![]() ![]() “The new back cover that’s coated in glass…gives them a somewhat fresher look. David Pierce, Wired The Verge: The new middle children are overachievers “For a brief moment, inside the Steve Jobs Theater at the new Apple Park campus in Cupertino, I was a poop. …The new Retina display offering a nice-looking vista to peer at. However, it pales in comparison to the OLED display of the iPhone X, and it definitely could do with being a touch brighter for the iPhone 8 to qualify as a real flagship phone given the current competition. It’s got the True Tone technology we’ve enjoyed from the iPad Pro – and it does make a difference to the color of the display however, in the demo area it was hard to say if there was a massive change from the iPhone 7.” (iPhone X & iPhone 8 hands on drop quote) ![]() “The iPhone 8 is basically the iPhone 7S, with a slight upgrade to the internals and some improved hardware on the outside to make it the affordable upgrade for those coming from the iPhone 6S. … while other dual camera makers have recently made big strides in performance, Apple’s skill with software means the 8 Plus will probably have the dual camera to beat.” TechRadar: iPhone 8 still well worth a look Still, that’s pretty impressive considering this was unfinished code running on unfinished hardware - the nearly imperceptible lag was a testament to the horsepower the new A11 Bionic chipset brings. …General navigation was as slick as always, and a couple of included AR demos ran well too…once I went back and closed a few apps. “The iPhone 8 is still comfortable to hang onto but the 8 Plus is now especially unwieldy. The 8 is an under-the-hood upgrade at best, like a laptop with a new processor.” Engadget: Familiar, but not too familiar In a quick demo, they’re impossible to appreciate. As far as processor and camera quality, the promises seem incremental. ![]() Some were sharp, others seemed weird-looking. “New camera modes, like the Portrait Lighting beta that adds fancy lighting effects to Portrait Mode photos, seemed like a mixed bag in my brief time. ” CNET: Wireless charging and some modest gains …The purchasing decision comes down to how much you value the speed of the internals and wireless charging-unless you shoot a lot more slow-motion video than the average. We tried all of the above and were pleased with the results. The 1080p slow-motion capture gets a bump to 240fps. We’ve gone from 4K recording at 30fps in the iPhone 7 to 4K at 24, 30, or 60fps in the iPhone 8. …The biggest internal improvements apart from speed are in the video camera. For the most part, we couldn’t tell the difference between these and the one in the iPhone 7. …In a market where top-tier phones from LG, Samsung, and others have better displays, and now the iPhone X does as well, getting excited about the screens on the 8 and 8 Plus is difficult. “The back is made of glass now-meaning that fingerprint smudges were common. iPhone 8 Plus & iPhone 8 hands on reviews Ars Technica: The Qi flows through this one To read any of the full iPhone X or iPhone 8 hands on reviews, just click the link in each title. Don’t have time to read all of the iPhone 8 hands on reviews or iPhone X hands on reviews from this week’s launch event at the new Apple campus? You’re in luck, because we’ve culled the best of the web’s first-impression reviews for the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and iPhone X here. ![]()
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