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iPhone 8 vs iPhone 7: Should you upgrade to lớn Apple’s latest?

If you were expecting apple to replace the iPhone 7 with the iPhone 7S, then think again. At a special event in Cupertino, táo bị cắn dở unveiled the iPhone 8 và iPhone 8 Plus, the successors khổng lồ the iPhone 7 và 7 Plus.

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Should you be looking khổng lồ upgrade? Let’s take a look at what táo khuyết has changed.

iPhone 7 vs iPhone 8 Design: What’s the difference?

Apple played it safe with the iPhone 7 last year, deciding khổng lồ keep the overall form-factor and size the same as both the iPhone 6S & 6. And again this time around there isn’t a whole lot different – all the big changes seem to have gone into the iPhone X. Instead, the iPhone 8 looks very familiar. It has rounded sides và a cảm biến ID button below the display.

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The biggest visible difference is the glass back, which replaces the 7000-series aluminium used in the iPhone 7. Apple has switched khổng lồ glass so it can implement wireless charging into these new phones.

Apple introduced an IP67 water-resistance rating with the iPhone 7, & it’s good to see that that’s still here, but the iPhone và iPhone 8 Plus still both lack a headphone jack. To combat this táo bị cắn dở includes both a Lightning-to-3.5mm dongle & a pair of Lightning EarPods in the box.

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iPhone 7 vs iPhone 8 Specs: Which phone is more powerful?

Apple’s iPhone 7 & 7 Plus were, predictably, the fastest iPhones ever, thanks to lớn the A10 Fusion quad-core CPU, 2/3GB RAM và a six-core GPU. They were, & still are, some of the fastest & smoothest phones out there, easily running any phầm mềm or trò chơi in the phầm mềm Store.

Inside the iPhone 8, there’s an A11 Bionic chip, which is built using the same 10nm manufacturing process as the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, for improved operational efficiency, và 2GB RAM (3GB in the 8 Plus). Táo bị cắn dở says the Bionic is 25% faster than the A10, and it has the first Apple-designed GPU that’s built especially for Metal 2. 

In our tests và after using both phones, the iPhone 8 is faster. It almost doubles the scores in benchmarking apps lượt thích Geekbench 4 & feels super fluid in everything that you do. But, the iPhone 7 is still very fast & there aren’t many apps available that really take advantage of this extra power. Even the intensive AR apps we tried out worked well on both phones, which is great if you don’t want lớn upgrade but annoying if you do.

In terms of display, the iPhone 8 is very similar khổng lồ the iPhone 7. Both are available with 4.7-inch & 5.5-inch IPS LCD panels with a Retina resolution. If you’re after something a little different, the iPhone X has a near-bezel-free OLED display.

What the iPhone 8 does add is True Tone. This alters the temperature of the display depending on your environment and makes it much easier lớn view in the dark. The iPhone 8 can also play back HDR/Dolby Vision nội dung from Netflix và iTunes, for added contrast và brightness.

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The iPhone 7’s 12-megapixel f/1.8 camera was good, but it was quickly surpassed by the Google px and then the Galaxy S8 and HTC U11. 

For the iPhone 8, táo bị cắn has made a bevy of small changes across the board. It’s still 12MP f/1.8 on the regular iPhone 8, và there’s a dual-sensor 12MP camera on the Plus, but it now has better pixel processing, faster autofocus và hardware noise reduction.

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Pictures from the iPhone 8 are great, with better saturation and much richer colours. They’re not quite as good as the pixel 2, but this is one area you will notice if you decide lớn upgrade.

The iPhone 8 Plus has a new Portrait Lighting mode that’ll launch in beta, and this adds a so-called ‘professional lighting’ look to your pictures.

When we reviewed the iPhone 7 our biggest criticism was the poor battery life. We struggled to lớn make it past the end of the working day without reaching for the Lightning cable. The 7 Plus didn’t have the same problems, thankfully.

The battery on the iPhone 8 is actually smaller than the 7, but optimisations for the new CPU does make it last longer. We’ve managed lớn get about day without reaching for the charger.

iPhone 7 vs iPhone 8 Price: Which phone offers better value for money?

When it first went on sale in late 2016, the iPhone 7 started off at £599 for 32GB of storage và £699 for 128GB. If you wanted the bigger iPhone 7 Plus then you’d be splurging £699 for the 32GB & £799 for the bigger 128GB model.

The iPhone 8 kicks off at $699/£699 for 64GB và $799/£799 for 128GB. While the iPhone 8 Plus starts at $799/£799 for 64GB và $899/£899 for 128GB.

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iPhone 7 vs iPhone 8 summary: What’s the difference?

Design: All the phones are IP67 rated và lack a headphone jack, but the iPhone 8 has a glass back for wireless charging. Both come in 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch sizes.

Specs: The 10nm A11 chip powers the iPhone 8, though RAM has yet to be determined. The iPhone 7 has an A10 Fusion chip and 2/3GB RAM.

Price: The iPhone 8 kicks off at $699/£699 for 32GB and $799/£799 for 128GB. The iPhone 8 Plus starts at $799/£799 for 64GB and $899/£899 for 128GB. That should relate lớn similar pricing to lớn the iPhone 7’s.

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iPhone 7 vs iPhone 8: verdict

The iPhone 8 isn’t a huge upgrade & we don’t think there’s much here lớn entice those who picked up an iPhone 7. The camera is better, as is the screen, but they’re all quite small updates.