Apple iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus Specifications : Price in India Starts at ₹ 64,000

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Apple iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus is official now, even though the Apple iPhone X is the new Apple flagship. At the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Campus on Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook to the covers off the successors to iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, featuring several new upgrades over last year’s models. The Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus come with an improved design, camera, and performance. For design, the company has brought back the glass back, which is coupled with the aerospace-grade aluminium bezel. While the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 design follow the same design language as their predecessors, they sport a metal and glass bodies and now come in only two storage variants – 64GB and 256GB.

Apple iPhone 8 price in indiaApple iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus in India

Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus will see the quickest ever launch in the country, going on sale from September 29 itself. Here’s a look at the prices, availability for India for all of the products announced by Apple. Redington, which is one of the official distribution partners for Apple in India, confirmed that users can pre-order iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus beginning September 22 in over 3000 authorized stores across the country. The Apple iPhone 8 price in India for the 64GB variant is Rs. 64,000, while the 256GB model costs Rs. 77,000. Similarly, the Apple iPhone 8 Plus price in India has been set as Rs. 73,000 for the base 64GB storage variant, while the model with 256GB storage is Rs. 86,000. The iPhone 8 models’ release date in India is September 29, as part of the second phase of release. As for the iPhone 8 price in the US, the 64GB and 256GB variants of the smaller model will be $699 and $849, respectively, and the iPhone 8 Plus will cost $799 and $949 for the 64GB and 256GB variants.

Apple iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus displayApple iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus Design and display

Even though Apple may have skipped one generation, the new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are incremental upgrades over the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. The screen size and resolution have remained unchanged. The iPhone 8 and iPhone 7 come with 4.7-inch (diagonal) widescreen LCD MultiTouch display with IPS technology, and 1334×750-pixel resolution at 326 ppi.

The iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone 7 Plus come with 5.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen LCD MultiTouch display with IPS technology, and 1920×1080-pixel resolution at 401 ppi.

The only difference between the two generations is the inclusion of the glass back design. While the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus came with the metal back panel, the new iPhones come with glass back panels.

Apple iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus specificationsApple iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus Specifications

The Apple iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus offer incremental improvements over the last year’s iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus models. They very much retain the same form factor and design, but there are a few noticeable changes including new colour options – Silver, Space Gray, and Gold Finish, improved display, 25 percent louder speakers, as well as glass front and back. Both the new iPhone models also support Qi wireless inductive charging, allowing people charge the iPhone without having to plug in a cable again, Phil Schiller, Apple’s Vice President of Worldwide Marketing said.

  • 12MP wide angle and telephoto primary camera with optical image stabilisation and Portrait Mode, Digital zoom up to 10x, Quad-LED True Tone flash and Slow sync, 4K video recording at 30 fps or 60 fps and slow-motion video recording in 1080p at 120 fps, 7MP front-facing FaceTime HD camera with Retina Flash
  • 5.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen with Retina HD Display, LCD Multi‑Touch display with IPS technology, 1920×1080-pixel resolution at 401 ppi with 1300:1 contrast ratio (typical), 3D touch with True Tone display
  • iOS 11 and iCloud operating system with A11 Bionic chip with 64-bit architecture and neural engine embedded with M11 motion coprocessor, 32GB internal memory and single Nano-SIM
  • Non-removable Li-Ion 2900 mAh battery (11.2 Wh) providing talk time up to 21 hours
  • Wireless charging, Splash, Water and Dust resistant
  • 1-year manufacturer warranty for device and in-box accessories including batteries from the date of purchase
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The last year’s iPhones relied on A10 Fusion chip with 64-bit architecture and M10 motion coprocessor. The new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus comes with A11 Bionic chip with 64-bit architecture, M11 motion coprocessor and an integrated neural engine for smarter machine learning. According to Apple, the new chipset is 25% faster than the A10. It is also about 30% faster in terms graphics performance.

The Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus camera is similar with iPhone 7 Series. The iPhone 8 continues to have a 12-megapixel camera, and the iPhone 8 Plus a duo of 12-megapixel camera sensors. Among other new capabilities, both the new iPhone models can shoot 1080p videos at 240 frames per second. Both iPhone 8 and iPhone 7 come with a 12-megapixel camera with ƒ/1.8 aperture, optical image stabilization, and Quad-LED True Tone flash.

The iPhone 8 Plus sports 12-megapixel wide-angle and telephoto cameras on the back with optical image stabilization, Quad-LED True Tone flash and optical zoom – same as the previous generation. The iPhone 8 Plus, however, also comes with a Dual Camera, Portrait Lighting (beta), which delivers different light effects on photos taken in portrait mode. There’s also upgrade in the video capturing capabilities.

The iPhone 7 Plus can shoot 4K video recording at 30 fps whereas the iPhone 8 Plus supports 4K video recording at 24 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps. The new iPhone can also shoot slow-motion 1080p videos at 120 fps or 240 fps as compared to last year’s 1080p at 120fps and 720p at 240 fps.

Front cameras on all the four smartphones come with a 7-megapixel sensor, ƒ/2.2 aperture, Retina Flash, and 1080p HD video recording.

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Apple iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus Battery

According to Apple, the iPhone 8 delivers same battery life as the iPhone 7. The smartphone is claimed to deliver up to 12 hours back up to internet use. The iPhone 7 could deliver the same amount of backup on the same parameter.

The upgrade, however, is the addition of the Qi wireless charging. The iPhone 8 also supports fast charging, which is claimed to achieve 50% charge in 30 minutes. The iPhone 8 Plus also has similar minor improvements over the predecessor with wireless charging support and fast charging capabilities.

  • 12MP primary camera with optical image stabilisation, Digital zoom up to 5x, Quad-LED True Tone flash and Slow sync, 4K video recording at 30 fps or 60 fps and slow-motion video recording in 1080p at 120 fps, 7MP front-facing FaceTime HD camera with Retina Flash
  • 4.7-inch (diagonal) widescreen with Retina HD Display, LCD Multi‑Touch display with IPS technology, 1334×750-pixel resolution at 326 ppi with 1400:1 contrast ratio (typical), 3D touch with True Tone display
  • iOS 11 and iCloud operating system with A11 Bionic chip with 64-bit architecture and neural engine embedded with M11 motion coprocessor, 32GB internal memory and single Nano-SIM
  • Non-removable Li-Ion 1960 mAh battery (7.55 Wh) providing talk time up to 14 hours
  • Wireless charging, Splash, Water and Dust resistant
  • 1-year manufacturer warranty for device and in-box accessories including batteries from the date of purchase

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