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GSMArena team, 14 February 2018

Apple iPhone 8 Plus long-term review Comments

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  • Michael McCarthy
  • uNe
  • 07 May 2025

I’m not sure if it’s worse for the long-term battery health or not but I want the fastest possible charging so I just bought the Apple 20W USB‑C Power Adapter and the 6ft/1.8m Anker 641 cable. New batteries aren’t too expensive.

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    • Michael McCarthy
    • uNe
    • 27 Apr 2025

    I charge my 8 Plus at 2.4A/12W now because 1A/5W is just too slow. It might not even be less healthy for the battery to fast charge it.

    I still try to stop charging before it reaches 90% as I believe that helps (there was a study done on this). Ideally I’d also put it on charge before it gets down to 40% but that doesn’t often happen.

    I’ve been using this phone for over 3.5 years now and the Maximum Capacity is now down to 84%. I wonder how this compares with others.

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      • Michael McCarthy
      • uNe
      • 05 Oct 2024

      I believe the Battery Health “Maximum Capacity” on my iPhone 8 Plus goes down slower because most of the time I charge it at a standard 1 amp rather than fast charging it at higher amps and the other thing I do is I stop charging it by 89% when I can and I also try to avoid letting the battery go down too low (40%+ is optimal apparently) when I can. My Maximum Capacity is 85% and I’ve had the phone since new with the same battery for a little over 3 years now.

      Is 15% degradation in 3 years pretty good or just average?

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        • KRASNIQI
        • Mya
        • 07 Nov 2023

        Shume i mir

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          • Anonymous
          • mFd
          • 19 May 2023

          mojojojo, 20 Feb 2018also what i found annoying: notifications will played on top of music played, and while at it ... moreso you prefer to miss an important notification just for music or dont you get important notes. I appriciate phones that do this.

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            • Anonymous
            • mFd
            • 19 May 2023

            Anonymous, 15 Feb 2018It's always entertaining to see strong negative opinions from people who have never used late ... moreYoure right

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              • Mz Dussey
              • XIa
              • 13 Aug 2020

              Please I have a problem with my iCloud storage
              Have deleted all my pictures and my apps but still can’t take pics from camera

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                • Anonymous
                • t@g
                • 28 Dec 2019

                mojojojo, 20 Feb 2018also what i found annoying: notifications will played on top of music played, and while at it ... moreWhy wouldn't you just flick the side switch to silent or ring and you are never disturbed by notification sound

                Only iPhone that had side switch for ringer, you won't be like Android since the ringer mode is on notification panel

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                  • Alex
                  • xnm
                  • 16 Apr 2018

                  Indeed it's expensive, but it works very well. my iph 6 resist throughout the day better than my s6 for example (battery life) what i like the most at apple ecosystem is that it does t have so much advertisments like android on random apps ( youtube, fb, fb messenger)

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                    • mojojojo
                    • IWV
                    • 20 Feb 2018

                    also what i found annoying: notifications will played on top of music played, and while at it they had the nerve to mute my music and then continue playing the music. can just the notification muted just visual notifs, or at least the notification sound played and leave my music playing unaltered

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                      • AnonD-179722
                      • KLR
                      • 19 Feb 2018

                      joy, 15 Feb 2018i literally puked when i zoomed in the normal camera samples, i have no idea where all the pra... moreWait till you compare with 3 years old LG G4. I still keep that phone as a camera when going for holiday.

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                        • AnonD-179722
                        • KLR
                        • 19 Feb 2018

                        Klondike, 15 Feb 2018It cost a kidney but they don't give you fast charger LOL... True indeed. That's why I never own an iPhone though I can afford it easily. If I ever use it, I probably need to bring my charger everywhere I go.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • P@Y
                          • 17 Feb 2018

                          To expensive
                          Not a user friendly
                          there's a lot of things lacking on this Phone ssshhhh. even its a high end Phone

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 0cL
                            • 15 Feb 2018

                            [deleted post]It sums up that there are those for whom the iPhone's with sophisticated tech like true face unlock is on a too high a branch, so they scream "sour grapes" and call those who actually have the latest iPhone "sheep."

                            Apple "forced" us all to abandon floppy disks, too.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 0cL
                              • 15 Feb 2018

                              It's always entertaining to see strong negative opinions from people who have never used late model iPhone.

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                                • ZloiYuri
                                • 352
                                • 15 Feb 2018

                                "Still not finding a nice viewer for this type of images and sharing is painful as it involves converting the photos first."
                                No, really? XnView and XnConvert supports HEIC for a long time.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 9HD
                                  • 15 Feb 2018

                                  Solid phone. Expect five years of use from it.

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                                    • Klondike
                                    • U{R
                                    • 15 Feb 2018

                                    It cost a kidney but they don't give you fast charger

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • ssd
                                      • 15 Feb 2018

                                      Anonymous, 15 Feb 2018Just realized that the iPhone 8 Plus has the same screen resolution and ppi as my Sharp AQUOS ... moreNope it doesn’t if you don’t know about screen technology better to check the expert screen review like Erica

                                      https://youtu.be/XWKnwnJGErQ

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • ssd
                                        • 15 Feb 2018

                                        joy, 15 Feb 2018i literally puked when i zoomed in the normal camera samples, i have no idea where all the pra... moreOversharpens crap.

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