Bought a new iPhone 8 yesterday

[love4speechless]

You shouldn't lose much game stuff if you set up a new device with your iCloud back up.

There have been a few games where I have had to start all over again from the beginning from scratch. Now I always check lol

 

[frankras]

OK. Thanks. I was just wondering if there was some code or number on the box where it might give me a clue as to when it was built exactly. I think it was my BlackBerry box that would say a month and a year that your phone was built but I don’t know if Apple does anything like that so simple..

Here is something. Not precise date but close.


https://mysmartgadget.com/how-to-check-iphone-manufacturing-date-5-simple-steps/

Frank

 

[RaybanRJ]

Here is something. Not precise date but close.


https://mysmartgadget.com/how-to-check-iphone-manufacturing-date-5-simple-steps/

Frank

Good article, thanks very much! Yeah my fourth letter in my serial number is a “Z” so it was made in the second half of 2019

 

[li2327]

Very nice choice!!! Enjoy your new phone!!!

 

[Annie_M]

I am still loving my 8+. It's a great phone, but I understand the appeal of purchasing a newer model because it will be around longer. Keep us posted on what you decide to do!

 

[RaybanRJ]

I am still loving my 8+. It's a great phone, but I understand the appeal of purchasing a newer model because it will be around longer. Keep us posted on what you decide to do!

Well if I keep the eight I can still buy an extra set a tires for my car if I want ha ha

 

[Annie_M]

LOL! There's always something, right?

 

[RaybanRJ]

I got a buddy who refuses to give up his iPhone 6. His battery health is still 90% which is unbelievable he only has three apps on it and he has to charge it about every two days. The thing with me is I won’t have a phone without iOS updates anymore because I have banking apps and stuff. So as long as I can get three solid years of updates with the iPhone 8 I’m happy because by then the battery will probably be kaput anyway as I usually have 50 apps running in the background.

 

[ksassy]

Congrats on your new iPhone 8! My son is a fan of the smaller form factor 6/7/8 and currently has iPhone 7. He had the chance to get an iPhone XR last year but instead chose to upgrade to the iPhone 7 for the JB color and price. We're playing close attention to the rumored SE2 for the form factor. Enjoy your new phone!!

 

[RaybanRJ]

Congrats on your new iPhone 8! My son is a fan of the smaller form factor 6/7/8 and currently has iPhone 7. He had the chance to get an iPhone XR last year but instead chose to upgrade to the iPhone 7 for the JB color and price. We're playing close attention to the rumored SE2 for the form factor. Enjoy your new phone!!

Thanks and yeah my seven was the best phone I ever had but I did notice a slight slowdown on the massively bloated Facebook app, but then sometimes it would be fast again so I’m thinking it could just be some glitches with iOS 13. I got only a year and a half out of my iPhone 5c before it started grinding to a halt and nothing would load, but then that was only a 32 bit processor. I expect we should be fine for quite a while with a seven or an eight, I hope.

 

[love4speechless]

My mom still uses an iPhone 5 lol

 

[RaybanRJ]

My mom still uses an iPhone 5 lol

Lols as long as she is not a spy or doing phone banking it might be ok

 

[love4speechless]

Lols as long as she is not a spy or doing phone banking it might be ok

I keep telling her eventually Apple will stop making updates for it but she won’t listen lol

 

[RaybanRJ]

I keep telling her eventually Apple will stop making updates for it but she won’t listen lol

Updates just stopped for the iPhone 6 here. Maybe Australia is special or something but I thought that ship has sailed

 

[RaybanRJ]

I keep telling her eventually Apple will stop making updates for it but she won’t listen lol

There are probably still app updates . Last year I bought a cheap android galaxy tab a 7 inch just to learn android and that thing is running ancient lollipop 5.1 and it still gets a ton of app updates, which is great, but it’s nowhere nearly as fast as any Apple product I ever had, even my iPad one.

 

[love4speechless]

There are probably still app updates . Last year I bought a cheap android galaxy tab a 7 inch just to learn android and that thing is running ancient lollipop 5.1 and it still gets a ton of app updates, which is great, but it’s nowhere nearly as fast as any Apple product I ever had, even my iPad one.

Just today she asked me what my battery life is like and when I told her she goes “I might need to change my battery” and I followed it up by saying “or get a new phone” lol

 

[RaybanRJ]

Just today she asked me what my battery life is like and when I told her she goes “I might need to change my battery” and I followed it up by saying “or get a new phone” lol

Haha yeah definitely not worth changing a battery on an older phone because the processor will just get slower and slower. I had a new battery put on my iPhone 5c after a year and a half because it was toast but that’s about the time the processor wouldn’t load pages quickly anymore so it’s just not worth it. It was only 50 bucks to change the battery at a little independent electronics place but still.

 

[RaybanRJ]

I got an email in my trash that I cannot delete. There’s about a 40 second video file I sent to a friend and I guess it was too big, anyway I removed the email account reinstalled the email account and the problem continues. Any other tricks for this?

EDIT: NVM, figured it out.

 

[Instamixes]

RaybanRJ,
Congrats for your New iPhone 8. I also just want to buy this phone. Can you please elaborate on all the features of this phone?

 

[Rob Phillips]

RaybanRJ,
Congrats for your New iPhone 8. I also just want to buy this phone. Can you please elaborate on all the features of this phone?

Dude, it’s an iPhone.

https://www.apple.com/iphone-8/specs/#mn_p