iPhone 8/Plus Goodbye, old friend. You were a good iPhone.

[Black_Mage]

I was keeping the 8+ as a backup phone after I bought the 15 Pro Max. To me, the 8+ was the best of the old school iPhones. By that, I mean the old form factor with a home button, TouchID, big bezels, and no notch or hole punches with marketing names like dynamic island. It was a very good and reliable phone. The A11 was blazing fast. TouchID 2 was also fast. The home button was magic thanks to the haptic motor. Today, I say goodbye to a trusty old friend as I send it back for a little store credit to help pay for a new MacBook Pro.

If I sound a little sentimental, it's because I am. My very first iPhone was the iPhone 4, and the iPhone 8+ is the last iPhone that looks anything like the iPhone 4. It's also the last iPhone that looked like the very first iPhone, which was proudly presented by Steve Jobs. While I am enjoying my 15 Pro Max, it seems like turning in my 8+ is like closing a chapter both in my personal life and in Apple history. However, I am not going to let sentiment stop me from doing the practical thing, which is to send my 8+ to Apple while I can still get some store credit for it.

I don't always get this attached to devices. In fact, most of the time I have no problem giving away or selling an old device. The last time I had trouble letting go of an Apple device was my 2011 iMac. It gave me almost 12 years of solid service.

 

[eyoungren]

I rarely allow practicality to get in the way of sentiment. 🙂

Currently in my possession are my Sanyo Katana, HTC Touch Pro, iPhone 3Gs, 4, 4s, two iPhone 5's, an iPhone 6, a 6+, a 6s+ and a Pixel 3a XL. My primary phone is the iPhone 11 Pro Max.

I also have a 6th Gen iPad and a 1st Gen iPad Mini (recently purchased). The newest Mac in our house is a 2015 MBP, but that's my wife's. MY newest Mac is a 2011 MBA. The Mac I am typing this on is a 2009 Mac Pro (running Sonoma).

Happy for you though that you are moving on. RIP to your iPhone 8+.

 

[ElPaso]

I used my 8 Plus for four years nearly to the day - it was wonderful. I always called it "the last real iPhone" because it was the last iDevice with the home button/fingerprint setup. It may not have actually been, but at least I thought it was lol.

But then I replaced it with a 13, which was awesome - after a day or two I didn't miss the home button at all . . .

 

[Nermal]

I used my 8 Plus for four years nearly to the day - it was wonderful. I always called it "the last real iPhone" because it was the last iDevice with the home button/fingerprint setup. It may not have actually been, but at least I thought it was lol.

I had my 8 for four and a half years, then replaced it with an SE 3 (which also has the Home button, and is - as far as I know - the actual last one to have it). That's still my phone today.

 

[ElPaso]

I had my 8 for four and a half years, then replaced it with an SE 3 (which also has the Home button, and is - as far as I know - the actual last one to have it). That's still my phone today.

Isn't the SE 3 a 2022 device? That's one of the things I like about iPhones -- they last and last and last. When I sold my 8 Plus after its four years, I did it with the realization that it could have carried me for a much longer time. I have a 16e now - it's two weeks old - I think I'll keep it forever.