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Apple Reveals 'iPhone 8' and 'iPhone 8 Plus' With Glass Bodies and A11 Bionic Chip
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Color me grumpy! The smaller phone legion got nothing. Zilch. Nada. "Bionic" A11 chip in the 8 and the SE still rocking the A9. Somebody please explain what could be the dumbest product line photo I've ever seen:
other than he obvious answer: to prop up the high-end price points. For the love of Steve, do we really need both the 6s and the 7?? Didn't anyone in the boardroom balk at that lineup? Drop the aging 6s and update the SE! No reason it couldn't have the A10 processor. Lord!
P.S. If I replace my dying 6 with an SE this weekend and they announce improvements in March, I'll be Bionic Grumpy!
other than he obvious answer: to prop up the high-end price points. For the love of Steve, do we really need both the 6s and the 7?? Didn't anyone in the boardroom balk at that lineup? Drop the aging 6s and update the SE! No reason it couldn't have the A10 processor. Lord!
P.S. If I replace my dying 6 with an SE this weekend and they announce improvements in March, I'll be Bionic Grumpy!
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The thread for the iPhone X is at 19 pages and growing. This is at 3 pages and barely moving. Not much interest in this product.
I'm guessing they have a lot of stock. I find this lineup terrific myself. Great choice, great value at 349 for the SE.Color me grumpy! The smaller phone legion got nothing. Zilch. Nada. "Bionic" A11 chip in the 8 and the SE still rocking the A9. Somebody please explain what could be the dumbest product line photo I've ever seen:
other than he obvious answer: to prop up the high-end price points. For the long be of Steve, do we really need both the 6s and the 7?? Drop the aging 6s and update the SE! No reason it couldn't have the A10 processor. Lord!
Among the tech snobs who post on MR, you mean. This isn't the whole wide universe, it's just MR.
Most ordinary consumers don't upgrade based on CPU and GPU though. I'd say 80-90% of smartphone users have no idea what chips are inside there phone. However a lot of people just upgrade because they want the newest device even it it doesn't have a form change so you are both kinda right.
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I wish it cost 349 in my country.
.Just so you know here in the UK, Apple are blatantly ripping us off, the iPhone 7 yesterday cost £699 for 128GB storage or £799 for 256GB storage..
The iPhone 8 costs £699 for 64GB storage and £849 for 256GB... this is the iPhone 8 4.7" screen model...
You now pay the same for essentially the same phone but for half the storage..
The iPhone 8 costs £699 for 64GB storage and £849 for 256GB... this is the iPhone 8 4.7" screen model...
You now pay the same for essentially the same phone but for half the storage..
To be fair, 19 solid pages of bitchin'
Not sure what you're reading, but not a lot of love there.
Color me grumpy! The smaller phone legion got nothing. Zilch. Nada. "Bionic" A11 chip in the 8 and the SE still rocking the A9. Somebody please explain what could be the dumbest product line photo I've ever seen:
other than he obvious answer: to prop up the high-end price points. For the love of Steve, do we really need both the 6s and the 7?? Didn't anyone in the boardroom balk at that lineup? Drop the aging 6s and update the SE! No reason it couldn't have the A10 processor. Lord!
P.S. If I replace my dying 6 with an SE this weekend and they announce improvements in March, I'll be Bionic Grumpy!
The SE and the 6s probably have so many in stock and/or are very cheap to produce that are a high profit margin.
I'm kinda disappointed that they didn't spend ore time on the Apple GPU. For me this is one of the most interesting pieces of tech in the new machines. I also wonder about the A11 Bionic chip and the availability of the neural processor in the iPhone 8 models. That is is the neural processor an add on chip or part of all A11's.
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It is a cellphone in a candy bar format what more do you expect? Frankly what is inside is what counts and in this regard the new iPhones are pretty spectacular. We are seeing a significant jump in capabilities here.
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It is a cellphone in a candy bar format what more do you expect? Frankly what is inside is what counts and in this regard the new iPhones are pretty spectacular. We are seeing a significant jump in capabilities here.
These sorts of comments are bordering on ignorance, we are getting a significantly redesigned iPhone in these models.
Color me grumpy! The smaller phone legion got nothing. Zilch. Nada. "Bionic" A11 chip in the 8 and the SE still rocking the A9. Somebody please explain what could be the dumbest product line photo I've ever seen:
I also have a big problem with this. The iPhone 8+ is FAR superior for only 100 more than the 8. Except the screen is way to big for me. So..... Get screwed on price with the 8, get an SE that hasn't been updated in forever, or go last years model which really has the same problem of being inferior than the +size for not much of a price difference. (I'm currently using an iPhone 6)
