iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus review By Engadget

These days, everyone has a hot take on the iPhone 10 and, of course they do Tim Cook said it would set the path of Apple's technology for the next decade, that's great, but what about the people who, like their iPhones, just fine the way they are well for them? Apple built the iPhone eight and eight plus they might be more conventional than Apple's other new phone. But make no mistake. These devices are big steps forward for the iPhone, since these are more traditional iPhones. Everything is where you'd expect it to be. Both phones have lightened ports on the bottom, no headphone, jacks and capacitive home buttons right under their screens, you'll notice. A few differences.

The moment you pick up the 8 or 8 plus of them for one they're aluminum backs, have been replaced with glass for some cheek compatible wireless charging. Charging works well, even with cases on just as long as you make sure you line up everything properly Apple gave us a Welkin charging pad, and sometimes they managed to put the eight down just right so that the charging light would go on, but the phone wouldn't actually charge. Other wireless charging pads I tried work find them. These glass packs have other benefits ? they let radio signals pass right through them. So the only antenna bands here are tiny ones on the phone sides.

Oh, and most importantly, that class just feels really nice, it's easier to grip than metal and has avoided Nick's pretty well so far, ? there's obviously a lot of stuff inside these phones and Apple squeeze everything into bodies that are a little longer thicker and heavier than before. That doesn't mean much for the smaller iPhone 8, but the combination of its weight and bezels make the 8 plus feel a little unwieldy. It's nothing new, but still disappointing. Since the galaxy s 8 plus and the LAB 30 have bigger screens and feel better while we're talking about screens the ones we've got here, haven't really changed that much. The eight still has a 4.7 inch display. The 8 plus still has a 5.5 inch display, and both of them are just as bright and contrasting as before. Everything is still nice and crisp ? and colors pop especially nicely because of the screens of wide color gamut.

The biggest difference is the true tone: tech Apple, transplanted into these things from the iPad for. The phones use data from four sensors to tune the screens color temperatures depending on your surroundings. It doesn't sound like a huge deal, but I actually love it. When true tone is on, colors are technically a little less accurate, but they look more natural and are generally easier on the eyes. I've been a little spoiled by other phones, though so I still wish.

Apple had gone with some HDR friendly displays here anyway. These stereo speakers are noticeably better. ? you'll still want to use a pair of headphones whenever you get a chance, but the speakers are louder than last year's and, frankly, that's good enough. For me. Both phones also run iOS, 11 and I.

Just can't go through everything Apple squeezed into that update here, we'll have our full review ready soon, but in the meantime, let's just run through the highlights. Control center looks completely different and packs handy shortcuts. Some new features like do not disturb while driving and the supreme recorder it doesn't take long to get used to, but if you're anything like me, you'll screw up your screen brightness a few times trying to get out of there. The Notification Center is basically gone too replaced with your lock screen. It's nothing if not familiar, but I wish applicant up smarter ways to organize all these notifications, like by app, for example, Siri, sounds infinitely better than before, and she's surprisingly great and translations.

Now too, meanwhile, the App Store has been completely redesigned with more of an emphasis on videos in app listing in Apple's own write-ups of apps and app culture. Oh, and there are some sweet new wallpapers all told the iOS 11 update, packs a lot of Handy functionality, but it won't fundamentally change the way you use your iPhone. The iPad is a different story, but seriously just go check out our full iOS review. Now we're getting to the really fun stuff, both the iPhone, 8 and 8 plus use the same 12 megapixel camera, and it is mostly been a pleasure to shoot with my test. Shots had punchier colors and slightly more detailed in the same photos taken with a7 plus and in most daylight scenarios, the iPhone 8 and a Plus captured more detailed photos than Samsung's Galaxy Note 8.

Curiously, the iPhone 8 and 8 plus consistently churned out photos that looked more true to life, but the note eights were brighter and slightly more saturated. It's kind of like Apple, tried to provide the most accurate phone as possible, while Samsung wanted the world to look a little nicer than it actually does. In any case, both the 8 and a+ did well in low light Villa. The note 8 has a slight edge over both of them. That's where Apple's improved, quad, LED flash comes in it, fires quickly after a longer exposure.

So it's a little better at preventing inadvertent blur than before. Of course, the iPhone 8 plus has a second 12 megapixel telephoto camera, that's just a little less good, especially in low-light, because it has an F 2.8 aperture compared to the wider F 1.8 aperture in the wide-angle camera. Still having two cameras here allows for some extra tricks. Portrait mode is back, and it's much better than what we last year, this timer subject can be within 8 feet of your camera, and the 8 plus does a better job of figuring out where the edges are and kind of blurring out the background behind them. New to the A+ is Apple's portrait lighting feature, and it's definitely still in beta aside from the standard natural light mode.

This studio light brightens up your subjects face without trouble. Contour light, however, is meant to make subjects, look more dramatic, but it usually just made me a brown guy, look darker and even more ominous than before stage light end stage, light mono, both black out everything behind your subject, and they generally produce results that are pretty awkward. A lot of these new photo features are made possible by Apple's new hex core, an 11 Bionic chip set and man. This thing is a powerhouse at any given time. The 8 Na+ are mixing and matching its performance and efficiency course which results in pretty effortless power.

No matter what you're doing the A+ seems better equipped to handle intense tasks, though, because it packs 3 gigabytes of RAM compared to the normally of 2 gigabytes. All that extra horsepower came in really handy when testing some pre-release augmented reality apps, despite not technically being done, yet I'm very impressed. The 8 and 8 plus seemed just as good at rendering virtual objects onto physical spaces as Google's tango apps do, if not a little better and that's without extra hardware. You might not have jumped on the AR bandwagon yet, but don't worry. The new iPhones have more than enough power to make this stuff and everything else look incredible.

Battery life was solid too, and Apple wasn't kidding when it said the iPhone eights generally lasts. As long as the iPhone 7, the iPhone 8 plus, is larger battery. Helped it stick around for longer. In general, if I played my cards right, I could get nearly a day and a half of use out of it and on quiet days, like weekends, I could potentially come close to two days when the iPhone eight and a plus four announced they were easily ignored. In favor of the more exciting new iPhone, 10, well you'd be wrong to overlook these things, while they might not be as immediately exciting the iPhone, 8 and 8 plus packs, some serious upgrades and are easily the best traditional iPhones Apple has ever made.

Source : Engadget