News & Reviews:   Apple iPhone 8 review

Camera centric site DxOMark have now ranked the Apple iPhone 8 Plus at 94 while the iPhone 8 is 92, knocking down the previously ranked 90 HTC U11. The larger sensor in the iPhone 8 Plus apparently provides better photos for a top Photo score of 96 but perhaps not so much for video at 89. The single camera iPhone 8 performs just as well but isn't as good at zoom and bokeh as the bigger iPhone.

It is safe to say that "bendgate" will follow any new Apple iPhone these days and JerryRigEverything did just that to the Apple iPhone 8. Surprisingly, it survives this very well but you can see how it fares under the bend test and scratch and burn durability tests as well for yourself below. Here in Malaysia we're still about a month or so away from any official Malaysia pricing, but as the video shows, we heartily recommend getting a case for what could be the most expensive Apple iPhone in Malaysia yet.

If you were one of the few to say that the Apple iPhone X is your future then perhaps you'd like to take back your words as Cult of Mac reports the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus beat out the iPhone X in GeekBench 4. Logically, it is something we fully expected considering that all of these new iPhones are running the A11 Bionic chip and the iPhone X bezel-free display and Face ID no doubt saps a good deal of processing power. The full single core and multi core scores are listed here.

The Apple iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus have already been officially priced at $999 (~RM4203), $699 (~RM2941) and $799 (~RM3361). However, pricing in Malaysia isn't always a direct conversion of currency from the US pricing, so our resident analyst will show you how the numbers add up and result in a Malaysia price prediction that may actually be much higher than earlier expectations. 

Can you believe it? We are actually just less than a week away from Apple's annual September event revealing the upcoming latest iPhone. Ever since last year, rumours of the iPhone 8 has never stopped until now and it's even proved to be more popular than the iPhone 7s and 7s Plus (if there's any). It makes sense since it will be the 10th Anniversary of the iPhone, but some think the name iPhone 8 just doesn't click and it could be called the iPhone X (10 in Roman number).

Counterpoint Research recently revealed that Huawei have surpassed Apple as the 2nd largest smartphone brand in the world. While quite a few tech sites out there are saying this is the sign of Apple's impending doom, is it really the turning point Huawei is hoping for? Reading closer into the research reveals that this is probably just a milestone, a significant one showing just how far Huawei has grown, but even though the upcoming Huawei Mate 10 has yet to be announced, these researchers say that this rise "...could be temporary considering the annual iPhone refresh is just around the corner...".

The guys at The Verge recently received official invites from Apple for their next big event, slated on 12 September 2017. The event looks to be the place where Apple will announce the Apple iPhone 8 (or iPhone 7S) and iPhone 8 Plus along with a few other Apple stuff like Apple Watch, Apple TV and so forth. While we're secretly hoping for some better thought-out AirPods, the next iPhone is rumoured to come with a bezel-free display like the Samsung Galaxy S8 or LG G6, while packing in wireless charging.

According to The New York Times, Apple is planning to retail the iPhone 8 at around $999, which is the Malaysian equivalent of around RM4200. A pretty steep price, but nothing we haven’t seen so far with a certain other flagship that was just recently released.

Rumour has it that the upcoming 2017 version of the iPhone a.k.a the iPhone 8, may be launched as early as 12 September 2017 and go on sale as early as 22 September 2017.

Due to being the 10th Anniversary of the iPhone, the Apple iPhone 8 is really getting a lot of attention over the past few months for a good reason. We also finally got to "supposedly" see the full iPhone 8 model yesterday too, now it's being joined by the rumoured two additional iPhones which are the iPhone 7s and 7s Plus.