Apple Unveils The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus
The biggest news from the Apple is that it will not cost more than a MacBook air. The cinic in me thinks that was all to build up hype. The iPhone 8 will start at $699 and the iPhone 8 Plus will start at $899. With options that will bring the price close to the $1,000 mark. There are a lot of cool new features. Portrait lighting will be a cool feature.
- 4.7-inch display for iPhone 8; 5.5-inch display for iPhone 8 Plus
- Glass surface on front and back
- Wireless charging using Qi standard (can be charged using third party wireless chargers that also use Qi)
- LTE Advance for faster network connections
- Water and dust resistant
- Powered by an A11 Bionic chip, two performance cores
- 12 mega-pixel camera with two new sensors and optical image stabilizers
- "Portrait Lighting" feature uses the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus' dual cameras to sense depth and rework the lighting while you compose the shot
- Highest quality video ever in a smartphone
- Shoots video in 4K
- New gyroscopes and accelerometers for augmented reality
- Both models available in 64 GB and 256 GB
- iPhone 8 starts at $699, iPhone 8 Plus starts at $799
- Comes in silver, space gray, gold finishes
- Pre-order opens Sept. 15, available Sept. 22
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