Apple iPhone 8 & 8 Plus unboxing

6. NickHill (Posts: 54; Member since: 07 May 2016)

Lol at your comment. What's very ugly in that phone? Its same as last 3 generations.

26. sgodsell (Posts: 5173; Member since: 16 Mar 2013)

It will certainly be interesting to see if PhoneArena will give the new iPhones higher than an 8 score. Especially when every other sites have given the new iPhone 8's a mediocre score.

59. jackwong64 (Posts: 47; Member since: 23 Apr 2014)

The score from those sites is the key for you to decide to buy which phone?!

I never look at the score, because I am the one who use it, no one can undertand what I need more than myself.

If you believe PhoneArena is more favor to Apple, just don't bother to look at any posts from this site because they are not being fair.

Do we have to look at the score from each Windows before we upgrade to it?! Know what, I would test it myself.

9. darkkjedii (Posts: 25879; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)

Hella boring looking, and the front should've been the same color as the back, but not ugly.

After 4 years of the same phone, how can one get excited about it?

29. dimas (Posts: 2548; Member since: 22 Jul 2014)

Watched unbox therapy's iphone 8 unboxing and the bg effect is still in my head.

57. legiloca (Posts: 1487; Member since: 11 Nov 2014)

6 Plus
Pro: new design
Con: Bendgate

6S Plus
Pro/s: 7000 series aluminium (bye Bendgate), Rose Gold color option
Cons: Heavier

7 Plus
Pro: Slightly lighter, Jet/Matte Black color options, IP67 cert.
Cons: no drastic design change. Jet Black is easy to scratch. Bye Headphone Jack

8 Plus
Pro: Glass build acquires Wireless Charging (albeit slow despite competition having Fast Wireless Charging)
Con: You have both sides of the phone to break now! And still no design change

47. lnhrts (Posts: 23; Member since: 27 Apr 2015)

Don't like it? Don't buy it! It's not rocket science folks.

60. jackwong64 (Posts: 47; Member since: 23 Apr 2014)

They need to come up a reason so they can tell others why they get the new phone...

Do I need a reason to get a new phone? No, I don't have any reason because since the first generation of iPhone in 2007, all I have been is email, browser and website... since the app store then i also do gaming...

Oh! I have a reason to buy a new phone! I want a new battery LOL

3. wando77 (Posts: 1087; Member since: 23 Aug 2012)

lol.......yup. These phones are so far behind it's not funny. Unfotunately, iphonearena are so far up Apple's behind it's also not funny

5. itsrelevant (Posts: 109; Member since: 24 Aug 2017)

https://imgur.com/a/JlLtt

It's actually pretty funny if you ask me... So far behind!

8. kiko007 (Posts: 5888; Member since: 17 Feb 2016)

You're wasting the keystrokes. These dudes would say the iPhone is behind even if it was 10x the phone they carry. Tribalism combined with delusional groupthink make for a terrifyingly obtuse subsect.

36. NoToFanboys (Posts: 3167; Member since: 03 Oct 2015)

Classic kiko, if it's against blind Fandroids, you're quick to point out, if it's against blind Apple fans, "what blind Apple fan?"

40. kiko007 (Posts: 5888; Member since: 17 Feb 2016)

IPhone users don't groupthink. They may be tribalistic, but I've never seen them actively participate in mass regarding single notions, maybe except for "Android is laggy". Besides, being a fanboy doesn't automatically make you blind. Using your fanboy status to deny reality makes you blind.

44. fyahking (Posts: 1046; Member since: 28 Jan 2015)

Of course they don't group think. It's kinda hard to think when you are a bunch of brainless sheep.lol

46. kiko007 (Posts: 5888; Member since: 17 Feb 2016)

I bet your father regrets not wearing a condom...

50. NoToFanboys (Posts: 3167; Member since: 03 Oct 2015)

I find it interesting on how you always find ways to defend Apple fanboys, on how you always think of them as different from other fanboys.
But in reality, they're all the same breed, just immature people who has too much love for a brand.

52. kiko007 (Posts: 5888; Member since: 17 Feb 2016)

I don't see Apple fanboys telling me to get hit by a truck or struck by lightning, so yeah, not the same level in my eyes.

53. NoToFanboys (Posts: 3167; Member since: 03 Oct 2015)

Why would they tell you? You're an Apple user, if you become a Samsung fan you'll get stuff like that.

18. Diezparda (Posts: 917; Member since: 23 Oct 2013)

I'm casual user, not a fan and i had latest iPad Pro.
It's a phone, how many ppl will use it for video editing? or any 'productivity'? As for day to day usage, like for social media, some gaming, i didn't see my iPad is much faster than my android smartphone.

30. tedkord (Posts: 14970; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)

https://youtu.be/HqSE9e60RIA

34. scarface21173 (Posts: 269; Member since: 17 Aug 2014)

Really suprised by the results, note 8 the winner even in loading games.

38. itsrelevant (Posts: 109; Member since: 24 Aug 2017)

https://imgur.com/a/MrFc6

54. NoToFanboys (Posts: 3167; Member since: 03 Oct 2015)

TIL benchmarks are irrelevant... until the iPhone started leading them.

55. itsrelevant (Posts: 109; Member since: 24 Aug 2017)

Honey, you're 100% right! Benchmarks have been irrelevant since the A7 ever since Apple has been leading our tech industry in ARM processing power and chip design.

The reason the A11 (or A10, A9, A8, A7) is so good is because Apple simply leads the rest of the industry when it comes to mobile chip design.

Why? It's really a combination of historical reasons, some business driven and some technical driven:

Apple's philosophy has been vertically integrated as much as possible since Steve Jobs came back to Apple. After the iPhone came out they realized it's such a big market and they want to control one of the most important part of the hardware stack: SoC.

The iPhone was generating a lot of cash, and this allowed Apple to buy some very good chip design firms. These are companies that most consumers have never heard of since they are small fabless design firms. e.g. Intrinsity and P.A. Semi.

Due to the same cash horde, Apple was able to start poaching some of the best computer architecture talents in the world. They started offering at 2x, 3x and sometimes even more to get top talents from the computer architecture industry. e.g. Manu Gulati.

With the A4, A5 and A6, Apple gained a lot of experience and confidence with in-house design.

Those experience and confidence culminated with the A7, which was a very, very, very ambitious architecture. Media widely reported on the fact that it's the first 64 bit mobile ARM chip, but people in the industry were surprised at some of the very difficult technical challenges Apple overcame, such as making the chip six issue wide. It uses some of the design techniques that were only seen in desktop class x86 chips before, and the A7 instantly established that Apple was the king of the mobile SoC world. I can only imagine the scream of horror at Qualcomm's headquarters when A7 was announced...

The A8, A9, A10 and A11 are really just snowball effects by now. Apple now attracts the best talents in the mobile architecture world, with the most amount of cash available to invest, they are only solidifying their lead and increasing the gap.

Therefor, mobile benchmarks have been irrelevant ever since. As for me referencing them, I'm sure now you can see why it is highly comical for the tech enthusiast (and not the typical Phone Arena / YouTube troll).

-CP.

56. NoToFanboys (Posts: 3167; Member since: 03 Oct 2015)

I am not denying that the A series chips from Apple are the fastest, I give where credit is due, I'm just pointing out hypocrisy from trolls here.

Just an advice, don't post essay-long comments here.

48. lnhrts (Posts: 23; Member since: 27 Apr 2015)

It's a good thing you can buy want you want and nobody forces you to buy anything you don't want. You care about Apple too much, apparently.

12. nottolate (Posts: 41; Member since: 01 Jun 2014)

From PhoneArena maybe.

13. Arch_Fiend (Posts: 3477; Member since: 03 Oct 2015)

They will save that for the iPhone X, the 8 gets a 9.3 at best, same as the last two models.