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iPhone 8/Plus iPhone 8 / 8+ Owners: Ten months on, are you happy with your choice?
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That was my intention as well, but I just think 2018 doesn’t really bring anything new to the table unless you want the 6.5” display. I’m still waiting on band 71 on T-Mobile and 5g. The battery for the 6.5” plus will no doubt be bigger, but it will still probably translate to the same battery life, since it has a much bigger (oled) screen to power. I’m waiting for 5g and band 71, plus it would be nice to have 4 or even 5gb of ram for people who really want to “future proof” themselves. The 2018 phones will no doubt be very nice, but I think this will be more of a small upgrade for anyone with an X or 8+. If you want the 6.5” phone then by all means this will be a good year to upgrade. I just think too many good features are a year or 2 away that it’s not worth upgrading now.I love my 8 Plus, have had absolutely no issues with it. I am, however, very tempted to go for the 2018 flagship and keep that for quite a few years (as was my intention with the 8 Plus too)
Had a 7 plus and got an 8 plus. Regretted it after two months and should have gotten the X. My reasons for picking the 8 plus is not something I value anymore except for the battery. Only reason I'm glad I didn't pick the X is it would screw up the upgrade cycle. I'm getting the new X this year, not the plus version.
Call me strange, but I prefer the familiarity (and security) of traditional Touch ID vs. Face ID.
TouchID and a home button were among the main reasons why I chose an 8 Plus over the X. Having a functionally larger display and better battery life are also significant advantages in my opinion.
There’s nothing strange about your post at all. It’s just a matter of preference between Face ID Versus touch ID. I still think both are highly relevant forms of biometric security, the only main core difference, Apple is abandoning touch ID permanently in place of face ID, so in the future if someone wants a newer iPhone model (And allegedly the iPad) beyond the iPhone 8, you only have one option, which is Face ID.
I cut hair at a Navy Exchange, so I see a lot of the phones men carry. iPhone is the more popular one, but I don’t see a lot with the X. I do have 3 co-workers that have the X. Most have the 8/8+ or below.
Yep. I bought an 8 Plus on launch day and I've been quite happy with it. I don't have anything against the X and only chose not to buy it because of the cost. It doesn't offer me anything that the 8 can't do.
I just got my iPhone 8 a few days ago. I have to say I love the weight naked. I’m using 11.4.1 and it’s running nice & smooth. I got the 8 because I didn’t want to spend the extra $$$ for the X.
256gb 8+. My favorite iPhone since 2007. Solid, has weight, wider LCD screen, battery life all day, no Face ID. I’ll be keeping this as long as possible. With good battery care I’ll get 3+ years easy. 
I was happy with my 7 plus until my wife needed more storage for her photos. Since my 7 plus had 128gb of storage, I gave my phone to her and bought a 8 plus with 64gb of storage. It was pathetic to think a phone like the 6 plus with 16gb of storage was enough to store high resolution photos. When I got the 8 plus there was very little noticeable difference except wireless charging. If it were not for wireless charging I would not have noticed the difference between the two phones. I even used my case from my 7 plus on my 8 plus.
Personally I am tired of Apple just upgrading the internals of their phones. They have nothing new design wise. Nothing. It's pathetic. The X is a joke to me. Looks like the very first iPhone with the stainless bezel and rounded edges.
Personally I am tired of Apple just upgrading the internals of their phones. They have nothing new design wise. Nothing. It's pathetic. The X is a joke to me. Looks like the very first iPhone with the stainless bezel and rounded edges.
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My iPhone 8 is great. Yeah it is an old design but the internals are awesome. Plus I prefer Touch ID. It is very quick and a security feature I love.
I got an 8 on launch day because I decided that there was no way that I would pay £1000 for a phone. However, 10 months on and I wished I had ponied up and bought the X. I went from a 6 to the 8 and it didn't feel like much of an upgrade to me. I will be upgrading again this year which will make the 8 the shortest lived phone I have ever had.
I mean, what are you really expecting?! Starship?! A triangle phone maybe?!
ah even better, invisible?!
I mean, what are you really expecting?! Starship?! A triangle phone maybe?!ah even better, invisible?!
New design? Maybe an external micro SD slot? How about a phone done in carbon? Folding? Two sided display?
If I had millions to spend and a highly paid staff of designers and engineers I am sure I'd come up with something new, exciting, or even.... Revolutionary.
I understand incremental updates are safe from a financial and stock holder perspective, but personally Apple deigns are becoming stale to me.
What design?! Can you suggest something?!
Just because there’s millions in the bank and highly paid staff doesn’t mean a company has to waste money on pointless things.
A business exist to make money. That’s just the basic principles of any company.
Which other company is doing anything groundbreaking in terms of smartphones in general?! The trend is typically to just follow Apple.
There’s hardly any other company around that comes up with a practical design that actually enhances the experience or can be produced for a mass market.
So a business is not supposed to commit to R&D, or strive to create new designs, features, materials, electronics, etc? It's all a waste of money?
As far as what other companies are doing... Since the other guy hasn't come out with something new, does that mean competing companies like Apple should just sit on their hands? You say companies are just copying Apple but I disagree. The HomePod is one example of Apple being late to the party. I know the argument is Apple does it better, but still if you're late you're late. OLED? late to the party. Latest processors? late to the party. But I know, they do it better.
I could point out a few things I have seen that are different or interesting, but I am sure you will find fault or complain about my observations. No thanks.
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Late is not the correct viewpoint. A product can be either successful or a failure altogether, irrespective of being early or late. The point is to be able to deliver at the right time. Late is not necessarily a bad thing. Just saying.
I never said investment in R&D is wrong but every product reaches maturity at some point where it generally is always incremental upgrades. Smartphones have reached that point now as traditional computer did a couple of decades ago.
Also, let’s not forget, business value is the most important aspect for any manufacturer, especially in the hardware sector. It’s a huge upfront investment and half baked products generally always ends up being the point of failure for a hardware manufacturer. Case in point Blackberry. Also almost every other Android manufacturer other than Samsung is losing money.
So now we are being introspective and the success of a company is based on timing? First Apple is an innovator that other companies follow, and now according to your philosophy Apple is a master of timing irrespective of their product releases...
Please just stop. Your zen philosophy seems disingenuous to me.