Poll: ** The Official iPhone 8 Thread **

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What iPhone 8 will you be buying?

  • iPhone 8 64Gb

    Votes: 36 14.9%

  • iPhone 8 256Gb

    Votes: 6 2.5%

  • iPhone 8 Plus 64Gb

    Votes: 31 12.9%

  • iPhone 8 Plus 256Gb

    Votes: 18 7.5%

  • No, I won't be buying it

    Votes: 150 62.2%
  • Total voters
    241
Regy53 said:
OKKKKKKKKKKKKKK so EE sent me a iphone plus instead of a regular 8
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meh got it out and tbh i was swaying for a new plus.... might just keep it, its a bit big ( i have small hands) but i assume i will like the camera a lot more than my current 6
 
Got my 8plus in space grey this morning form Apple store. It’s really fast compared to my old 6 plus. My only gripe is web pages constantly reload when going back and changing tabs? I thought the increase from 1GB fixed this?
 
I got my 64GB plus for £37 a month over 2 years. It should be more on Virgin, but they gave me a very good retentions deal as an incentive if I gave up my unlimited calls, £5 a month tariff that they're trying to get everyone off of. Basically they've charged me an extra £100 for the finance rather than the £300 extra they usually charge. Does me. I'll probably pay it off quicker anyway as it's a freestyle contract, so the more you pay, the monthly payments come down and it's finished quicker. Am going to try to get it done in 6 months.
 
Just go my 64GB + :) Said point an iOS 11 device at it and it'll configure itself. Did that using my iPad then it offered to restore my phone settings from iCloud. That was all a bit too easy :)

Please don't say it's going to ask me for the Store password for every app it needs to download. Just entered it 3 times and it keeps asking :(
 
DPD on time as always, the phone feels miles better than my old iPhone 6, the glass back makes a difference:-

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Journey said:
I just had an interesting conversation with a nice chap who I see from time to time, one of the managers in a local Carphone Warehouse. He's said that they have been very underwhelmed by the 8/8Plus pre-orders this year, with lots of interest moving towards the X, so much so he reckons that they've only done 55-60% of the volume of the 7/7 Plus from last year, and unless today is mega busy, then the figures are not looking great for phone retailers across the land.

Then we got round to the SIM free option, and again he said this seems to be increasingly what people are opting for due to the option of 0% APR from Apple etc., and the much lower overall monthly price with a decent SIM only tarrif. He used the example of the £10pm tarrif on ID Mobile, 5GB Data, 500 Minutes, 5000 Texts + the phone cost of only £31.50pm, so £41.50pm total, with no tie in being a big draw to people who are wising up to the savings to be had against the standard 24 month deals. Again he said they have been more aggressive with pricing on these, and that tariffs have increase data, vs. last year and carry and lower average cost, but it's not helping. He thinks that this will be the first year since he can remember that network operators may end up doing offers before the Christmas rush is done with.

Anyhow, it was interesting and I can see how this may cause major issues with stock once the X is released. :)
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I was interested in buying an X directly and SIM separately, however cant find 0% on apple's site

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Just had a play with the phones in my local Apple Store. @ramdrive you're right about the glass back, the phones do feel awesome to hold, until they go in cases anyway! There were no outdoor queues as in the previous years but a small indoor one for those who had made reservations. I think they'll be back when the X is released though.
 
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