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Other iPhone 11 Upgrade from 8 Plus?
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OP, my opinion would be to just replace the battery on your 8+ for £50 at apple, and wait until the iphone 12 series. The regular 11 is a good phone no doubt (better camera and screen tech but lower resolution) but not enough to warrant upgrading from an 8 plus. The A11 in the 8+ is so good that current flagship android devices have now just about equaled its performance (galaxy s20 included).
Why, are you going to take a match to it?
Seriously though, not sure where you're getting that. Burn in isn't a thing on these phones (I've had the X, the XS Max, and now the 11 Pro Max).Ah, see. What he said.
You should just go into an Apple Store and play with the different models and see how they look/feel to you.
If you can’t afford the pro that’s reasonable, but to use potential screen burn in as a reason why is completely unfounded. These iPhones do not burn in.
So replying to this post got me thinking, and I went today with low power mode turned off. Battery life was pretty good overall, which I think can be attributed to the recent flurry of patches. There is definitely still some benefit to turning on low power mode, but I seem to have overstated it earlier on. 
I have an 8+ as well. Can you please post a screenshot of your Battery section of how long your 8+ does actually last? I think you would fare better if you turn down your brightness a bit - I use it as a company phone and always come through any day. Really curious.
The battery life of iphone Xr is longer than the 11, 11 heats up after longer use... imo there is a reason why the 11 is cheaper than most models
Is that actually true? From what I have gathered the 11 wins in every regard and does not heat up...
The iPhone 11 is an upgrade to the 8+ no question about it. I own an 8+ and it’s still a decent phone though and holds its own still however. If I was upgrading this year I’d have bought the 11 no question.
This... is just not true. Do y'all just make stuff up to keep the convo going?
Yeah I upgraded from an X to an 8+ to an 11. No regrets whatsoever. The 11 is all around a better phone than the 8+, and it fits in my hand/pocket better too. The 8+ screen may be “sharper” on paper but in daily use I don’t notice a difference at all. The 11 screen is fantastic, as is the battery life.
Just upgraded my launch day 8+ to an iPhone 11 last Friday. It was a total whim whilst passing the Apple store and not planned.
So far so good - battery a lot better, loving FaceID though no home button takes a while to get used to.
No regrets yet - feels like an upgrade too. I don't notice the screen and it wasn't until i read the specs that I realised.
I will say though that I always buy my phones outright and only bought this as I had a tax rebate for £800 come in unexpectedly - I had planned to hold out until the Autumn for the IP12.
So far so good - battery a lot better, loving FaceID though no home button takes a while to get used to.
No regrets yet - feels like an upgrade too. I don't notice the screen and it wasn't until i read the specs that I realised.
I will say though that I always buy my phones outright and only bought this as I had a tax rebate for £800 come in unexpectedly - I had planned to hold out until the Autumn for the IP12.
You either get the 11 or stump up the cash and get the 11 pro. Burn in is a non issue so don't worry about it.
No don't upgrade, just keep your 8 plus for another 2 yrs more, it will receive updates.
With the 11 you also get face recognition as opposed to fingerprint. I might be in a minority here, but I like face recognition WAY better. I find it much more consistent and overall faster.
I’ll give you ’overall faster’, face ID is exceedingly quick, and it’s improved significantly with iOS 13. But more consistent over touch ID? No, not even close. Face ID still has its pitfalls in terms of recognizing the user if they’re lying down, from various angles, ect, just like touch ID would pose a problem with damp/cold fingers. Both biometric forms for security are not entirely consistent, but I would give touch ID a slight advantage being how much it matured over the years. Face ID isn’t their yet, but it will eventually.