Although the iPhone 8 looks a lot like the iPhone 7 / 6 from the outside, it was drastically re-engineered from the inside to be a powerful device. Unfortunately for this particular model that it was announced minutes before the iPhone X, so it didn’t receive the media hype iPhones usually get. Nevertheless, this is still a solid phone. iPhone 8 Overall Features The iPhone 8 is a splash, water, and dust resistant phone. It has the A11 Bionic chip…
Finally, I got my hands on the iPhone 7 Plus. I’m usually first to get a newly released device, but this time, there were lots of delays from Apple’s online store on the 7 Plus models. In the box, you’ll find the usual stuff only with a lightning twist: iPhone, power adapter, lightning to USB cable, EarPods with lightning connector and lightning to 3.5mm headphones jack adapter. I'm upgrading from the previous model, the 6 plus, the device is very similar…
Few month ago, I’ve put aside my iPhone and took on the challenge of switching completely to Android for a 3 month period, using the newly released (back then) Samsung S7 Edge. It has been an emotional period for me, a real love-hate relationship. I’ve been an Apple guy for as long as I can type, I still remember every device I’ve ever bought and I’ve even kept most of them along the way. Here is a list of some of…
Ever since Google released its Pixel phone, the internet could not stop comparing it to the iPhone. It was immediately destined to be the iPhone killer. Pixel, was built from the ground up using Google hardware and software just like Apple did with the iPhone. It was released in 2 models, Pixel and Pixel XL, again just like the iPhone. Its apps and core functionalities rely on a cloud ecosystem with a smart AI just like the iPhone. One thing…
With the lack of impressive new features in mobile phones, the battle of winning users today lies in advancing and optimizing existing features or even in the case of the iPhone 7 removing ones (headphone jack). People are now willing to switch brands because of one particular feature they desperately need or even are suffering from, such as the camera resolution or simply memory capacity. As much as I would have loved a completely new design for the iPhone 7,…