At its Apple’s Special iPhone event, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus have been launched. These new iPhones are powered by the new A11 Bionic chip, which is the most powerful chip ever made for a smartphone.
iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone 8 come with 5.5″ and 4.7″ displays, respectively. This display is powered by new Retina HD and True Tone technology.
The phones have 25% louder speakers with deeper bass. The iPhone 8 camera is 12MP with all-new sensor, a wider dynamic range of colors. The camera of iPhone 8 Plus too has been upgraded and given the taste of new sensors.
iPhone 8 Plus comes with an improved Portrait Lighting mode. The video taking ability too has been improved in both the devices.
The cameras are integrated for AR. The A11 Bionic chips is also tuned for the same. This release marks Apple’s big stride in the world of AR. iPhone 8 has LTE Advanced, Bluetooth 5.0, and a glass back for wireless charging.
Short look specification:
BODY-
Dimensions: 138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm (5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29 in)
Weight: 148 g (5.22 oz)
SIM: Nano-SIM
- IP68 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1.5 meters and 30 minutes
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
DISPLAY-
Type: LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size: 4.7 inches (~65.4% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution: 750 x 1334 pixels (~326 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch: Yes
Protection: Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating
- Wide color gamut display
- 3D Touch display & home button
- Display Zoom
- True-tone display
PLATFORM-
OS: iOS 11
Chipset: Apple A11 Bionic
CPU: Hexa-core
MEMORY
Card slot: No
Internal: 64/256 GB, 2 GB RAM
CAMERA
Primary: 12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm, phase detection autofocus, OIS, quad-LED (dual tone) flash
Features: 1/3" sensor size, geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video: 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps
Secondary: 7 MP, f/2.2, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama
SOUND
Alert types: Vibration, proprietary ringtones
Loudspeaker: Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack: No
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Lightning to 3.5 mm headphone jack adapter
COMMON
WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
Bluetooth: 5.0, A2DP, LE
GPS: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC: Yes (Apple Pay only)
Radio: No
USB: 2.0, reversible connector
Colors: Silver, Space Gray, Gold
FEATURES
Sensors: Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Messaging: iMessage, SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
Browser: HTML5 (Safari)
Java: No
- Fast battery charging: 50% in 30 min
- Wireless charging
- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- iCloud cloud service
- MP3/WAV/AAX+/AIFF/Apple Lossless player
- MP4/H.264 player
- Audio/video/photo editor
- Document editor
BATTERY
Type: Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Talk time: Up to 14 h (3G)
Music play: Up to 40 h
Apple already announces the Watch Series 3 which comes with cellular connectivity for the first time.
