I actually buy outright , so I don't justify items as being only x more per y period. I just compare the retail value. And one is around 1/3 more, and you pay for that "superior" difference, it's quite a price difference.
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iPhone 8 Production Said to Drop Significantly Given Popularity of iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X
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I actually buy outright , so I don't justify items as being only x more per y period. I just compare the retail value. And one is around 1/3 more, and you pay for that "superior" difference, it's quite a price difference.
Downgrade? A 7 plus is clearly an upgrade from the iPhone X, which I see as an iPhone mini consumer non pro, non heavy user phone. It even fails on media consumption (notch in landscape), and the screen is so narrow. I would say a 6s Plus is an upgrade from iPhone X.
While not everybody prefers the bigger screen of the plusses, some simply choose the plus-sized units for the longer battery life, and especially in the case of the 7 and 8, the better camera also.
I’d take iPhone X technology with original iPhone case dimensions if that was on offer.
Apple also sells the iPhone 5SE and the iPhone 6s for considerably less money.
Hmm. Interesting.
For me, there is no perceptible delay. At all. I literally pick up my device and swipe up and I’m on the home screen. The authentification happens instantly. Completely invisible. At first, I didn’t think it was working. That’s how immediate it works.
Compare that to my Touch ID experience (iPhone 6) where about 30% of the time a passcode was required.
There are definitely pros/cons to both authentification methods. Yesterday I discovered that a pair of my spare shades, which are more or less mirrored, require passcode to unlock 100% of the time. Fortunately, my regular sunglasses work fine with Face ID. All things considered, I find Face ID a much better, more intuitive authentification experience. I’ve been happy with it and now prefer it over Touch ID.
Obviously, YMMV.
As one of those 5.4 million people, I love mine. Love TouchID, love my bezels, love it being a couple of mm smaller than the X, love having the exact same fast CPU as the X.
Well, it did have that stainless steel screen surround also, and could definitely look sharp, but I doubt you'll get that wish
I don’t think you become a trillion dollar company on only niche. Doing so requires mass adoption on a scale we’ve never seen. Taking whatever emotion and longing for days past off the table - it’s pretty remarkable to think that 2 anti-establishment, punk kids started all of this in a garage. Staggering to ponder.
Glad someone else is happy with the 8. Macrumours makes me feel like a second-class citizen because I have the 8, the ‘troll of the iPhones’.
I just want the SE with newer components. The bigger screen sizes make the keyboard too big to type on with one hand. What ever happened to Apple saying that 4" is the perfect size for single-hand use? Our hands are still the same sizes.
$1000 is 25% more than $800, not 20%. I don't even get what the coffee analogy is supposed to say anyway. And all the features you listed are available on the 8.
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But it's about the same if you buy the coffee every day and treat it as $1.20 X ~365days/year * 2years/phone-update. Except most people don't do that calculation.
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Also it has Touch ID. Also doesn't look like a Samsung phone. But doesn't the X let you play videos without it going all the way to the ears and having the notch problem?
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I quoted you because your premise is wrong. The model that you claim is designed to upsell, sells better... yeah it hasn't sold better until this model. So it is a surprise. It's never happened before. Didn't happen for the first + model. Nor the second. Nor the third. Your theory doesn't work.
The screen real estate of the X is larger than the plus, if you cut out the notch and do a bunch of math for the curves it’s 0.7% smaller, they even say it’s the largest display Apple has ever put on a phone - I don’t know where you get your information. I don’t see the point in having a significantly larger and heavier phone to have essentially the same screen size and battery life. If anything the X should make all the plus models obsolete - but it doesn’t, which is why I’m confused. The only thing I can think of is that the $200 difference is actually a big dealbreaker for people. Or do people just like having giant cumbersome phones? I have always opted for smaller form factors so I can’t wrap my head around it.
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"Highest screen to body ratio of any smartphone."
Screen to body ratio
Apple iPhone X 81.49%
LG V30 83.24%
Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 82.63%
I agree with this comment. I am able to make a choice independent of cost. My company is paying for the device. I eliminated the 7 because why bother for the small savings over an 8, I eliminated the X for a combination of reasons.
1: New designs and likely growing pains ( Already appearing online)
2: The package size is the same as the current 8 and I find the smaller version to small
3: I went with the 8 Plus and frankly I love it. I would make the move to the X when they come out with the Plus size and have worked through the new product quality control issues.
Those other smartphones were unveiled months after Kuo's prediction. Even if he was wrong about that, it doesn't take away from my overall point. He nailed the X.
Apple are not the only major player in the mobile phone arena.
The contents of this article makes no mention of the popularity of the Samsung Galaxy S8.
The contents of this article makes no mention of the popularity of the Samsung Galaxy S8.
To be fair, ruka.snow finds the FaceID being better than TouchID. That's his opinion just like you being subjective and finding the iPhone 8+ as superior in every way. His opinion doesn't indicate that he is drinking the kool aid,
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You never know.
Considering there is the iPhone X, there is no point in the 8 or 8 plus. I think apple should drop the 8 and just offer the X. maybe pull the 6S, 7 and 8 and also the SE and just offer one phone.
Whack the price unto $1500 and people will still buy it as most are on contract.
Whack the price unto $1500 and people will still buy it as most are on contract.