IPhone 8 ?

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page3

4,912 posts

250 months

Saturday 23rd September 2017
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robbieduncan said:
page3 said:
There are also those who have been waiting for something like the X for quite a time. Much bigger screen, same physical size phone.
Then they will still be waiting. This phone is bigger than a non-plus phone and the usable screen (go read the HIG) is actually not that much better than a normal phone. For example the X screen offers no usable width improvement for app developers as the far left and right are outside the safe area
I disagree. The physical size is almost no bigger that the 6/7/8 and the screen real estate is significantly more. I’m looking forward to it.

page3

4,912 posts

250 months

Saturday 23rd September 2017
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Durzel said:
One would also presume that those looking for a smaller form factor phone than the Plus aren't the sort of people who will be keen to pay Plus++ prices either.
I presume they are those who feel the plus is too wide to hold comfortably for a phone call.

MaxNg

205 posts

198 months

Saturday 23rd September 2017
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Well, I bit the bullet yesterday and upgraded from a 6S 64 Gig to a similar 8, with a £195 trade-in for the 6S. About 40 gig of data on the old phone, backed up to the Cloud, downloaded to the new phone in about 10 minutes. The Aberdeen Apple store staff were really good and free coffee and doughnuts appeared during my visit.

As many have said above, this upgrade certainly wasn't necessary, as the 6S was still pretty good, with the battery replaced by Apple last year - but the new phone is night-and-day better in speed; and the camera works amazingly well in low light. Will be interesting to see how the battery life compares with the old one.

Downside is that Skype seems to be sulking and crashes; and I've spent most of the morning writing in passwords etc to banking apps etc.

dmsims

6,450 posts

266 months

Saturday 23rd September 2017
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Meanwhile in the real world:


silentbrown

8,793 posts

115 months

Saturday 23rd September 2017
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dmsims said:
Meanwhile in the real world:

... and your point is? They didn't raise prices until six months after the post-referendum collapse.

Burwood

18,709 posts

245 months

Saturday 23rd September 2017
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MaxNg said:
Well, I bit the bullet yesterday and upgraded from a 6S 64 Gig to a similar 8, with a £195 trade-in for the 6S. About 40 gig of data on the old phone, backed up to the Cloud, downloaded to the new phone in about 10 minutes. The Aberdeen Apple store staff were really good and free coffee and doughnuts appeared during my visit.

As many have said above, this upgrade certainly wasn't necessary, as the 6S was still pretty good, with the battery replaced by Apple last year - but the new phone is night-and-day better in speed; and the camera works amazingly well in low light. Will be interesting to see how the battery life compares with the old one.

Downside is that Skype seems to be sulking and crashes; and I've spent most of the morning writing in passwords etc to banking apps etc.
Nice. The draw for me really is the camera. I'm always snapping the kids doing something and I have the 6+

Welshbeef

49,633 posts

197 months

Saturday 23rd September 2017
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Burwood said:
MaxNg said:
Well, I bit the bullet yesterday and upgraded from a 6S 64 Gig to a similar 8, with a £195 trade-in for the 6S. About 40 gig of data on the old phone, backed up to the Cloud, downloaded to the new phone in about 10 minutes. The Aberdeen Apple store staff were really good and free coffee and doughnuts appeared during my visit.

As many have said above, this upgrade certainly wasn't necessary, as the 6S was still pretty good, with the battery replaced by Apple last year - but the new phone is night-and-day better in speed; and the camera works amazingly well in low light. Will be interesting to see how the battery life compares with the old one.

Downside is that Skype seems to be sulking and crashes; and I've spent most of the morning writing in passwords etc to banking apps etc.
Nice. The draw for me really is the camera. I'm always snapping the kids doing something and I have the 6+
I'm amazed that they are offering me £55 for a 32Gb iphone5S which is 4 years old.

HoHoHo

14,980 posts

249 months

Saturday 23rd September 2017
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I think the fact I can have whatever 8 I want today speaks volumes.

The 7 was a long wait for collection in store if you didn’t order on day of release if I remember correctly.

Welshbeef

49,633 posts

197 months

Saturday 23rd September 2017
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HoHoHo said:
I think the fact I can have whatever 8 I want today speaks volumes.

The 7 was a long wait for collection in store if you didn’t order on day of release if I remember correctly.
I recall similar with the 6S no queue as people wanted the big upgrade so it was the 7 for them. I guess the 8 has been launched in what is mid cycle for many people who always get the new model so to these people in effect the 8 is what should be the 7S.


Maybe people are waiting for the X and see it in the flesh before splashing out.

plasticpig

12,932 posts

224 months

Saturday 23rd September 2017
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Welshbeef said:
I'm amazed that they are offering me £55 for a 32Gb iphone5S which is 4 years old.
Seem to sell for £100+ from the refurbished phone sites. The same sites buy from £35 upwards depend ingon whether it's locked or not.


NDA

21,488 posts

224 months

Saturday 23rd September 2017
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I wonder what 7's might be worth?

I might sell mine rather than pass it on - 128, unused headphones (still coiled in box), boxed and not a mark on it. I usually pass my phones down the family line, but they're maybe a bit too valuable now to do that.

alorotom

11,907 posts

186 months

Saturday 23rd September 2017
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I always use mobilevaluer which compares all the main recycling and reseller sites for comparisons

Burwood

18,709 posts

245 months

Sunday 24th September 2017
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NDA said:
I wonder what 7's might be worth?

I might sell mine rather than pass it on - 128, unused headphones (still coiled in box), boxed and not a mark on it. I usually pass my phones down the family line, but they're maybe a bit too valuable now to do that.
Agreed. It's getting too good to give to a 9 yo. You can get 400 notes for that phone

robbieduncan

1,980 posts

235 months

Sunday 24th September 2017
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page3 said:
I disagree. The physical size is almost no bigger that the 6/7/8 and the screen real estate is significantly more. I’m looking forward to it.
Go read the Human Interface Guidelines for the X. Developers cannot disguise the rounded corners. Or the notch. Or the pull up tab for the virtual home button. So you lose the width of the corner radius from both sides, the height of the pull up indicator off the bottom and the extra tall status bar off the top

https://developer.apple.com/ios/human-interface-gu...

fido

16,752 posts

254 months

Sunday 24th September 2017
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Burwood said:
NDA said:
I wonder what 7's might be worth?

I might sell mine rather than pass it on - 128, unused headphones (still coiled in box), boxed and not a mark on it. I usually pass my phones down the family line, but they're maybe a bit too valuable now to do that.
Agreed. It's getting too good to give to a 9 yo. You can get 400 notes for that phone
Jeez, £400 for a phone I paid £819 for 9 months ago .. frown

The like the X but it's basically a Plus in a smaller package, right?

jamoor

14,506 posts

214 months

Sunday 24th September 2017
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The best part is that it doesn't have a USB c connector

HTP99

22,443 posts

139 months

Sunday 24th September 2017
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jamoor said:
The best part is that it doesn't have a USB c connector
What's the issue with USB C?

p1stonhead

25,489 posts

166 months

Sunday 24th September 2017
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fido said:
Burwood said:
NDA said:
I wonder what 7's might be worth?

I might sell mine rather than pass it on - 128, unused headphones (still coiled in box), boxed and not a mark on it. I usually pass my phones down the family line, but they're maybe a bit too valuable now to do that.
Agreed. It's getting too good to give to a 9 yo. You can get 400 notes for that phone
Jeez, £400 for a phone I paid £819 for 9 months ago .. frown

The like the X but it's basically a Plus in a smaller package, right?
The 7 is 95% of the X.

You’d be mad to lose £400 just to get one if you feel that way about said £400.

Edited by p1stonhead on Sunday 24th September 13:18

NDA

21,488 posts

224 months

Sunday 24th September 2017
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p1stonhead said:
The 7 is 95% of the X.

You’d be mad to lose £400 just to get one of oh feel that way about said £400.
I know.

Getting a new iPhone is one of the smaller pleasures in life and I am very tempted by the X. But an absolutely mint and perfectly competent 7 is dulling the desire a little.

jamoor

14,506 posts

214 months

Sunday 24th September 2017
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HTP99 said:
What's the issue with USB C?
The phone doesn't have it!

One the one hand you have apple saying USB C is the future, on the other hand the best iphone yet doesn't even have it.

To fast charge it you have to buy a usb c charger and an adapter. It doesn't make sense.