The biggest news from the Apple is that it will not cost more than a MacBook air. The cinic in me thinks that was all to build up hype. The iPhone 8 will start at $699 and the iPhone 8 Plus will start at $899. With options that will bring the price close to the $1,000 mark. There are a lot of cool new features. Portrait lighting will be a cool feature.

  • 4.7-inch display for iPhone 8;  5.5-inch display for iPhone 8 Plus
  • Glass surface on front and back
  • Wireless charging using Qi standard (can be charged using third party wireless chargers that also use Qi)
  • LTE Advance for faster network connections
  • Water and dust resistant
  • Powered by an A11 Bionic chip, two performance cores
  • 12 mega-pixel camera with two new sensors and optical image stabilizers
  • "Portrait Lighting" feature uses the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus' dual cameras to sense depth and rework the lighting while you compose the shot
  • Highest quality video ever in a smartphone
  • Shoots video in 4K
  • New gyroscopes and accelerometers for augmented reality
  • Both models available in 64 GB and 256 GB
  • iPhone 8 starts at $699, iPhone 8 Plus starts at $799
  • Comes in silver, space gray, gold finishes
  • Pre-order opens Sept. 15, available Sept. 22

 

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