Just wondering what fellow iPhone 8 owners are thinking now they’ve had them for (around) 2 months. Happy? Wish you’d bought an X instead? Any pleasant surprises or unexpected downsides?
I guess I go first and I am happy. It’s a big upgrade from my 6 and most of the downsides that people (and specifically some podcasters) have complained about just aren’t an issue to me. The obvious ones are headphone jack (I just leave the dongle attached to the plug of my headphones or use airpods) and the fake home button (no it doesn’t feel like a button but it gives feedback and it works).
I guess the pleasant surprise is that Bluetooth seems more robust. I play music via Bluetooth to a Bose speaker in my house. With my iPhone 6 there seemed to be a lot of dropouts if I was using my iPad at the same time. Maybe it’s an iOS fix or maybe it’s a better Bluetooth chip but it’s much better.
The only downside is that I’ve dropped this phone even more than I dropped the iPhone 6. Maybe it’s the phone or maybe I’m getting stupider! The surprise is that even though I don’t use a case is that it’s still in one piece. Earlier today I dropped it about 3 feet onto a hard kitchen floor and it didn’t get a single mark - partly better glass on the phone and partly dumb good luck!!!
I viewed the iPhone X as something of a 1st gen device and was happy for others to test it out and live with the year 1 quirks. I still hold that view.
Interested to see what others think of their 8’s.
I guess I go first and I am happy. It’s a big upgrade from my 6 and most of the downsides that people (and specifically some podcasters) have complained about just aren’t an issue to me. The obvious ones are headphone jack (I just leave the dongle attached to the plug of my headphones or use airpods) and the fake home button (no it doesn’t feel like a button but it gives feedback and it works).
I guess the pleasant surprise is that Bluetooth seems more robust. I play music via Bluetooth to a Bose speaker in my house. With my iPhone 6 there seemed to be a lot of dropouts if I was using my iPad at the same time. Maybe it’s an iOS fix or maybe it’s a better Bluetooth chip but it’s much better.
The only downside is that I’ve dropped this phone even more than I dropped the iPhone 6. Maybe it’s the phone or maybe I’m getting stupider! The surprise is that even though I don’t use a case is that it’s still in one piece. Earlier today I dropped it about 3 feet onto a hard kitchen floor and it didn’t get a single mark - partly better glass on the phone and partly dumb good luck!!!
I viewed the iPhone X as something of a 1st gen device and was happy for others to test it out and live with the year 1 quirks. I still hold that view.
Interested to see what others think of their 8’s.