hi everyone aaron here for Zollotech and the iphone 8 plus is the last
large phone to utilize touch id and many people have been asking me lately
should you still pick one up in 2020 and so i wanted to talk about whether or
not you should pick one of these up whether or not it's right for you
and see how it performs as far as its camera
forward facing camera compared to say the iphone 11 pro max
so the first thing is the size of the phone is basically the same as the 11
pro max if i put them side by side let me remove this apple case it's just
the simple apple leather case i'll link it in the description but
it's something i've used to protect the phone for some time and you'll see
it's held up really well but its size overall is basically the same as the 11
pro max so if you want a large phone that's the
same as say the 6s plus the 7 plus and now the 8 plus or
the iphone 6 any of them are basically the same size
but this one feels a little bit more substantial because it's got glass on
the back and the front and the back on the glass
is used for wireless charging and just makes it feel very premium if
you're not using a case on it and the design is very familiar of
course if you've used an iphone for any number of years it's the exact same
thing you've got your silent switch on the side here you've got your volume
buttons and then on the other side you've got your power sleep wake button
and your sim card tray the iphone 8 plus gives you that stereo
sound speaker up top and on the bottom it uses the ever familiar lightning port
and so this phone feels very familiar if you're
coming from an older phone now if you've got a phone with
face id of course touch id is a little bit of a step back
but the design is classic it's durable it's proven and this one feels very very
sturdy and very well made it's a little bit of water resistant as well so if you
drop it in the water it shouldn't be too much of an issue
but in general it's just a great phone now the thing is is
people want to know if they should pick these up because apple doesn't sell
these new anymore they either sell them refurbished on their website
starting at around 379 dollars with 64 gigabytes of storage
and you can get a 256 gigabyte variant for about 509 refurbished from apple
now that puts it in line with the newer iphone se
and gives you a larger screen some better specs and some more specs
and so this particular phone from apple is that cost you may be able to find it
elsewhere much cheaper so it just depends where
you're looking but what you do get is this
really nice 5.5 inch 1080p display with 401 pixels per inch
it's got great viewing angles it goes nice and bright
and you can see everything in the daylight and it's really one of the best
displays that apple has ever made you can watch 1080p youtube videos in
true 1080p so it's not scaled or anything it's
actually 1920x1080 so you can see the full
display and the full quality and resolution this display also gives you
true tone although you may not want to use that it's turned off right now
but if you do want to use that you can and you still have 3d touch
it has a pressure sensitive display so if you want to turn true tone on
make the whites look more like paper you can do that and you've got
true 3d touch so things are nice and fast when you press down on them so
you've got that built into this display and you've got all of that and basically
the best refined version of the iphone with touch id now touch id
on this is super fast it unlocks nice and fast like you'd
expect now as far as its durability it's held up really well
i have had a case on it at times i did use this for quite some time about six
months on and off and it's really held up well i don't
have any dings or really any scratches that you can see either and i don't use
a case on this when i'm using it as my main device
doesn't have any scratches on the screen it's really held up
very well so in general it's one of the best phones they've ever made this way
but as far as its speed well it feels basically the same as
anything else today it's super fast and responsive so if you go into settings
and scroll you'll have that nice smooth scrolling of course no apple
display at this point has anything other than 60 hertz so
it's nice and smooth but it doesn't compare to say some android phones that
way but it feels very fast and that's thanks
to apple's own cpu architecture the a11 bionic and
this one has three gigabytes of ram so never does it really feel slow or
anything like that it's nice and fast and allows you to
open apps fast switch between them quickly and you
shouldn't have any issues there and also it should get updates for at least three
more years so maybe ios 16 ios 17 and depending on what apple does in the
future it could go even longer than that so you'll get guaranteed updates
security updates probably even past new updates so it's great to have that
ability you'll be able to use all of your lightning cables and everything
else and the cameras are quite good on the back you've got two cameras you've
got a regular and a telephoto zoom lens 12 megapixels
and you can record in 4k 60. on the front it's not as good as what we have
today we have only have a 7 megapixel
forward-facing camera with 1080p recording and so let me show
you the forward-facing camera and a quick comparison between this
and the 11 pro max's forward-facing camera the forward-facing camera on the
8-plus isn't as good as say the 11 pro max for
example but it's quite good so for those of you that still want to
vlog as long as it's 1080p it's fine on an 8 plus
but you won't get the 4k that you do on an 11 pro max for example or an 11 pro
so here's the 11 pro max with the 8 plus side by side
and you can see the difference now so if 1080p is good enough for you
you can see that the 8 plus does look a little bit blown out on the background
so if that's important to you then you may want to look for the better
phone with the 11 series now with the rear facing camera you've
got up to 4k 60. now you can't change the resolution or frame rates by tapping
on this little button here like you can on the newer
phones for some reason but you do have the options if you go
into your settings and then your video settings for your camera
you'll see up to 4k 60. so you've got all of those different options
and let's take a look at the video and some of the images from this
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the cameras for the iphone 8 plus are quite good they're not as good as what
we get with the 11 pro and the 11 pro max
but they're good enough for most people especially if 1080p is good enough for
you when it comes to the forward-facing camera
now as far as battery well battery seems to hold up well this phone is
quite old at this point this was bought the day it came out so
let's take a look at the battery it has not been in constant use but the battery
as far as battery health is concerned is at ninety seven percent
after two years eighty percent is normal and you can expect
about six to eight hours of screen on time depending on how you're using your
device if you're a heavy gamer it's going to be
a little bit slower if you're just using it for web browsing
and occasionally watching a video then it's going to give you a little bit
better battery life but battery life overall is
going to get you through the day without a problem and then you can come home and
plug it in and charge it or you can put it on a wireless charger using the back
so it's got all of those options basically all of the advantages of the
newest phone without face id and a better forward-facing camera
you also don't get a wide angle zoom lens on the back but when it comes to
the cpu i really don't think you'll miss
anything newer than this they're about the same when doing most tasks unless it
has to do with the camera and using augmented reality and the
neural engine everything else is good the speakers are quite good and it's
just held up really well and so should you buy an 8 plus in 2020
i would say absolutely if you're looking at an iphone se
or an 8 plus for the same price and you want a larger phone
get the 8 plus you'll have a better display the cameras are about the same
and you'll have all of the modern features but if you're finding one
that's much more expensive then i would skip it
but if you can find one for 500 or less with good storage and in good
shape or brand new i would absolutely pick one up if you
can find one for that but let me know what phone you're using if you're using
an 8 plus if you're thinking of getting one
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