 2017, 07:28 AM
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QUOTE(sugen @ Sep 14 2017, 11:20 PM) waiting for Malaysia telco package on 8 plus.. plan to change away my 3 YRS old 6 Plus due to home button insensitivity. Touch ID working fine, but home button sometimes not functioning.. You would choose the 8 Plus over the X?
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attw
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Sep 15 2017, 03:17 PM
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QUOTE(xisan @ Sep 15 2017, 12:15 PM) I will choose 8+ first, then in December when iphone x arrived here officially, I will sell that 8+ and take ipX Qoo10, we're counting on you!
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attw
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Sep 15 2017, 03:20 PM
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QUOTE(Benefon @ Sep 15 2017, 01:35 PM) IPhone 6 will facing a lot battery drain issue. There is not lasting anymore. If battery is the only concern then you do have the option to get a replacement battery. Since the iPhone 6 is probably out of warranty and has no water resistance, you can get it done at a third party shop for relatively cheap. This post has been edited by attw: Sep 15 2017, 03:20 PM
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attw
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Sep 15 2017, 03:29 PM
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QUOTE(Benefon @ Sep 15 2017, 03:22 PM) Already , but is 3rd party battery, still not last enough. Only iPhone 7 will do long lasting battery life. I am using my iPhone non stop. Since start from early morning till night time 12am. This is daily usage. My colleague had the same problem with his iPhone 6 (not +) then he bought a battery case at the recent machines warehouse sale for RM50.00. He's a happy camper now.
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attw
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Sep 15 2017, 10:40 PM
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QUOTE(nikrizal @ Sep 15 2017, 08:19 PM) Yup crazy, not only similar to our MBP, A11 also as fast as MBP processor, I read somewhere yesterday.. Ya, they mentioned it's as fast as an i7. That is definitely faster than my MBA, ha ha... In fact, most flagship smartphones these days have more RAM than my MBA as well.
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attw
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Sep 17 2017, 10:08 AM
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QUOTE(Lynixx @ Sep 17 2017, 09:49 AM) Seems like a trend. Everyone is harping on chipset efficiency and giving us smaller batteries
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attw
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Sep 18 2017, 06:53 PM
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QUOTE(boarulez @ Sep 18 2017, 09:09 AM) Guys I'm using iPhone 6 Worth upgrading to 8? Or 7? X to expensive can't afford 7, if you don't need wireless charging.
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attw
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Sep 18 2017, 06:59 PM
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QUOTE(Benefon @ Sep 18 2017, 06:55 PM) 7 still gooding leh... i am so disappointed of the current resell price dropping soon Why, you expected a steeper drop? Unlikely coz it's Apple.
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attw
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Sep 19 2017, 08:40 AM
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QUOTE(wjleong15 @ Sep 18 2017, 09:18 PM) I found Apple is unfairly charge high in iPhone iPad Pro 12.9" Wi-Fi sold USD 799 in US Store https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-ipad/ipad-proSGD 1188 in Singapore Store https://www.apple.com/sg/shop/buy-ipad/ipad...space-grey-wifiRM 3499 in Malaysia Store https://www.apple.com/my/shop/buy-ipad/ipad...space-gray-wifiBut iPhone 8 Plus price 799 in US Store https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-iphone/iphone-8Singapore store is sell SGD 1308 https://www.apple.com/sg/shop/buy-iphone/iphone-8SGD 120 extra I think Malaysia will be either RM 3999 or RM 4099 Unfair price tag! I believe it has a lot to do with currency exchange rates as well as taxes. Lets look at the current base model for iPhone 7 Plus (32GB). US - USD 669 (not including taxes) Malaysia - USD 799 or RM3,349 (inclusive 6% GST) Singapore - USD 808 or SGD$1,088 (inclusive 7% GST) So in terms of pricing in the region, we're not very far off. Of course, you can't compare to the US.
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attw
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Sep 20 2017, 08:31 AM
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QUOTE(wjleong15 @ Sep 19 2017, 12:51 PM) Even 799 add gst only 48 847 50 usd the most only 230 If we buy from online store They locate in Singapore Doubt need to pay GST Even pay gst but price tag is not match iPhone exchange rate roughly 5 In directly charge for DHL shipping if we buy from online store Malaysia For one, you can't buy from a country specific Apple website unless you have a credit card and a delivery address in that said country. Also tax structures could be different as there could also be import taxes imposed in different countries.
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attw
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Sep 21 2017, 08:36 AM
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QUOTE(Jit @ Sep 21 2017, 12:58 AM) Guys. Need some opinion here. I am using 7 atm. Always wanting a 7 plus. Since 8 plus coming out. Should I change to 7 plus or just go for the 8 plus. Thanks for reading ! Might as well just go for 8 Plus since you're upgrading anyway
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attw
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Sep 22 2017, 12:13 PM
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QUOTE(benny888 @ Sep 22 2017, 11:54 AM) All holding out for iPhone X.
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attw
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Sep 22 2017, 01:03 PM
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QUOTE(TOMEI-R @ Sep 22 2017, 12:33 PM) As expected. I wont buy the same phone with a design I have been using since 3 years ago. Sometime back in the 7/7 Plus thread when it was just rumoured that there will be three iPhones launched, two of which followed the current design and one brand new design, I predicted that Apple would be killing themselves and looks like I'm being proven to be not wrong The good news is that we will get the 8 and 8 Plus here sooner rather than later, haha This post has been edited by attw: Sep 22 2017, 01:04 PM
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attw
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Sep 22 2017, 09:50 PM
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QUOTE(PeeEl @ Sep 22 2017, 01:13 PM) My take on this. Apple simply made a wrong marketing decision. If they did not introduce the X, the demand for the 8 and 8Plus will be there much like the 7's from the Sixes. Just look at previous launches where they moved from one iteration to another without any aesthetic changes. Well, the 7 Plus introduced dual lens for the first time, and also the Jet Black color had a novelty feel about it, but beyond that the aesthetics were similar to the 6S. I think there's a bunch of people who held on to their 6S and 6S Plus and skipped the upgrade to 7, and were likely to upgrade to 8 but now probably thought hmm, might as well wait and see what the X looks like in real life first.
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attw
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Sep 22 2017, 09:57 PM
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QUOTE(KaiHD @ Sep 22 2017, 07:45 PM) New articles out after iPhone 8 launches worldwide: DxOMark: iPhone 8 Plus is the best smartphone camera(iPhone 8 is #2) TomsGuide: iPhone 8 is world’s fastest phone(Apple now makes the world’s top 3 fastest phones: X, 8/8+) The latter is not unexpected, iPhone's chip and iOS optimization blows any high end Android out of the water in synthetic benchmarks on any given day. In fact even the iPhone SE holds its own against some top end 2017 Androids. But I must say the DXOmark reviews were a bit surprising considering how every other shootout I've read online keeps giving the edge to the Galaxy phones. Anyways, Pixel 2 beckons in a couple of weeks. Let's see. This post has been edited by attw: Sep 22 2017, 09:58 PM
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attw
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Sep 23 2017, 11:54 AM
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QUOTE(westlife @ Sep 23 2017, 11:45 AM) Iphone 8 and 8+ should still have marker for those who cannot afford iphone x. I think Apple has thought through this. If they solely launch one iphone x, they will lose the mid and low tier market. Don't think the 8 and 8 Plus target the low or mid-tier market either, well at least not in Malaysia
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