Apple iPhone 8

If it makes you feel better, I work at Apple and I still use the iPhone 8 since 2017.

I do all the things Peter Easton, the original author, says not to - running my phone between 20 and 80%, with an occasional full charge, and it's usually charged off a 1A charger, despite being capable of charging at 3x that. It's a six year old iPhone 8, with the original factory battery, an estimated 76% of its original capacity, and its internal resistance is still low enough that it's running in 'peak performance' mode. Easton knows nothing about electronics or batteries and has a terminal case of Dunning-Kruger. "It's not 2005 anymore" really? Then why does the iPhone 15 offer the option to cap the max battery charge at 80%? https://support.apple.com/en-us/108055 Your phone is not going to explode in flames because of a malfunctioning power supply and it's beyond absurd to suggest it might. USB is a POWER SUPPLY to the phone's mainboard - it powers the charger, it isn't the battery charger itself and the two are not directly connected. If the USB plug supplies the wrong voltage or negotiation doesn't happen, the phone simply won't charge. Furthermore, many cell phone batteries have an internal BMS that will disconnect the battery if it goes overtemperature, overvoltage, or overcurrent - charge or discharge. I've changed the battery in several android phones and each had a small battery protection board on it. Charge rate absolutely impacts battery lifetime. If Easton opened a single datasheet from any lithium-ion battery manufacturer he could verify that himself. Manu…

> dont really need a screen, its cubersome when you are outside for long periods of time and battery life on Apple phones isn't very good > Need something, I don't care if its big, that will last for at least a week, can do 3g/4g (5g is too much) SMS globally and calling internationally That depends on if you feel that you need to keep everything that needs network running in the background all the time. I keep some things running in the background, but not everything. My aging iPhone 8 lasts me a week between charges, and it's got 4 years on its back and still using the original battery, now down to just under 80% maximum capacity. Really, the iPhones' battery life is fine.

My god, I'd heard that Android support over time was not great, but 3 years? That's really, really short. I'm a gadget nut, so for a long time I got a new phone every 18-24 months -- and for most of that time, the year over year gains on phones were sufficient to justify the upgrade, at least for some users. But we're in a more mature market now. YoY updates on phones are pretty incremental. I kept my iPhone 8 for about 3 years before handing it off to my wife (who, lest you think me a jerk, absolutely DID NOT WANT to spend the money on a new phone for her), who then used it for almost 2 more years. The phone I replaced it with is an 11Pro. I expect to get AT LEAST 3 years out of it. (What finally tempted me out of the 8 was the camera, which I assume is a common story no matter which kind of phone you like -- they got a LOT better between 2016 and 2019.) Pixels are high-end Android handsets, right? I would have assumed that they'd have similar useful lives; I don't blame Android folks for being up in arms, because sunsetting a 3 year old handset is just BANANAS.

> " Most people use pre-paid phones until they either break down or get stolen. " Reference please. My personal impression is that most people buy subsidized phones, as part of the contract, every 2 years when the renewal is up. If you have better data than my anecdote, I'm all ears. The Android devices that I've had, and that my family has had, stopped receiving major updates, and even security patches, after only 1 year. So first of all, I don't care what other people do, I can't use devices that are no longer upgraded with security patches. Meanwhile iPhone 6s is getting upgraded to iOS 14. Also, low end Androids stop being usable after about 2 years, either because apps become too slow, or because the battery is affected. And even the high end phones have hardware issues much faster than my iPhones. I've had two Galaxy S phones in my household, after 2 years one had a damaged motherboard and the other had a battery dying on us. These devices are designed for obsolescence. And many people are actually spending more money on those lower end Androids than if they got a higher end iPhone and keep it for 6 years. My 3 year old iPhone 8 still has a battery that's in top shape BTW, with no performance issues.

In my experience, iPhone 4 was better than iPhone 8 which is better than iPhone 17. Either I got lucky, went to more interesting places and composed better, or the technology is getting worse from an aesthetic point-of-view. I definitely had more keepers, more memorable photos of a higher subjective quality. I pretty much don't bother with iPhotography now. Similar story on Android but I won't bore with the model names and numbers. Older handsets gave better results. Pre-smartphone, king of the hill was the Sony K800, I loved the photos from that phone. No fancy software, just quality hardware and straightforward processing gave consistent results. That said, I should try Halide app. Bringing it back to basics with less computation might be the way forward for me.

HODLing my iPhone 8 here. I can’t use a lot of apps, but Venmo and Lyft work on it still.

I’ve got an old iPhone 8 that runs great.

I'm also a touchID / iphone 8 size fan, but the nice cameras/zoom in flagship models are hard to give up. At least Face ID has improved significantly from the early days of iphone 10 -- it's faster and more reliable than it was on the older models if you tried it back then.

I'm still on iOS 16 (I don't use a smartphone anymore and my old iPhone 8 works fine for the handful of times I need one) and even I notice it, I'm constantly pressing one letter and it gives me another

I was once blown away by iPhone 8 editing capabilities. The keyboard seemed to work OK (minus swipe-to-type, but that wasn't great on Android either), and using 3D Touch to move cursor and select text was the most pleasant text editing experience, even better than on the desktop (arrow keys and vim hjkl). And then it was all removed in a software update.

I ran iPhone 6 and 8 well beyond their years. I only replaced because the batteries were already replaced once. But otherwise the phone was fine. I have had same issues with laptops

Performance and hardware longevity has really been solid from Apple. I busted my wife's old iPhone 8 out when I found it digging for other things ... still runs nice. My android devices over the year I use for development, most just up and die or performance just degrades over time until it is unusable.

> Something can be said about unlocking deprecated devices, but it would only ever be used by a tiny percentage of people. Apple devices in particular last a very long time anyway, as you should expect from a premium brand. Used by a tiny percentage only because Apple has made it as difficult as possible to not upgrade, which is especially egregious precisely because their devices are long-lasting. (This comment brought to you via a perfectly functioning iPhone 8 running the latest possible iOS that supports it.)

I prefer my old iPhone 8 to the new models, but without the updates it's no longer useful. I was waiting for 4th Gen SE but it never came, but in practice it's the same width and less than 2 centimetres taller. If I could have a shorter phone (like an iPhone 8 without the bezel) that would be amazing. I tried small Androids in the past, had a Sony Xperia compact (Z1?) and loved it until it very literally fell apart.