I have been rather critical of people upgrading to the iPhone 8, arguing with them about the reason for an upgrade. Doubting there was much difference. I apologize.
Well I am here to tell you I upgraded today, and here is my story:
My wife was impressed with my iPhone 7 plus, and the quality of pictures it took. portrait mode, Live stills... She did not have these features on her 6 plus. She had a 6 Plus with a 16GB hard drive. I was constantly offloading or deleting things on her phone to make space. She asked to trade phones and I agreed. Mine has a 128gb of storage. I did not use my phone much for photos anyways, but I do listen to music. She takes a lot of photos.
After a week with her 6 plus I decided an upgrade was in order. 16Gb is ridiculous. I purchased the 8 plus and I have to say I am impressed. Here are my observations:
1: If you put the phone in a case, you would be hard pressed to tell the difference between a 7 and an 8. In fact the case from my 7 plus fits perfectly on the 8 plus.
2: The phone is fast. Plain and simple. Pages load faster, apps load faster, things are done faster. It is a pretty fast phone.
3: Wireless is charging is cool. Very convenient.
Sorry for the skepticism. Prices are still too high though.
On a side note, I have to admit Apple makes it so easy to upgrade. What phone do you want? What color? What size hard drive? What carrier? 10 minutes later and $800 I was done.
FYI, I could have upgraded her to the 8 plus, but she has a tendency to drop phones and break the screen (2x), and go swimming with them (2x). I thought an all glass phone and my wife was a recipe for disaster.
Well I am here to tell you I upgraded today, and here is my story:
My wife was impressed with my iPhone 7 plus, and the quality of pictures it took. portrait mode, Live stills... She did not have these features on her 6 plus. She had a 6 Plus with a 16GB hard drive. I was constantly offloading or deleting things on her phone to make space. She asked to trade phones and I agreed. Mine has a 128gb of storage. I did not use my phone much for photos anyways, but I do listen to music. She takes a lot of photos.
After a week with her 6 plus I decided an upgrade was in order. 16Gb is ridiculous. I purchased the 8 plus and I have to say I am impressed. Here are my observations:
1: If you put the phone in a case, you would be hard pressed to tell the difference between a 7 and an 8. In fact the case from my 7 plus fits perfectly on the 8 plus.
2: The phone is fast. Plain and simple. Pages load faster, apps load faster, things are done faster. It is a pretty fast phone.
3: Wireless is charging is cool. Very convenient.
Sorry for the skepticism. Prices are still too high though.
On a side note, I have to admit Apple makes it so easy to upgrade. What phone do you want? What color? What size hard drive? What carrier? 10 minutes later and $800 I was done.
FYI, I could have upgraded her to the 8 plus, but she has a tendency to drop phones and break the screen (2x), and go swimming with them (2x). I thought an all glass phone and my wife was a recipe for disaster.
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