iPhone 8 + 8 Plus - Discussion

Gumbo · 03-10-2017 1:02pm

For anyone that's interested.
Ordered the 8 for my mam on Sunday. Delivered today (Tuesday).

Just to keep you up to date on shipping/delivery times.

The Ayatolla · 03-10-2017 4:16pm

Yep same here, 3 days from order date to delivery.
Estimated deliver given was 8-10 days later but they over-delivered.

Drumpot · 03-10-2017 4:53pm

I have a 6 and am pondering the upgrade. . I am happy enough with its size but curious how people feel about the plus versus the smaller version ?

Also, not sure about the x. Its not the money, its just I am afraid it could be buggy or not great, the kind of thing you should buy version 2 ?!

The Ayatolla · 03-10-2017 9:52pm

I had the 5, 5S, 6, 6S and 7.

First time using the Plus model with the 8. Have to say after a week, I'm used to it and don't think i'll go back.

Marty Bird · 03-10-2017 11:59pm

The Ayatolla wrote: »

I had the 5, 5S, 6, 6S and 7.

First time using the Plus model with the 8. Have to say after a week, I'm used to it and don't think i'll go back.

Surprised you didn’t wait on the X.

j8wk2feszrnpao · 04-10-2017 9:21am

ballyharpat wrote: »

The battery on the 8 is way better than 7 or 6.

Is this generally true? My 6s battery hasn't been great for a while. Could drop 40% over night which is kinda annoying. Haven't gone to iOS 11 yet in case it makes it worse.

j8wk2feszrnpao · 04-10-2017 9:23am

Drumpot wrote: »

Also, not sure about the x. Its not the money, its just I am afraid it could be buggy or not great, the kind of thing you should buy version 2 ?!

I'm kinda the same. Waiting to get it into the hand and try it before buying; I've typically always gone with the s model,

The Ayatolla · 04-10-2017 12:21pm

Marty Bird wrote: »

Surprised you didn’t wait on the X.

Yeah, I don't trust the facial recognition (yet). Also use my phone a lot at my desk, so wouldn't be a hand of having to lift it out of its dock every time. I'll wait for feedback on it and assess next year if it's worth a punt.

kbell · 05-10-2017 9:11pm

I find the Touch ID much more sensitive on the 8 than on my 6, that I had to turn it off.
I was unlocking the phone inadvertently without realising I’ve done it.

murpho999 · 05-10-2017 11:42pm

kbell wrote: »

I find the Touch ID much more sensitive on the 8 than on my 6, that I had to turn it off.
I was unlocking the phone inadvertently without realising I’ve done it.

It's Touch id V2 and is a lot faster.

That' why they have the 'Raise to Wake' feature to enable you to look at notifications without opening the phone as the screen activates when the phone is lifted. Very handy.
Make sure it's enabled in Settings- Display & Brightness.

Disabling Touchid is disabling one of the phone's best features that I would really miss.

I've also upgraded from the 6 to the 8 and I think Raise to Wake is a great feature.

Simply Red · 06-10-2017 4:13am

murpho999 wrote: »

It's Touch id V2 and is a lot faster.

That' why they have the 'Raise to Wake' feature to enable you to look at notifications without opening the phone as the screen activates when the phone is lifted. Very handy.
Make sure it's enabled in Settings- Display & Brightness.

Disabling Touchid is disabling one of the phone's best features that I would really miss.

I've also upgraded from the 6 to the 8 and I think Raise to Wake is a great feature.

Same yeah never realised how good a combo raise to wake and touch ID are together, you can unlock your phone without ever pressing a button, just resting your finger on touch id as you raise the phone

kbell · 06-10-2017 8:32am

murpho999 wrote: »

It's Touch id V2 and is a lot faster.

That' why they have the 'Raise to Wake' feature to enable you to look at notifications without opening the phone as the screen activates when the phone is lifted. Very handy.
Make sure it's enabled in Settings- Display & Brightness.

Disabling Touchid is disabling one of the phone's best features that I would really miss.

I've also upgraded from the 6 to the 8 and I think Raise to Wake is a great feature.

I’ve kept the raise to wake function on as it is very handy and Touch ID on for various apps, just kept Touch ID off for actually unlocking the phone.

murpho999 · 06-10-2017 8:56am

kbell wrote: »

I’ve kept the raise to wake function on as it is very handy and Touch ID on for various apps, just kept Touch ID off for actually unlocking the phone.

Why? Use raise to wake and don't touch home button to look at notifications.

Then to open phone, use touch id.

I don't see what your actual problem is or advantage your solution offers. I would hate to go back to using the code to unlock all the time.

Creamy Goodness · 06-10-2017 9:33am

actually can't believe I'm reading this... Touch Id is one of the iPhone's flagship features.

why would you care about protecting certain apps with Touch Id but yet not protect the whole phone with it?

kbell · 06-10-2017 10:18am

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

actually can't believe I'm reading this... Touch Id is one of the iPhone's flagship features.

why would you care about protecting certain apps with Touch Id but yet not protect the whole phone with it?

Because I’m inadvertently unlocking the phone when I don’t want to as the Touch ID is too sensitive.

murpho999 · 06-10-2017 10:21am

kbell wrote: »

Because I’m inadvertently unlocking the phone when I don’t want to as the Touch ID is too sensitive.

But why are you touching the home button? That's what you need to stop doing.

Creamy Goodness · 06-10-2017 10:23am

kbell wrote: »

Because I’m inadvertently unlocking the phone when I don’t want to as the Touch ID is too sensitive.

Use the Sleep/Wake button on the side or Raise to Wake as murph999 mentioned, both are easier than disabling Touch Id and having to input a 6-digit or alphanumeric passcode every time I want to unlock my phone. The average person unlocks their device over 100 times a day. We're probably a lot higher than that.

faceman · 06-10-2017 9:46pm

Battery swelling issues officially reported on iPhone 8S.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/6/16437790/iphone-8-swollen-battery-issue-apple-investigating

Eire Go Brach · 06-10-2017 10:17pm

Loving the 8plus. Moved from 6. Loving the camera and the raise to wake (o: Not bothered with the wireless charging.

One thing I am annoyed with is the text on the back. Thought it would be removed :mad: as some sites reported it had gone. Must be America.

Also my location arrow seems to be on all the time. It is coming from significant locations.

Gekko · 07-10-2017 1:06am

I looked at the 8 and 8 Plus today in an airport Dixons

Was thinking of getting an 8 Plus (as an upgrade from a 6) but have second thoughts now

Hate the new home button since the 7

I'll have to use a 6S or 6S Plus for ever more it seems....

TimeToShine · 07-10-2017 4:29am

Gekko wrote: »

I looked at the 8 and 8 Plus today in an airport Dixons

Was thinking of getting an 8 Plus (as an upgrade from a 6) but have second thoughts now

Hate the new home button since the 7

I'll have to use a 6S or 6S Plus for ever more it seems....

You'll get used to the new home button in about 2 hours and it is honestly way better than the old one, plus it's waterproof.

Creamy Goodness · 07-10-2017 7:43am

Eire Go Brach wrote: »

One thing I am annoyed with is the text on the back. Thought it would be removed :mad: as some sites reported it had gone. Must be America.

Also my location arrow seems to be on all the time. It is coming from significant locations.

Just America have the clean back. EU one has the ugly logos on the back but hey we get better consumer rights so it’s not all push and no shove.

iOS 11 hanged how the location arrow is shown and what each arrow means. I’ll try find a link

Now, a hollow arrow in the status bar means an app is requesting location; a solid arrow indicates an app is currently receiving location data.

https://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-11-the-macstories-review/4/#p12 (Link won’t take your to exact quote but it’s near enough)

whiterebel · 07-10-2017 7:43am

TimeToShine wrote: »

You'll get used to the new home button in about 2 hours and it is honestly way better than the old one, plus it's waterproof.

+1. Far better than the old one.

Eire Go Brach · 07-10-2017 10:58am

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

Just America have the clean back. EU one has the ugly logos on the back but hey we get better consumer rights so it’s not all push and no shove.

iOS 11 hanged how the location arrow is shown and what each arrow means. I’ll try find a link

https://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-11-the-macstories-review/4/#p12 (Link won’t take your to exact quote but it’s near enough)

I know what it means. It explains it in settings. I have turned most my system services off. But the hollow arrow is nearly always on. “Significant locations” is using it.
Is this the same for anyone else that the arrow is in nearly all the time?

Elessar · 07-10-2017 11:11am

Something that has received little attention is that the iPhone 8/8+ and X now support the Galileo satellite system. This is Europe's version of the GPS system that will enable location detection within 1 meter of your location (and potentially up to 1cm for paid services!). The new iphones combine support for GPS/GLONASS (Russian)/Galileo and QZSS (Japan) satelilte systems so accuracy should be significantly better than previous models. Can anyone test this?

deep1 · 07-10-2017 3:49pm

Elessar wrote: »

Something that has received little attention is that the iPhone 8/8+ and X now support the Galileo satellite system. This is Europe's version of the GPS system that will enable location detection within 1 meter of your location (and potentially up to 1cm for paid services!). The new iphones combine support for GPS/GLONASS (Russian)/Galileo and QZSS (Japan) satelilte systems so accuracy should be significantly better than previous models. Can anyone test this?

I actually did notice that when using google maps on 8 plus, it is quiet accurate.
But for test I used my takeaway delivery app on 7 plus and 8 plus and they both lock in address 2 doors down so not much change it seems.

murpho999 · 09-10-2017 10:38am

Gekko wrote: »

I looked at the 8 and 8 Plus today in an airport Dixons

Was thinking of getting an 8 Plus (as an upgrade from a 6) but have second thoughts now

Hate the new home button since the 7

I'll have to use a 6S or 6S Plus for ever more it seems....

I have upgraded from the 6 to the 8 plus and I am very happy.

The button is a non-issue that you quickly adapt to.

You can also adjust the click feel in settings.

Even if you don't like it the benefits of size, faster processor, better camera far outweigh any perceived misgivings of the button.

thisistough · 09-10-2017 3:37pm

Are there any disadvantages to buying from Computer B rather than direct from Apple with Parcel Motel? I live close to a Compu B and am a bit of an instant gratification kind of person

Gumbo · 09-10-2017 3:43pm

thisistough wrote: »

Are there any disadvantages to buying from Computer B rather than direct from Apple with Parcel Motel? I live close to a Compu B and am a bit of an instant gratification kind of person

No disadvantages at all.
Your warranty is still handled through Apple as it s the fastest route.

Just make sure you get a sim free version (if required) and fire away.

Gekko · 10-10-2017 12:15am

murpho999 wrote: »

I have upgraded from the 6 to the 8 plus and I am very happy.

The button is a non-issue that you quickly adapt to.

You can also adjust the click feel in settings.

Even if you don't like it the benefits of size, faster processor, better camera far outweigh any perceived misgivings of the button.

Oh thanks I didn't know you could adjust the click feel in the settings

I'd better figure out what case I'll have to get to protect it...

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