The 4.7-inch iPhone 8 is $699 for 64GB, with a 256GB option too. And the 5.5-inch 7s Plus will start at $799 for 64GB, with a 256GB option.

iPhone 8: The Macworld review

To get the complete picture on the iPhone 8 and the iPhone 8 Plus, you should read our complete, in-depth review. Get the nitty-gritty on how each iPhone performs to help you decide before you buy. Read on if you want a more general overview of the phone.

iPhone 8: Like the iPhone 7, but different

The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus have the same body size and shape as the previous generation. But instead of keeping the aluminum back, these new iPhones have a glass back that might remind you of the classic iPhone 4 design.

Uh-oh, that’s double the surfaces that could break if you drop it! Yes, it’s true, but Phil Schiller claimed it’s the most durable glass ever used in a smartphone. Plus, a glass back also enables inductive charging, which also comes to the flagship iPhone X. The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus will support existing Qi inductive charging accessories for the home, office, and car. Phil Schiller pointed out on stage that some cars, restaurants, and even furniture already have Qi charging integrated, and Apple will offer Qi products in its retail stores.

Don’t worry, the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus still have a Lightning port for tethered charging and syncing, and using all the same Lightning headphones and accessories you already have. (No headphone jack, though—the iPhone SE is still the only device in the iPhone lineup that has one.)

Inductive charging is already used in the Apple Watch, and it’s being marketed as “wireless charging,” but the friendly pedants among us will note that the charger itself still has a wire. But dropping your phone on a “wireless” charger is still easier and more convenient than having to plug in a cable.

iPhone 8: Featuring four colors and a TrueTone Retina display

The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus come in silver, space gray, Product(Red), and a beautiful bronze finish Phil Schiller just called “gold.” As in the previous generation, the front bezels on the gold and silver models are white, while the space gray and Product(Red) models have a black front.

The display is a Retina-quality LCD, with resolutions of 1334x750 for the iPhone 8, and 1920x1080 for the iPhone 8 Plus. But the displays now have TrueTone, previously available for the iPad Pro. TrueTone adjusts the color temperature of the display based on the ambient light in the room, thanks to a new sensor embedded by the FaceTime camera.

iPhone 8 rear cameras: One for the 8, two for the Plus

Just like the iPhone 7, the iPhone 8 has a single rear-facing camera. It can shoot 12-megapixel stills, and the dynamic range of color is wider thanks to bigger pixels, too.

The 8 Plus has a two-camera setup with f/1.8 aperture and f/2.8 aperture lenses. It also takes 12-megapixel stills, naturally including the Portrait mode and optical zoom introduced with the iPhone 7 Plus. But this time, Portrait mode goes a little further.

Portrait Lighting: Next-level Portrait Mode for the iPhone 8 Plus

We all take lots of photos of people, so the iPhone 8 Plus has a beta feature called Portrait Lighting. You pose a photo, turn on Portrait Mode, and then the camera creates a depth map to pull the subject out of the background, then detects “facial landmarks” like your nose, forehead, and cheekbones, and then adjusts the lighting on all of them. You can even select from multiple lighting effects inside the Camera app, previewing them each in real time. Better yet, you can change the lighting after you’ve taken a photo.

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