Apple has announced the next-gen iPhone smartphones along with iPhone X earlier this week. The smartphones were praised for its mesmerizing aesthetics and came with some significant improvement over its predecessor. Nonetheless, here is a good news for the Indian consumers who are looking to get their hands on the latest iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus will be available for pre-order from September 22nd on Flipkart.
The country’s reputed distributors like Ingram Micro, Brightstar Telecommunication, and Redington India has confirmed the above mention pre-order credentials. Coming to the specification, iPhone 8 posses the 4.7-inch Retina HD display, while the bigger sibling iPhone 8 Plus comes with larger 5.5 inches panel. The display of both smartphones are also packed with a 3D Touch display and offers wide color gamut and True-tone display.
The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus adheres the design attributes as they built from glass and aluminum construction. Both the smartphones come with IP67 certification for water and dust resistance capabilities. These next-gen smartphones are propelled by the new A11 Bionic 64 bit Hexa-core (2x Monsoon + 4x Mistral) processor paired with Apple GPU (three-core graphics) and 2GB RAM. Apple claims that the A11 Bionic SoC is 70% faster than the previous gen chipset.
Both the smartphones run on the iOS 11 out of the box and adhere the support for Qi wireless charging and fast charging as well. Apple next-generation fast charging technology claims to charge the phone up to 50% in 30 minutes. On the camera front, the iPhone 8 is packed with a 12MP rear optics which comes with f/1.8 aperture, PDAF, OIS, and quad-LED (dual tone) flash.
While up front, there is an 7 MP lens which comes with a f/2.2 aperture, face detection, HDR, and panorama.Nonetheless, the iPhone 8 Plus is equipped with a dual 12 MP camera packed with phase detection autofocus, 2x optical zoom, and quad-LED (dual tone) flash. Whereas in the front there is a 7MP selfie shooter.
