You think you know what you’re getting, but the iPhone 8 offers quite a bit more. There’s no getting round its highish price and dated design though

Blazingly fast; Camera borders on excellent; Great build that feels solid; Speakers are surprisingly good

Pricey; Design is effectively four years old; Camera bump still irks; No headphone port

Blazingly fast; Camera borders on excellent; Great build that feels solid; Speakers are surprisingly good;

Pricey; Design is effectively four years old; Camera bump still irks; No headphone port;

There's an X-factor hanging over Apple's new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, a question that can't be answered just yet, but needs to be answered before you can know whether to buy either of the new iPhones, or wait them out.

Apple's latest iPhone 8 is supercharged by its new A11 Bionic chip, which does the heavy lifting for a series of major new camera features as well as making everything faster. It also packs iPad Pro's True Tone display and Fast Charging, and adds Qi wireless charging through its beautifully glossy...

New design is beautiful on the back with little changing up front; Great battery life in line with last year's iPhone 7; Speedy A11 Bionic chip enhances gaming; AR apps; New camera smarts capture better photos in low light and with better HDR; 60fps 4K recording captures impressively smooth; high...

"Familiarity breeds contempt," or so the old proverb goes, and never has that been more topical than for the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. In any other year from the past decade, Apple's new smartphones would be the topic of endless fascination and discussion.

Wireless charging is convenient; Camera is excellent; A11 Bionic processor is fast; Battery life is solid

Bezels are big in comparison to other recent phones; Water-resistance falls short of rivals; Portrait Lighting can be hit-or-miss; Can you handle iPhone X envy

Today's the day that the new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are in stores across the world. The iPhone 8 isn't the exciting new Apple product this fall - that honor is reserved for the forthcoming iPhone X - but it is the new, mainstream iPhone that millions of people will be buying this year and next.

More of the same from Apple – just a little better in most departments and a little more expensive, too

Great cameras; Wireless charging; Incredibly fast

Same old iPhone design; Expensive; Exceedingly heavy

There's a concerning trend for new flagship phones to pull further away from the prices of their predecessors. By create a gaping void with handsets in the mid-range, manufacturers are attempting to establish the latest models as luxury items without offering huge leaps forward in technology.

The iPhone 8 Plus backs up its blazing speed and big screen with improved dual cameras and long battery life, making it a better choice than the regular iPhone 8. The iPhone 8 is well worth it if you prefer a smaller phone, offering fantastic performance, a great camera and a growing number of...

Apple doesn't slide backward, but sometimes it moves forward slowly. The new iPhone 8 ($699 for 64GB; $849 for 256GB) rests a little bit on Apple's laurels. While it's an excellent phone, it doesn't bring any radical new consumer features for owners of the iPhone 7 or even 6s models. Its powerful new A11 processor sets the stage for Apple's augmented reality future, but if you're interested in that, the iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X are better bets. Before we begin, I'd like to note the score above: 3.5 stars, the lowest we've rated an iPhone in a while. The iPhone 8 has some class-leading features, most notably that A11 processor and a camera that matches other $700 flagships. But on price-performance balance, it's the least appealing member of the iPhone family right now, and for that, we docked it half a star. A Familiar Design The iPhone 8 looks a lot like the iPhone 7, except that the metal back has been switched out for shimmering glass. At 5.45 by 2.65 by 0.29 inches (HWD) a...

The iPhone 8 anchors Apple's 2017 phone line, but it isn't where the future is.

Wireless charging; Powerful new processor

Lacks the latest modem features and bands; Single camera is a disadvantage for AR; Not a huge upgrade over last year's model, which is still available