iPhone 8 Overview
iPhone 8, launched on September 12, 2017, is a low cost entry-level mobile phone by Apple. It is available in Silver, Red, Space Gray, and Gold colour.
In terms of the display, the iPhone 8 boasts a 4.7-inch Retina (widescreen) with IPS Technology display featuring Multi-touch, Full sRGB, True Tone, Dolby Vision, 3D Touch, LED-backlit, Wide Color (P3), and Fingerprint-resistant. It offers a resolution of 1334 x 750 pixels, providing 326 pixels per inch.
The iPhone 8 is powered by a Hexa Core Apple A11 Fusion processor coupled with a 3-core Apple GPU. It comes with 2GB RAM of type LPDDR4X and 256GB, 128GB, 64GB of built-in storage. The handset lacks the option of additional storage via a memory card.
As regards cameras, the iPhone 8 comes with:
- A single camera on the front side comprising of 7MP. The aperture of the front camera lens is f/2.2.
- Some of the features of the front camera are Live Photos, Wide Color Capture, Retina Flash, HDR, Auto Image Stabilization, and FaceTime.
- A single camera on the rear side featuring 12MP sensor. The aperture of the rear camera lens is f/1.8.
- Some of the features of the back camera are Optical Image Stabilization, Auto Image Stabilization, 1x Optical Zoom, 5x Digital Zoom, Autofocus, Panorama (up to 63 MP), Burst Mode, True Tone flash, Live Photos, Wide Color Capture, HDR, Slow-Motion video, Time-lapse video, Cinematic video, Face detection, Live / Hybrid IR filters, Timelapse, and Video zoom.
The iPhone 8 runs iOS 11.0 operating system. It also supports Nano-SIM.
iPhone 8 is backed by a 1821mAh Fixed battery which supports fast charging as well as wireless charging. The security features built inside the handset include Touch ID. It supports different sensors such as Accelerometer, Barometer, Three-axis gyro, Ambient Light Sensor, Proximity sensor, and Motion coprocessor and Backside Illumination.
The iPhone 8 weighs 148 grams and measures 5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29 inches (height x width x thickness). The build materials include Front (Glass), Back (Glass) and Sides (Stainless Steel).
The connectivity options of iPhone 8 include Bluetooth (5.0), Wi-Fi, NFC, GPS, 2G / GSM / GPRS, 3G / HSPA / CDMA, 4G / LTE, and Nano-SIM for Calls / SMS / Data.
RAM is little less in this phone but Apple A11 chip is blazingly fast.