While the all-screen display of the iPhone X stole the show at Apple’s reveal event last month, there were a few other exciting features added to both the iPhone 8 and the iPhone X that didn’t get nearly as much attention. One of those was fast charging, which has been a standard feature on Android …
At least seven iPhone 8 battery swelling incidents have been reported since Apple launched the new phones on September 22nd. The number seems big but it’s still not statistically relevant, given the millions of iPhone 8 units that Apple has undoubtedly sold so far. Last year’s Galaxy Note 7 battery-related recall is still fresh in …
Every year around this time, iPhone owners start to become painfully aware of their phone’s performance and battery life. Some users even go so far as to accuse Apple of employing a strategy of “planned obsolescence,” — artificially limiting the life span of its devices in order to force consumers to upgrade to the newest …
As if Apple didn’t have enough to worry about with the launch of three new flagship phones this fall, yet another case of an iPhone 8 popping open due to a bloated battery has been reported in China this week. The number of cases is still exceptionally small — six by our count — but …
Google demoed the main features of the Pixel 2 during its press conference on Wednesday, including the new camera hardware and tricks. And Google made sure everyone in the audience knows how proud it is to have the Pixel 2 rated as the best camera on DxOMark, the camera pros who recently said the iPhone …
Soon after the iPhone 8 was launched, the photography experts at DxOMark crowned the iPhone 8 Plus as the best smartphone camera they ever tested, giving it an overall 94 rating. It looks like the iPhone’s dominance was short-lived, as it now shares the top spot over at DxOMark with its biggest rival, the Galaxy …
While the iPhone X might be the most buzzworthy of Apple’s new phones, its specs are basically on par with those of the iPhone 8 Plus. As such, the iPhone 8 Plus is being stacked up against other top handsets on the market — most notably Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8. We have seen the two …
Apple’s iPhone 8 Plus might be boring, but it’s still the best smartphone in the world right now by a wide margin. There are plenty of wrinkles in iOS 11 that need to be ironed out, but even as it stands now, the 8 Plus has no equal. It’s lightning fast, it’s ridiculously powerful — …
A couple of reports from Taiwan and Japan bring bad news about the iPhone 8. Apparently, at least two iPhone 8 Plus shipped with damaged batteries that ended up causing the devices to crack open. Before you ask, no, the batteries did not explode. But they did swell up, which is a safety mechanism meant …
Apple’s iPhone 8 Plus is a boring smartphone. A really, really boring smartphone. It looks just like the iPhone 7 Plus, which looked just like the iPhone 6s Plus, which looked just like the iPhone 6 Plus. Four consecutive years with the same smartphone design is about two years too many. New features have been …
