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8 Things about the iPhone 8 (Plus) you may not care about but we must tell you

With the amount of buzz the announcement of the iPhone 8, 8Plus and X created online, it is most unlikely you haven’t heard all that you are about to read. But just so you are double sure of the facts before you enter an argument with an Apple or Android fanboy or girl, here are details of the iPhone 8 and 8Plus features… all over again.

1. NEW GLASS AND ALUMINUM DESIGN

The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus come with a beautiful glass at front and back with stainless steel frame wrapping round the edge,  a complete material overhaul that comes in three new colors: space gray, silver, and gold. They are also water and dust resistant.

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2. NEW RETINA HD DISPLAYS

The new 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch Retina HD displays on the iPhone 8 and 8Plus respectively adjust the white balance of the display to match the surrounding light for a more natural, paper-like viewing experience. The vibrant wide color gamut Retina HD display offers the “best color accuracy” in the industry.

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3. A11 BIONIC CHIP

The new iPhone pair come with the new A11 Bionic processor which features a six-core CPU design with two performance cores that are 25 percent faster and four efficiency cores that are 70% faster than the A10, offering good performance and energy efficiency. A new, second-generation performance controller can harness all six cores simultaneously, delivering up to 70 percent greater performance for multi-threaded workloads, giving customers more power while providing the same great battery life.

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4. DESINGED FOR AR

The cameras on iPhone 8 Plus are custom tuned for the ultimate Augmented Reality (AR) experience. Like the iPhone X, the iPhone 8 Plus camera is individually calibrated, with new gyroscopes and accelerometers for accurate motion tracking. AR benefits from A11 Bionic, which handles world tracking, scene recognition and incredible graphics at 60fps, while the image signal processor does real-time lighting estimation.

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5. CAMERA CLARITY

Featuring an improved 12-megapixel camera with a larger and faster sensor, a new color filter and deeper pixels, the new Apple-designed image signal processor delivers cool pixel processing, wide color capture, faster autofocus in low light and better HDR photos, while a new quad LED True Tone Flash with Slow Sync results in more uniformly lit backgrounds and foregrounds adding up to nice photos with vibrant, realistic colors and more detail.

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The new camera also delivers a high-quality video capture with better video stabilization, 4K video up to 60fps and 1080p slo-mo up to 240fps. The Apple-designed video encoder provides real-time image and motion analysis for optimal quality video.

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6. WIRELESS CHARGING ABILITY

The glass back design enables a wireless charging solution working with the established Qi ecosystem. So, while it is a new feature on Apple new devices, it also leads to the understanding of the origin of glass backs for these new devices as iPhone had in the past come with metal back which would not support this system of wireless charging.

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7. iOS 11

Both the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus come with iOS 11, featuring advancements to Portrait mode, while new effects make Live Photos more fun and expressive. iOS 11 also brings augmented reality to a number of iOS devices plus the middle button now activates Siri which debuts new male and female voices and can translate US English phrases into Chinese, French, German, Italian or Spanish.
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8. THE DIFFERENCES
While these two iPhones share similar internal features, they also have their differences;
 The iPhone 8 displays at 4.7″ inch while the iPhone 8 plus displays at 5.5″ inch. iPhone 8 is 7.3 meters thick, compared to the iPhone 8 plus which is 7.5 meters thick. The iPhone 8 Plus is also noticeably longer and heavier than the iPhone 8
The pixel density of both devices are also different; while the iPhone 8 Plus boasts of a 401 pixel per inch (ppi) with a screen size of 5.5 inches, iPhone 8 comes with a 326 ppi and it’s screen size is 4.7 inches, 11.94 centimeters.
iPhone 8 Plus comes with a Full HD (1080 x 1920 pixels) screen resolution as opposed to iPhone 8 which is 750 x 1334 pixels screen resolution.
Camera features on the iPhone 8 Plus are 10 times Digital Zoom, Optical Zoom, Auto Flash, Face detection, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, Touch to focus and is expected to be rolled out at $799. The iPhone 8 camera features are 5 times Digital Zoom, Auto Flash, Face detection, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, Touch to focus and is expected to be sold at $699.
Both devices will be available for pre-order beginning Friday, September 15 and in stores from Friday, September 22.
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  1. This is qűite an interesting read. I must say I’m impressed with the latest features on these new sets of iPhones. The only thing that has always held me back from really appreciating Apple iPhones is the high price tags on them. So, for now, Android rules!

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