iPhone 8 Plus Specs and Price

IPhone 8 Plus is a slight upgrade to the iPhone 8 in terms of screen size, body dimensions, camera features, weight, and of course, the price. 

Few months ago, I posted some of the leaked iPhone 8 Plus but here is the full official specs of iPhone 8 Plus which comes with a bigger display size of 5.5 inches, better screen resolution at 1080 x 1920 pixels, bigger dimensions at 158.4 x 78.1 x 7.5 mm, heavier and also IP68-certified meaning it's as well, water and dust resistant. This device also charges wirelessly thanks to the wireless charging technology. 

As for the price, iPhone 8 Plus will cost about N324,000 Nigerian Naira but the Global price tag is somewhere around $900. When officially available, it is expected to be sold at Jumia and Konga online stores. Checkout the full specs below:

IPHONE 8 PLUS SPECIFICATIONS AND PRICE

✔ NETWORK TECHNOLOGY
GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1900 / 2100 - A1863
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - A1863, A1905
    
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO & TD-SCDMA - A1863
4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100) - A1863, A1905
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes

✔ STATUS
Announced 2017, September
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2017, September

✔ DESIGN
Dimensions 158.4 x 78.1 x 7.5 mm (6.24 x 3.07 x 0.30 in)
Weight 202 g (7.13 oz)
SIM Nano-SIM
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

✔️ DISPLAY
Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches (~67.4% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (~401 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating
- Wide color gamut display
- 3D Touch display & home button
- Display Zoom
- True-tone display

✔ PLATFORM
OS iOS 11

✔ PROCESSOR
Chipset Apple A11 Bionic
CPU Hexa-core

✔ MEMORY
Card slot No
Internal 64/256 GB, 3 GB RAM

✔ CAMERA
Primary Dual 12 MP, (28mm, f/1.8, OIS & 56mm, f/2.8), phase detection autofocus, 2x optical zoom, quad-LED (dual tone) flash
Features 1/3" sensor size @ 28mm, 1/3.6" sensor size @ 56mm, geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps
Secondary 7 MP, f/2.2, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama

✔ MULTIMEDIA
Alert types Vibration, proprietary ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack No
Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Lightning to 3.5 mm headphone jack adapter

✔ CONNECTIVITY
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes (Apple Pay only)
Radio No
USB 3.0, reversible connector

✔ FEATURES
Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Messaging iMessage, SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
Browser HTML5 (Safari)
Java No
- Fast battery charging: 50% in 30 min
- Wireless charging
- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- iCloud cloud service
- MP3/WAV/AAX+/AIFF/Apple Lossless player
- MP4/H.264 player
- Audio/video/photo editor
- Document editor
Colors Gold, Space Gray, Silver

✔ BATTERY
Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Talk time Up to 21 h (3G)
Music play Up to 60 h

✔ PRICING
Price About 910 EUR