iPhone 8/Plus The Verge: What if iPhone 8 Plus is better?

[ascender]

Its hardly a groundbreaking article and doesn't really say anything new does it? Maybe its a slow news day?

Of course the 8+ is going to be a better phone for some people. I also suspect the X is going to be a better phone for some people and I can even see some advantages to FaceID over TouchID.

Apple now have a wide range of phones priced at a similar range, so there's something for everyone. That's why I've also not understood the doom and gloom around sales for the 8 (even though its all guesswork). I bet Apple are still selling a lot of phones and they're more than happy with how its all going.

 

[Bethanie21]

Iphone 8 Owners are totally trying to justify their purchase but nothing they say will change facts. The OLED display in the iPhone X by itself is light years ahead of the LCD that is present in the iPhone 8 / 8 Plus which makes buying the X worth over buying the 8

I have an iPhone 8, and I don't care one bit that it only has an LCD screen. Really don't care about having OLED personally. Is OLED better? Obviously, but I don't need it for the ways in which I use my phone. Not trying to 'justify my purchase', just my personal opinion.

 

[ascender]

I have an iPhone 8, and I don't care one bit that it only has an LCD screen. Really don't care about having OLED personally. Is OLED better? Obviously, but I don't need it for the ways in which I use my phone. Not trying to 'justify my purchase', just my personal opinion.

My wife bought an 8+ and loves it. Loves the screen, is amazed daily by the camera setup.

I think we often forget that those of us who post on here and care about stuff like screen type, can notice the differeence etc are now in the minority of Apple's customers when it comes to the iPhone.

 

[ABC5S]

Iphone 8 Owners are totally trying to justify their purchase but nothing they say will change facts. The OLED display in the iPhone X by itself is light years ahead of the LCD that is present in the iPhone 8 / 8 Plus which makes buying the X worth over buying the 8

iPhone X future purchasers are totally trying to justify their future purchases of a new OLED screen that is not as bright as Samsungs, has fewer pixels than Samsung’s, cost more than Samsung’s, has more bezel than Samsung’s, etc. See what I did there?

We iPhone 8 purchasers want the iPhone 8 because we want it over the iPhone X. It’s as simple as that. We are not trying to justify our purchase, were using logic. Yes many bought the iPhone X but we decided not to. That’s our choice, so don’t bring up this you’re trying to justify your purchase garbage.

 

[Benz63amg]

iPhone X future purchasers are totally trying to justify their future purchases of a new OLED screen that is not as bright as Samsungs, has fewer pixels than Samsung’s, cost more than Samsung’s, has more bezel than Samsung’s, etc. See what I did there?

We iPhone 8 purchasers want the iPhone 8 because we want it yet over the iPhone X. It’s as simple as that. We are not trying to justify our purchase, were using logic.

You seem to lack knowledge of just how superior OLED technology is to LCD and quite frankly it speaks volumes and that’s fine but it is a night and day difference no matter what you say regardless of the brightness (there are other variables such as viewing angles as well as others where OLED technology outshines lcd)
Enjoy your good ol LCD screen on the iPhone 8 since you love it so much while us future iPhone X Owners upgrade to the flagship device which happens to feature the display technology of the future.

 

[Leo90]

You seem to lack knowledge of just how superior OLED technology is to LCD and quite frankly it speaks volumes and that’s fine but it is a night and day difference no matter what you say regardless of the brightness (there are other variables such as viewing angles as well as others where OLED technology outshines lcd)
Enjoy your good ol LCD screen on the iPhone 8 since you love it so much while us future iPhone X Owners upgrade to the flagship device which happens to feature the display technology of the future.

Enjoy your over saturated unrealistic display with burn in issues. I’ve used Oled and amoled smartphones and the technology is simply not there yet in terms of colour reproduction and quality over time.

 

[DNichter]

What exactly has the X brought new to iPhones other than Face ID, gesture swipes, and new design?

I think you answered your own question. Those are the differences. Now whether or not those are worth it to you, is completely up to the individual making the purchase. This "better" question is getting kinda dumb. Some prefer the internals of the 8 Plus, but with Face ID, a gesture based UI, and a new all screen design. Some prefer the tried and true design of the 8 Plus, but with the same performance as the 8. I don't see why it needs to be debated.

 

[Benz63amg]

Enjoy your over saturated unrealistic display with burn in issues. I’ve used Oled and amoled smartphones and the technology is simply not there yet in terms of colour reproduction and quality over time.

Lol another one. You have no clue what you’re talking about, I have owned an LG OLED TV for 3 years now, It was the first OLED tv on the market and there is no such thing as oversaturation as my tv was professionally calibrated and I have never exprienced such as a thing as burn in. Only clueless folks like you keep spreading such BS

OLED technology is far superior to LCD in terms of black levels, contrast, viewing angles and in many other factors. The only edge LCD has over OLED at the current time is the peak brightness but the benefits of OLED technology far outweighs that caviat.

 

[ABC5S]

You seem to lack knowledge of just how superior OLED technology is to LCD and quite frankly it speaks volumes and that’s fine but it is a night and day difference no matter what you say regardless of the brightness (there are other variables such as viewing angles as well as others where OLED technology outshines lcd)
Enjoy your good ol LCD screen on the iPhone 8 since you love it so much while us future iPhone X Owners upgrade to the flagship device which happens to feature the display technology of the future.

You’re telling me that I don’t know how superior OLED is over LCD. You don’t know me and you don’t know what I know. Yes OLED is better, but LCD in not bad either. There has been mention that after you have OLED for a short while you become used to it as you do with LCD and you’re not fixated on the stupid screen but doing your work as you normally would on a phone. I don’t game at all so it doesn’t mean that much to me. Viewing angles on the LCD iPhone 8+ is pretty doggone good. Do you even have an iPhone 8+. Viewing angle is great, I don’t know where you get off and say the viewing angle is subpar to the X.
[doublepost=1508941440][/doublepost]Oh yes PS. I wanted to post a reply to your silly “We 8 owners have to juistify our purchase”. I, on the other hand posted some differences between the dumb down iPhone X to the Samung Superior screen. Though I would not get the Samsung, it does have a better screen then the iPhone X, next year Apple will have a better screen on the wider iPhone X and it will probably cost less as some reports have suggested.

 

[Knowlege Bomb]

This thread is hilarious. There's a whole new war on MacRumors. Move aside, Android vs. iOS and Samsung vs. Apple.

The MacRumors Civil War is nigh.

 

[Bane-Thunder]

What exactly has the X brought new to iPhones other than Face ID, gesture swipes, and new design?

hahahaha you go and list two things that are new to the iPhone line up loool not to mention OLED screen not present on iPhone 8 plus.

So your comment is either moronic or sarcastic. Choose wisely...

 

[sdwaltz]

You seem to lack knowledge of just how superior OLED technology is to LCD and quite frankly it speaks volumes and that’s fine but it is a night and day difference no matter what you say regardless of the brightness (there are other variables such as viewing angles as well as others where OLED technology outshines lcd)
Enjoy your good ol LCD screen on the iPhone 8 since you love it so much while us future iPhone X Owners upgrade to the flagship device which happens to feature the display technology of the future.

And you seem to lack knowledge of good grammar and sentence structure.

LCD is fine.

 

[JSway]

Loving my 8+. On the IUP but my 7+ earpiece wasn’t working, and I didn’t want to keep making payments on the 7, when I could easily go for the 8+. The uncertainty of the Face ID in social settings (check out line, office meetings, night out in the city) made it an easier choice to stick with what I know and with what works(for me). I usually get the latest, but I’ll get the latest and greatest next fall and have 12 payments made on my IUP to upgrade to the XS. And who knows, they might even introduce a bigger sized screen .

 

[thadoggfather]

Lol another one. You have no clue what you’re talking about, I have owned an LG OLED TV for 3 years now, It was the first OLED tv on the market and there is no such thing as oversaturation as my tv was professionally calibrated and I have never exprienced such as a thing as burn in. Only clueless folks like you keep spreading such BS

OLED technology is far superior to LCD in terms of black levels, contrast, viewing angles and in many other factors. The only edge LCD has over OLED at the current time is the peak brightness but the benefits of OLED technology far outweighs that caviat.

As a preface- I too own LG OLED and would never ever ever ever go back to LED tv's if I can help it

Absolute game changer


And I'm psyched for Apple to have OLED
Phones too. But peak brightness absolutely matters on a mobile in varying lighting situations like outside

OLED tv is presumably not In the brightest room and stationary. And watching movies vs using it to read articles text and surf the web. It's usage is completely different.

But I can't wait for infinite blacks and crazy contrast in a phone

Still don't downplay significance of brightness in a phone display. It matters.

My OLED Tv doesn't have a notch either and I would be completely unambiguously deal breakingly devastated if it did unlike iPhone x where I'm increasingly trying to learn to cope with the concept and think I can. Different animals.

 

[Vivian125]

Notice that you just compared every new feature released over 3 years with one phone? Did the iPhone 6 have 3D Touch? Hexacore? Telephoto? 3GB RAM? Wireless charging?

It is an absurd comparison, wait until the XI, XII, and XIII are out, then make your list.

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[Apple_Robert]

So what if the iPhone 8 is better. I didn't buy the 8 I bought the X. At this point, I have no need or desire for the 8. As such the Verge article is meaningless.

 

[jetydosa]

You know what - its OK for someone to like the 8/8+ over the X. Absolutely OK. And vice versa.

No need to get bent out of shape if someone has a different opinion.

 

[MacNut]

That's a huge "if". Only likely thing of those happening is a larger Plus version. Notch is here to stay and Touch ID isn't coming back. And who's to say Apple won't shift to a later release date?

Why is the notch here to stay? Seems Apple could easily make FaceID without the notch. Just make the phone slightly taller and have a full screen without wings.

 

[Cashmonee]

This is an article written on October 23, well before anyone outside of Apple employees had their hands on a X to truly know if the points brought up in the article were valid. Add to that a clickbait headline and you have an article written for the sole purpose of eliciting an emotional response for clicks. This is what passes for an "article" by a "journalist" these days.
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Why is the notch here to stay? Seems Apple could easily make FaceID without the notch. Just make the phone slightly taller and have a full screen without wings.

The notch is here to stay because you need the cameras for FaceID and instead of wasting real estate on nothing, you might as well have the persistent information go there and save the rest of the real estate for apps and the like. It saves a few millimeters at the top of the screen doing this.

 

[MacNut]

This is an article written on October 23, well before anyone outside of Apple employees had their hands on a X to truly know if the points brought up in the article were valid. Add to that a clickbait headline and you have an article written for the sole purpose of eliciting an emotional response for clicks. This is what passes for an "article" by a "journalist" these days.
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The notch is here to stay because you need the cameras for FaceID and instead of wasting real estate on nothing, you might as well have the persistent information go there and save the rest of the real estate for apps and the like. It saves a few millimeters at the top of the screen doing this.

Isn't the notch already wasting screen space?

 

[Cashmonee]

Isn't the notch already wasting screen space?

I fail to follow. The two options are 1) have a notch with ears where persistent information like time, carrier, wifi, etc. go or 2) no notch and push all that information down to a few millimeter tall bar across the top of the screen. Apple chose to put the information somewhere that would allow the entire non-ear portion of the screen to be used by apps. How is this not a net positive? I don't disagree that giving the ears a black background would make it more agreeable, but I like the notch. I think they should go one more step and make the ears off limits to apps period. Solves the problem of it intruding while still tucking all that information out of the way.

 

[MacNut]

I fail to follow. The two options are 1) have a notch with ears where persistent information like time, carrier, wifi, etc. go or 2) no notch and push all that information down to a few millimeter tall bar across the top of the screen. Apple chose to put the information somewhere that would allow the entire non-ear portion of the screen to be used by apps. How is this not a net positive? I don't disagree that giving the ears a black background would make it more agreeable, but I like the notch. I think they should go one more step and make the ears off limits to apps period. Solves the problem of it intruding while still tucking all that information out of the way.

I would agree with making the notch unusable app space, Not sure why someone like Jony Ive would like the way it works right now. For someone so anal about design seems they missed the boat on that one.

 

[Ryan1524]

Design is about how things work, not just how it looks. The Notch is a fine balance between maximum screen space and essential hardware.

I prefer to think of the ears as expanding real estate, instead of an intrusion.

 

[Cape Dave]

It’s not about the number of differences the iPhone X has over the previous gen, it’s how significant the changes are and the OLED display is the most major upgrade the iPhone has ever received, on a device such as the iPhone where the screen is literally everything you stare at it’s a massive upgrade that far makes up for any other possible change Apple could have included

It is like getting new speakers for your stereo. Big difference becasue that is where all the sound comes from And yet, Samsung, Google etc have had OLED for years. Is Apple's THAT much better? I do not see how that could be true.

 

[BluPrynt78]

We chose Apple. We are ALL winners at the end of the day!