Apple iPhone 8

The wait is finally over. An end has been put to all the rumors and speculations about the Apple iPhone 8. It is with us now, finally. This article is about the new 2017 Apple iPhone 8, the standard version of the iPhone 8. By so saying, I mean to imply that there is yet another version of the Apple iPhone 8. It is the Apple iPhone 8+, be sure to check it out together with other smartphones at www.phoneplacekenya.com . Below is a list of its main features before we dig into the real review of this Apple flagship smartphone.

4.7 inches display panel

12MP primary camera

7MP front facing camera

Front mounted fingerprint scanner

Fast battery charging

Qi Wireless charging

64/256 GB + 2GB RAM

iOS 11

Apple A11 Bionic Chipset

Hexa core CPU

IP67 certified dust and water resistant

The only thing the Apple iPhone 8+ has better than the iPhone 8 is a bigger display and a dual primary camera setup. But it all boils down to preference, others like a big display on a phone while others do not mind a smaller screen. Let us now take a look at the Apple iPhone 8 in detail.

Design and build

The Apple iPhone 8 looks quite a lot like its predecessor, the Apple iPhone 7. A full metal and glass build that see the Apple iPhone 8 measure about 148 grams. It has these dimensions, 138.4 mm tall, is 67.3 mm wide and is 7.3 mm thick. It is has that slim design that makes it look very sleek and comfortable to hold at the same time. Facing you is its 4.7 inches display panel, a call speaker and a selfie camera on the top bezel. A physical home button on the lower bezel that doubles as a fingerprint sensor. It is a very quick and effective one. On the back side is a simple and clean iPhone setup featuring a secondary camera with an LED flash on the top right corner, iPhone branding on the lower bottom and an outstanding Apple’s logo in the upper middle of the back. It is a typical iPhone the Apple iPhone 8 except for this time, it comes with a glass back to allow for wireless battery charging. The build is great and it is an attractive smartphone generally. Also to mention, it is IP67 certified, that means your phone is dust and water proof for 30 minutes and up to 1.5 meters in either.

Display and camera

It has a 4.7 inches display (as already mentioned) LED back light IPS LCD capacitive touch screen that supports 16 M colors and multi touch that has a 750 x 1334 pixels (326 ppi pixel density) resolution and has a 65% screen to body ratio. The display is also protected with an ion strengthened glass, oleophobic coating. It has a wide color gamut display, supports 3D touch display (and home button) and is a true tone display. The display on the Apple iPhone 8 is very impressive. The display is vibrant with good color representation and just about the right brightness at all times. It is among the top IPS LCD displays on the market today (2017). Sunlight readability on the iPhone 8 has also been made possible by Apple.

Camera

Unlike the iPhone 8+, the Apple iPhone 8 only has two cameras. One on the back and the selfie camera. The primary camera is a 12MP shooter with phase detection autofocus, optical image stabilization and a quad LED flash. It has these features geo tagging, simultaneous 4K video recording and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection and HDR (photo/panorama). The selfie camera is a 7MP shooter with face detection, HDR and panorama.

Video recording stands at [email protected]/30/60fps, [email protected]/60/120/240fps.

Camera performance on this smartphone is top notch and very much impressive.

Performance and memory

The iPhone 8 has these features.

It comes running iOS 11, has an Apple A11 Bionic chipset and a Hexa core CPU.

Internal memory is either 64 GB or 256 GB and it has no support for an SD card.

Battery

Its battery will last you up to a whole day of mixed usage. It supports wireless charging and fast battery charging as well. With it you go from 0 t0 50% in just 30 minutes.

Sound

I think the only thing I can say here is, there is no 3.5mm jack. There is a lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack though just in case. Active noise cancelation with a dedicated mic is on deck and its loudspeaker comes with stereo speakers.

Communication and network

WLAN (Wi-Fi, dual band, hotspot), Bluetooth 5.0, GPS (with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO), NFC (Apple Pay only) and 3.0 reversible connector.

Network: GSM, CDMA, HSPA and EVDO.

The Apple iPhone 8 is a smartphone I would recommend any day and any time. It has great camera performance and impressive platform performance. It comes with the choice of three colors – silver, space grey and gold. Have your choice.