It doesn't have a glass back. The internet says it's the same as the 6/6s/7.
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Early Adopters of iPhone 8 Impressed With Glass-Backed Design and True Tone Display
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Same maxed out Late 2013 15inch MBP + iPhone 7 + iPad Air 2. I never got a single tingle to upgrade anything.
I only purchased the 7 two months ago because the LTE radio in my 6 died one day. My MBP will probably get a 1TB M.2 upgrade now that is will support 3rd party M2 drives with High Sierra. (Samsung 960). With 16gigs of RAM, i7 and a Geforce 750m it is still the best Mac I have every used. If Apple does not improve the keyboards on the current MBP's I will probably move to a ThinkPad
for my next purchase.Butting in here, but for starters, they could have shaved away some of the top and bottom bezel area. I think people would have really liked that. I know I would.
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https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/22/iphone-8-glass-back-costs-more-to-repair/
Not only is it glass but it hard to replace and cost more to do so.
This is a backhanded criticism directed at all of the posters who say it's no different, despite different material and a wicked, custom chip.
This whole thread sounds like a sales pitch.
All I see is a four year old design with a glass back from a seven year old design.
Granted the electronics and materials are updated, but the rest is the same old same old. And it's heavier as if that's a good thing? Creative and innovative ideas have left the building. No thanks. I'll stay with my 7 plus.
I have to ask at what point is there a diminishing return on faster chips, better screen? I think the screen on the iPhone has looked great since the 5. How many more millions of colors the human eye can't see do we need to see? How much faster does the phone have to be to play a few games, text, and look at Facebook?
I am really beginning to feel the focus on iPhone is no longer about design and innovation. The market seems to have moved on to who has the latest chips and the greatest gimmicks.
Unfortunately Apple is late to the game with wireless charging and oLED displays. But at least they have the fastest chips. Thats just great. Good for them.
All I see is a four year old design with a glass back from a seven year old design.
Granted the electronics and materials are updated, but the rest is the same old same old. And it's heavier as if that's a good thing? Creative and innovative ideas have left the building. No thanks. I'll stay with my 7 plus.
I have to ask at what point is there a diminishing return on faster chips, better screen? I think the screen on the iPhone has looked great since the 5. How many more millions of colors the human eye can't see do we need to see? How much faster does the phone have to be to play a few games, text, and look at Facebook?
I am really beginning to feel the focus on iPhone is no longer about design and innovation. The market seems to have moved on to who has the latest chips and the greatest gimmicks.
Unfortunately Apple is late to the game with wireless charging and oLED displays. But at least they have the fastest chips. Thats just great. Good for them.
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"I have to ask at what point is there a diminishing return on faster chips, better screen?"
Agreed. But that applies to all vendors, not just Apple. For me personally I am past that point. Smartphones are like microwave ovens at this point to me and most people. The are devices that do a specific set of things, no more no less. They are common place devices and most mid range devices would suffice for 95% of the user base. The WOW is for the most part gone. In 2 years cheap Android phones will have HDR screens. I do not believe there is much left in this form factor. It will be a bunch of minor enhancement until the next form factor change happens.
I'm passing on the new models after considering my "wants" vs "needs". Spending a thousand dollars for a new phone which doesn't offer me the differences my first iPhone (4S) did over a BB Curve seems a bit crazy. I'll stick with my trusty old 6 Plus until the battery won't hold enough charge.
Like the microwave analogy. When I read about the latest and greatest phone, and how it can do this or that, and then I see gaggles of people walking around with an $800 phone sticking out of their back pocket and occasionally reaching for it to check a text, email, or Facebook, it kind of makes me think at what point is it just a device? How much better can it or should it be?
If Apple does not improve the keyboards on the current MBP's I will probably move to a ThinkPad
With a name like 'MacDaddy' I somehow doubt that very much.... you'll end up getting a new mbp. you know it
Oh, I get AppleCare for all my mobile devices, definitely. If nothing else, it helps give a nice peace of mind.
Having raised 5 kids, I’m fully aware of the risks of grabby little hands and how fast they move! Maybe it became subconscious for me, but I never leave my phone sitting on a table anyway. It’s either in my hand, in my pocket, or plugged into a charger at my desk that has no real access to anyone other than me.
Amazing how much design affects the perception of the phone. I saw someone complain on Facebook that iPhone X got all the new tech and the iPhone 8 was full of 3 year old tech.
Some only care about looks. Others care about the tech or appreciate how Apple combines software/hardware. That's fine because some of that is on Apple for pushing specs don't matter. If it was "just" an oled screen on iphone X (and at that price), I probably wouldn't bite. But I'm interested to see what their focus on AR, the front sensors, and face ID have in store for us and what some devs can do with it. Seriously, some of it looks pretty cool and only Apple is capable of this kind of stuff for now.
The 8 is more of a solid S update which is fine. If not for the X, I'd probably have an iphone 8 plus right now to replace my 7 plus. This year it just happens to be positioned as mid tier.
You sound like someone who keeps having to justify their purchase. You’re getting the iPhone X, cool, now move on and stop pestering everyone else about their choices.
God I bet it’s good. I miss the glass back from my iPhone 4s. The 8 truly looks like the final evolution of the 6 design. Really love how it looks. As for the true tone display, I bet it’s great on a phone. It was such a huge improvement on my iPad that I want all my devices with this tech now.
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The first 2 iPhones were radically different to the rest. At a pinch it’s similar to the 3G one.
