Just received the 8 as a replacement for my 6 as a work phone recently - and I'm really glad I did not have to pay for it because I never would.
#donglelive is real - yes the headphone jack removal makes everything worse by 100%. The speed difference between the 6 and the 8 is incremental for most of my tasks and the only reason for me to move forward with an 8 is future proofing due to increasing CPU demands of upcoming iOS'es which Apple gives you no option not to upgrade, only to do it "later". Otherwise I would have been perfectly happy with the 6 for as long as it would last me - actually the 6 had the madness of offering a 16GB option which I had to deal with, but that is another topic
Apples phones get bigger, more fragile, more expensive and less "physically" useful with each generation. Somewhere between the iPhone 5SE and the 6 was the pinnacle of iPhone device design. They should focus on getting the important basics right - make my live easier by not forcing me to worry about battery live (make it last much longer instead of adding more performance each generation). Water proof is good, yes, but make it sturdy enough so I don't need a case, keep it pocketable (the X isn't, the 8 just about). Remove the camera bump or make the device thicker. Don't make me use more devices that then also need charging > bring back the audio jack (they never will). USB instead of lightning now it could at least charge my phone on a new MacBook without yet another special cable! This all used to be so much simpler!
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PS: Less useful and more expensive is sadly also true for their laptops. The MacBookPro from the previous generation offering MagSave, SD card reader, HDMI, USB was basically perfect - from there onwards, ports were removed, keyboards flattened, battery live shortened, mag save retired - I literally had 3 instances in the last two weeks where this feature alone save my current laptop because someone was tripping over the cable! A consequence of the new mac books is that my company needs to purchase additional monitor stands with compatible ports for every developer who now receives one of these just to resolve cable connectivity issues - it's absolute madness for a pro/business device to create such disruption in an update cycle.
