I do wonder if some are just holding out for the X to have bragging rights over owners of other models of iPhone.
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iPhone 8 plus or iPhone x
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I do wonder if some are just holding out for the X to have bragging rights over owners of other models of iPhone.
jbachandouris
macrumors 603
I chose the 8+.
Don't like the notch.
Not ready for Face ID.
Not willing to pay $59/month for it.
Don't want to wait until November-January delivery.
Don't like the notch.
Not ready for Face ID.
Not willing to pay $59/month for it.
Don't want to wait until November-January delivery.
saltd
macrumors 6502a
I wanted an x for so long, I followed everythingapple pro on the leaks - but after seeing the notch on the screen and the high price tag, I figured it's not worth it for an iPhone that will be obsolete in a year.
AJsAWiz
macrumors 68040
You could be right and that is sad. They are all good choices. One may suit your needs/wants than the others but that's not to say that any of them are inferior to another. Regardless of which model you choose, it's a personal choice. There's something for everyone!
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Then I must have a "shoot the duck down, dead" product because I currently have a 6S Plus. 😀
crystalseth
macrumors member
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Don't worry, I will! But yes, people certainly can get fired up over a phone choice, huh? I really don't dislike the X that much at all (and don't take as much issue with things like "notch-gate" as others might), but I just think the 8 Plus will end up being the best option for me - if, for nothing else, that I want and need a new phone before 2018 😛 I don't like my odds with the X!
Don't worry, I will! But yes, people certainly can get fired up over a phone choice, huh? I really don't dislike the X that much at all (and don't take as much issue with things like "notch-gate" as others might), but I just think the 8 Plus will end up being the best option for me - if, for nothing else, that I want and need a new phone before 2018 😛 I don't like my odds with the X!
The-Real-Deal82
macrumors P6
Possibly, but then again the type of person who brags about what iPhone they have most likely doesn't have many friends to begin with.
the 8 plus is by far the best iphone yet, by miles. Basically except for a few stupid things is on par with the 10. Which i will be getting also just to slow up pre orders for the majority of you idiots! ( Def not all of you, some are cool)
nviz22
Cancelled
Not at all, you have a good product to use still and I wouldn't upgrade if until the 2018 iPhones since many more OLED products will exist and the iPhone X issues will be ironed out. It's just the 8/8+ are obscure products because they're this gen's 5C because the iPhone X is the one to get while Apple just released somewhat cheaper products to get people to buy them even though they're minimal upgrades.
spooky23
macrumors 6502a
I decided to test myself and in the end I just can't look past:
The price
The notch
First generation
Face ID is brand spanking new, I'm not done with touch ID
Sure I could pay attention to the 'it's been rushed rumours' and how they wanted touch ID in there somewhere. And if you keep waiting for the next best phone you'll never actually own one. But in my heart, I didn't react like someone that thought 'damn I want that phone'. Actually having to consider it means I don't really want it that much. Next year? Sure, if there's a X+ (even if it has a notch - as I doubt that's going away) then I'll reconsider and hope I don't have to pay £70 per month to own it. For now, 6s+ on iOS11 for a couple of weeks. Then my contract is up and I will toy with a refresh/swap plan and grab the 8+ until this time next year.
This might be of use to people.
Apple iPhone 8 and 8 Plus review roundup
http://m.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_8_and_8_plus_review_roundup-news-27355.php
Apple iPhone 8 and 8 Plus review roundup
http://m.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_8_and_8_plus_review_roundup-news-27355.php
AJsAWiz
macrumors 68040
Since you are not sure if you are keeping it you might be interested in this. That way you're not out of much for the case if you decide not to keep it.
iPhone 8 & iPhone 8 Plus clear case $0.70
https://slickdeals.net/f/10578240-iphone-8-iphone-8-plus-clear-case-0-70
Or this . . . and the deals keep coming!
https://www.dealighted.com/main/pag...hone_8_Plus_clear_case_0_70_10578240?fpd=true
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I, too, chose the iPhone X. However, I really believe that most people will be happy with the model they have chosen. Nothing is wrong with choosing the 8 over the X. Different strokes for different folks.
I’m so tired of these threads. I hope more people slander the X so there’s more out there for the people who really want them.
Two months from now, there will be so many “I should have waited for the X” threads from the same people who thought it was gonna suck.
And if you got your 8 or 8+ now, you can’t exchange it since the X doesn’t come out for another month...you’re stuck with it! Choose wisely.
Two months from now, there will be so many “I should have waited for the X” threads from the same people who thought it was gonna suck.
And if you got your 8 or 8+ now, you can’t exchange it since the X doesn’t come out for another month...you’re stuck with it! Choose wisely.
crystalseth
macrumors member
rjjacobson
macrumors G3
For me although the 8-8Plus are nice they do not offer enough of a change from my 7 Plus. But as a techie and on apple upgrade program I do want to use the capabilities of the upgrade. I was for awhile 50/50 on the X but now am pretty convinced I will order an X on my upgrade program to try one out. But the 8's are nice and if you are coming from a 6, 6s series or earlier they are big upgrade...
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I also have the 7 Plus 256GB, so same thing either the X or wait. I am on the apple Upgrade program so my monthly payments will keep going with 7Plus or a bit higher with X and I get AppleCare plus in deal. So if the X is not too constrained months beyond for me I may go with it. At least I will try ;-)
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For me on the upgrade program two things, first I am paying til next fall anyway, on a 7Plus 256, so the monthly payment will not go up much with x, I get to try it (the camera tech front and back are my main interests, and why I kept upgrading in the Plus series anyway). Status not a big issue, I am a techie and like playing with apple tech and yes sometimes it is cutting edge LOL
Here are things on X that I want from a post here with differences from 8 series:
- More Pixels-- Yeah Ok nice to have in a smaller to hold footprint
- Large Screen-- Ok with me about same (a bit narrower than my plus)
- OIS in both Cameras. YES-- one feature I want for helping me with image stabilization and night photos
- Better aperture on telephoto camera: Yes since cameras of interest to me and one of big uses on my iPhones
- OLED-Yes really wanting to see what it can do, especially in sunlight and such...
- 2 Hours more battery life (than iPhone 7)- Yes- always like more battery life time will tell if this really is true of course
- Animoji--NO way have no interest in that feature LOL
- No Home Button
- FaceID -- Undecided, but as a techie worth playing with compared to my fingerprint and issues with wet/dirty fingerprint an such
- Larger side buttons--MEH
Post from another thread starts here:
With interest I read the back and forth on the 8-8+ vs X by haters and lovers of each. In particular the putdowns that the 8 series are really 7s (who really cares, now I have a 7 Plus so let me state right off on my apple update plan I probably will try out the X because I am a techie LOL). Anyway Several of the posts here and threads are all the same back and forth. This morning I saw this piece on AppleInsider that is really too the point about the iPhone and why it has slain almost all the competition in terms of market share in profit and sales. The fragmentation of droids, their technology and so on just cannot compete with the solid foundation of controlling the tech and software that Apple has lain. I am sure as soon as ai post this I will get those who like it and those who pick it apart with their pet dislikes of what Apple did and should have done ;-) I don't care this one really says a lot to me and why I will stick with this technology -- which is not perfect but for me better than droids ;-)
I focus on this section but link is below:
"
More than a new shape, smartphone buyers have demonstrated an interest in paying more for performance. Performance benchmarks are generally a niche interest, but consumers are well aware of the real world frustrations of slow delays, jittery animations and an unresponsive UI.
Early on, iPhone built in premium GPUs and packed in more RAM than other smartphones, enabling smooth scrolling and sophisticated apps and games.
iPhone 8 is no exception. Its A11 Bionic is the fastest chip in smartphones, and delivers advanced new Neural Net capabilities demonstrated in its Face ID and other face mapping apps that apply augmented reality to enhancing live images.
While Apple has relentlessly invested in proprietary high-performance silicon, Google has flopped back and forth between pursuing the idea of blanketing emerging countries with super cheap phones--while casting shade on how expensive Apple's iPhones are--and alternatively trying to bring its own premium-priced devices to market.
However, with those cycles of vilifying premium, expensive hardware Google has shot off appendages it can't simply grow back. Android licensees now lack competitive SoC options and the economies of scale needed to compete with Apple in premium phones. As Androids plummet in asking prices, there's no budget to include high-end processors and GPUs across a broad enough audience to effectively bring down their cost.
By selling incredible numbers of high-end devices that all use the same super-fast chips, Apple has singlehandedly financed the development of the world's fastest mobile processors. Starting with iPhone 8, it also now includes its own internally-designed, Metal 2-optimized Apple GPU, meaning Android licensees can't just buy the iPhone's GPU technology off the shelf anymore.
Apple's first GPU in iPhone 8 already claims to be 30 percent faster than the Imagination GPU used in iPhone 7 models--which was already the leading graphics architecture in smartphones. As it enhances its Metal software and releases new versions of its GPU, it will further distance iOS devices from the generic graphics available to mid-range Androids.
Recall that Google one banked on Texas Instruments's OMAP4 for advanced Android GPUs, and later hailed Nvidia's Tegra. Due to inadequate device sales supporting those advanced GPUs, both companies eventually gave up and exited the smartphone business.
In contrast, Apple has created a massive installed base of premium mobile computing users. That's enabling it to drive App Store sales of high-end games and sophisticated apps that make use of its advanced CPU and GPU designs.
It has also laid a foundation for ARKit apps, which distinguish iOS as a platform. ARKit builds upon all the work Apple has done to build a cohesive platform of calibrated devices that share the same motion-sensing hardware and cameras. Google can copy the software, but there's not a large base of Androids powerful enough (or similar enough) to run it well.........."
here is link to article for the full read...
http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/09/20/editorial-who-will-buy-iphone-8
What a lot of people miss or breeze right past, is that a phone is software + hardware. There's no denying samsung has the hardware side down pretty good. That's what they do. Android is also a bit more flexible and has always allowed them to have more freedom there. But they fork it, bloat it, and have to come up with their own half baked services to differentiate it.
Apple only excels because of the whole package..software + hardware. I sure as heck didn't get a Mac because of hardware either. Mac + iphone + ipad + apple tv + watch is a pretty compelling experience overall that the others can't quite match. I still don't think Apple does a great job selling the ecosystem. No doubt we'll see more commercials dealing with heartfelt moments with the camera.
Apple only excels because of the whole package..software + hardware. I sure as heck didn't get a Mac because of hardware either. Mac + iphone + ipad + apple tv + watch is a pretty compelling experience overall that the others can't quite match. I still don't think Apple does a great job selling the ecosystem. No doubt we'll see more commercials dealing with heartfelt moments with the camera.
Well, my original intention was to hold out for the X. However, my daughter needs a phone, so I'm getting both. I'll use the 8+ until the X shows up, then give her the 8+. Verizon let me setup a trade in for the 7+ at $300 which made it easier to go this route.
I am too and I already ordered an 8+. I still haven't decided if I'm going to buy an X as well or just keep the 8+ until next September.
scoop2mylue
macrumors 6502a
everyone downsizing their phone size from the plus to the x and then come
next year when they come
out with a x+ everyone will jump
for that one is there really a
difference in 5.5” to 5.8” especially with the notch
next year when they come
out with a x+ everyone will jump
for that one is there really a
difference in 5.5” to 5.8” especially with the notch
rafark
macrumors 68020
The-Real-Deal82
macrumors P6
If it’s inaccessible to a significant proportion of the iPhone user market, it can’t be unfortunately. If it was priced lower then it could perhaps live up to that mantle.
rafark
macrumors 68020
I'm speechless. The iPhone x usability is horrendous? Wait what? The phone has not even been out, you have not put a single finger on it yet you're claiming it is horrendous to use!
Guess who's been using it for months and have loved it since? Apple engineers who just happen to be experts in user experience. These very experienced people approved the most important product of a trillion dollar company, do you really think it will be anything but a great thing to use? When the new iPhone is out people will love it and all of you will have to eat your words.