Description
Apple iPhone 8 Plus (256GB) [Like New]FeatureThe iPhone 8 Plus is a smartphone designed, developed, and marketed by
Apple Inc.
It is the eleventh generation of the iPhone.
They were announced on
September 12, 2017, alongside the higher-end iPhone X, at the Steve Jobs
Theater in the Apple Park campus, and were released on September 22, 2017,
succeeding iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus.
Besides the addition of a glass back,
the designs of iPhone 8 Plus is a largely similar to that of its predecessors.
Notable changes include the addition of wireless charging, a faster processor,
and improved cameras and displays.
The iPhone 8 Plus shares most of its
internal hardware with the iPhone X.
Display
The iPhone
8 Plus retain the Retina HD Display
found in the iPhone 7, but it now features True Tone technology, allowing for automatic
screen adjustments based on surrounding ambient lighting.
It can play HDR10 and Dolby Vision content despite not having an HDR-ready display, done
by down-converting the HDR content to fit the display while still having some
enhancements to dynamic range, contrast, and wide color gamut compared to
standard content.
Camera
The
iPhone 8 Plus upgrades the main camera for a wide-angle lens with up to 10×
digital zoom or 2× optical zoom, and retains a second, telephoto lens similar
to the one found on the iPhone 7 Plus, but with improved depth-of-field and
lighting effects in Portrait mode.
Both models have a 7 MP front camera with an
f/2.2 aperture capable of capturing 1080p video at 30 frames per second and
720p video at 240 frames per second, along with face detection and high-dynamic
range.
Chipset
The
iPhone 8 Plus contain the Apple A11
Bionic system-on-chip, a hexa-core processor that the company says features two
cores that are 25% faster than the iPhone 7’s A10 processor and four cores that
are 70% faster than the prior model.
The phones also feature an Apple-designed
graphics processing unit 30% faster than prior units, with the same level of
performance as the A10 at half the power.
Other
The
phones have glass backs instead of the complete aluminum housing found on prior
models, enabling the use of Qi-standard wireless charging.
The phone is rated IP67 for water resistance.
It comes
with 64 and 256 gigabyte storage options, and are offered in silver, gold, or
Space Gray color options.
A Product Red special edition version in red with a
black front was released on April 9, 2018.
The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus special
editions had a white front.
Software
The
iPhone 8 Plus shipped with iOS 11 on
launch, and support iOS 12.This content is extracted from Wikipedia
