News & Reviews:   Apple iPhone 8

Maxis will be offering Apple’s latest products, the Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus on the 20 October 2017 along with its official worldwide launch. The hot new Apple iPhones can also be pre-ordered from their Online Store starting this Friday, on the 13 October 2017.

U Mobile recently opened up a register your interest page for those looking to get the Apple iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus under a U Mobile plan. No details as to specific Malaysia release dates or pricing but the page does reveal these iPhones will come in gold (looks rather rose-like doesn't it?), silver and space grey with 64GB and 256GB storage options. No news on the iPhone X but stay tuned to TechNave.com and we'll keep you updated.

Calling all Apple fanboys, Digi is opening up pre-orders for the latest and greatest Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus starting 13 October 2017 on their official website as well as their physical Digi Stores and Digi Store Express.

Get your wallets ready as Apple have officially confirmed the Malaysia release date for the iPhone 8 smartphone as 20 October 2017. Appearing on their Apple Store Malaysia page as "Available 20.10" there are still no Malaysia price details just yet. Our own estimates are significantly higher than last year though and there still isn't any official option for kidneys. Stay tuned to TechNave.com and we'll keep you updated.

Holy moly,  11Street has come up with the pre-order for the brand new Apple iPhone 8 and 8 Plus on its website today (28 September 2017) and delivery will start from 30 October 2017! Both flagships are covered with a 1-Year Apple Malaysia warranty, also will be sold at the official price of RM3649 and RM4149 respective with free gifts worth RM200.

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. 

As usual after a new Apple iPhone announcement, Apple Malaysia have cut the prices of the Apple iPhones currently being sold in on the Apple Malaysia Store. This price cut comes up to RM450 with the 32GB storage version Apple iPhone 7 Plus now costing RM3349 (previously it was RM3799). Other iPhones don't get as high a cut as the iPhone 7 Plus but there is still a slight price cut, making it the ideal time to get previous generation iPhones. We expect these prices to get slashed further the closer we get to the official Apple Malaysia Store selling the iPhone X, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone 8 with more deals from various retailers but you shouldn't have to wait long as the new iPhones are expected in November or December 2017.