iPhone 8 Gold Unboxing & Hands On Overview (Indian Unit)

Unboxing and First Look at the iPhone 8

We're here to unbox and take an initial look at this iPhone 8, also known as the iPhone 8 Plus, for those who may not know. The device was released alongside the iPhone 7 series, and now we'll get a closer look at its design, features, and performance.

The back of the iPhone 8 is made of glass, similar to the iPhone 7 Plus, and it has no home button. On the top, you can see the power on/off button, SIM tray, single bottom speaker, and the lightning connector for charging. The volume rocker and alert notification slider are also present on the side.

Comparing the iPhone 8 to its bigger brother, the iPhone 8 Plus, which is a different story as it has a larger battery capacity at 2690 mAh, while this one has a smaller battery at 1821 mAh. However, for those who are not heavy users of their smartphones, this might be sufficient.

Let's take a look at the initial setup process of the iPhone 8. As you can see, it comes with iOS 11 pre-installed and requires a SIM card to activate the device. After setting up the phone, we find that the settings are similar to those on previous iPhones. The storage capacity is 64 GB, but only about 55 GB is available for use.

The iPhone 8 also features a True Tone display, which adjusts the color temperature of the screen depending on the lighting conditions. This technology provides a more comfortable viewing experience. The device also has force touch capabilities, which allow users to perform various actions with just a tap.

In terms of camera performance, the iPhone 8 has a 12-megapixel rear-facing camera and a 7-megapixel front-facing camera. While the samples taken around the office show that the camera is capable, it may not offer significant improvements over the iPhone 7 in certain situations. If you're looking for better portrait mode capabilities, you might want to consider the upcoming iPhone 10 or the iPhone 8 Plus.

Additional Notes on Camera Performance and Battery Life

While taking sample shots around the office, we find that the camera performance is not drastically different from the iPhone 7. However, this may change once we test it more extensively. In comparison, if you're a heavy user of your smartphone, the iPhone 8 Plus might be a better option due to its larger battery capacity.

Overall, the iPhone 8 offers a good balance of features and performance for those who don't require a large battery or advanced camera capabilities. However, if you're looking for more power or improved camera features, you may want to consider other options.

As we finish this initial look at the iPhone 8, it's worth noting that the device is similar in design to the iPhone 7 and offers many of the same features, but with some improvements and refinements.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi there this is Ranjit and as you can see I have the iPhone just yesterday we had unboxed the iPhone 8 plus but today we will be doing the unboxing for this iPhone 8 this is the compact version again this is 64 gigabyte variant and I got this unit from Fraser Communications and if you stay in Hyderabad do check out faceit communications you can get some very good smartphone deals with them most of the offline phones that I purchase I purchased from Fez and communications so as you can see we have the standard Apple of made in California and by the way the pricing for this iPhone 8 regular one is about 63,000 as of now we also have another variant that is a 256 variant so 64 and 256 so this is the standard stickers that you get even with the bigger ones same stuff sim ejector tools some paperwork and also the Apple stickers so we keep these to the side for now and this is the iPhone itself and this one also actually if we compare with the iPhone 7 a hard iPhone 7 earlier its raisin slightly more compared to the iPhone 7 so that's the very quick impression so let's keep it to the side and we get the Lightning or your phone so with this one and even this iPhone it does not have a dedicated headphone jack so you have to use this adapter if you want to use your own headphones so lightning cable and also a power brick this is normal but not a fast charger though this phone supports fast charging so let me keep this to the side so here is the iPhone and let's just open this up let's peel this out and this is the gold color variant that we are getting as you can see the back is actually in that gold color it's nice it's very like light tinge of gold champagne I would say and the front is white if we compare it physically to the glass as you can see there's a massive difference I know many people don't like a big phone so if you're that kind of person then this regular iPhone it might be for you but if you look at the back you if you want that dual camera setup then you have to sadly for the 8 plus again have already posted unboxing initial impressions of this one link for that will be there in the youtube description area so let's keep this to the side for now and the back is also glass on this and you do that this one also supports wireless charging again it's very similar to the iPhone 7 from front if you look at it on the top we have nothing over here we have the power on/off button SIM tray again that single sent bottom speaker and the lightning connector that we'll use for charging and here you have the volume rocker and the alert what do you say notification slider so let's just power this odd and see and I also have the are what he said Galaxy s8 regular version and I feel in terms of size this is the one that should be compared to this one obviously the this one galaxy I said is a little bit taller but in terms of width I would say it's not that much shard different both are easy to hold in a single hand so let me keep this to the side and this initial setup can take quite a while so I'll just skip this and then we'll continue so the thing is guys you have to actually put a sim to activate this device so I'll just do that and then we will continue so we are finally here finished setting this up so as you can see it's as setup so the thing is that you have to have a sim to activate it and I'm just going to disable that so in a typical layout and out of the box it comes with iOS 11 on left if you go just a love this always above was you and you just quick pull down for search and stuff and the control center is now from here as you can see so yeah in terms of battery life this one has a smaller battery compared to the bigger brother the bigger brother is having a 2690 1 milliamp power battery but this is having a 1821 so if a very heavy user I would lean over to the plus model being using this as my primary one from morning as you can see being heavily using an instill at 49% it's 620 so yeah let's look at the settings err on this one if we just go here let's go down and see how much storage do we actually get out of that 64 gigabytes if you go to iphone storage about 9.3 GBS sort of views so you get a roughly about 55 gigabytes of space that is available to you this is much better than earlier versions of the iPhone that starts with 64 gigabytes but if you want more you have to go up to 256 this also has that true tone display let me actually show you if you just go to display settings display the true tone is switched on right now and you can switch this off or not here it is not making a lot of difference because of the studio lights but in lighting indoor lighting if you switch this on the display becomes slightly on the yellow side but it's easier on the eyes so let's just go back and this one is also having that for start so if you press it so you get that force touch option for example settings you can directly jump and stuff like this and the camera is a 12 megapixel rear-facing camera on this one with F 1.8 lens and the front-facing camera is a 7 megapixel with F 2.2 so let's quickly take some sample shots so that you can get a nice I mean an interface as you can see it's very similar to the earlier iPhones and again almost no shutter lag that we have I'm going to stop in and you can switch to the other modes like video and stuff sadly again if you want that portrait mode and stuff you have to still rely on this model or the upcoming iPhone 10 that will also have that dual cameras set up so let me do one thing let me take some sample shots around my office so that you can have a very quick idea regarding the camera performance so here are some of the sample shots that I've shot around my office with this iPhone 8 and as you can see again I don't see a huge difference compared to the iPhone 7 that camera was also good so it's very similar to that one again I'll have to test the camera a lot more but again I feel if you are more of a camera person then maybe the iPhone 8 plus or the iPhone 10 with that dual camera might be a better bet because that portrait lighting effects are only available on those two so guys that's it for now for this very quick unboxing and first look at this iPhone 8 so guys that's it for now and if you're not subscribed to my YouTube channel hit that subscribe button thanks for watching this is Ranjit and I hope to see you in my next videohi there this is Ranjit and as you can see I have the iPhone just yesterday we had unboxed the iPhone 8 plus but today we will be doing the unboxing for this iPhone 8 this is the compact version again this is 64 gigabyte variant and I got this unit from Fraser Communications and if you stay in Hyderabad do check out faceit communications you can get some very good smartphone deals with them most of the offline phones that I purchase I purchased from Fez and communications so as you can see we have the standard Apple of made in California and by the way the pricing for this iPhone 8 regular one is about 63,000 as of now we also have another variant that is a 256 variant so 64 and 256 so this is the standard stickers that you get even with the bigger ones same stuff sim ejector tools some paperwork and also the Apple stickers so we keep these to the side for now and this is the iPhone itself and this one also actually if we compare with the iPhone 7 a hard iPhone 7 earlier its raisin slightly more compared to the iPhone 7 so that's the very quick impression so let's keep it to the side and we get the Lightning or your phone so with this one and even this iPhone it does not have a dedicated headphone jack so you have to use this adapter if you want to use your own headphones so lightning cable and also a power brick this is normal but not a fast charger though this phone supports fast charging so let me keep this to the side so here is the iPhone and let's just open this up let's peel this out and this is the gold color variant that we are getting as you can see the back is actually in that gold color it's nice it's very like light tinge of gold champagne I would say and the front is white if we compare it physically to the glass as you can see there's a massive difference I know many people don't like a big phone so if you're that kind of person then this regular iPhone it might be for you but if you look at the back you if you want that dual camera setup then you have to sadly for the 8 plus again have already posted unboxing initial impressions of this one link for that will be there in the youtube description area so let's keep this to the side for now and the back is also glass on this and you do that this one also supports wireless charging again it's very similar to the iPhone 7 from front if you look at it on the top we have nothing over here we have the power on/off button SIM tray again that single sent bottom speaker and the lightning connector that we'll use for charging and here you have the volume rocker and the alert what do you say notification slider so let's just power this odd and see and I also have the are what he said Galaxy s8 regular version and I feel in terms of size this is the one that should be compared to this one obviously the this one galaxy I said is a little bit taller but in terms of width I would say it's not that much shard different both are easy to hold in a single hand so let me keep this to the side and this initial setup can take quite a while so I'll just skip this and then we'll continue so the thing is guys you have to actually put a sim to activate this device so I'll just do that and then we will continue so we are finally here finished setting this up so as you can see it's as setup so the thing is that you have to have a sim to activate it and I'm just going to disable that so in a typical layout and out of the box it comes with iOS 11 on left if you go just a love this always above was you and you just quick pull down for search and stuff and the control center is now from here as you can see so yeah in terms of battery life this one has a smaller battery compared to the bigger brother the bigger brother is having a 2690 1 milliamp power battery but this is having a 1821 so if a very heavy user I would lean over to the plus model being using this as my primary one from morning as you can see being heavily using an instill at 49% it's 620 so yeah let's look at the settings err on this one if we just go here let's go down and see how much storage do we actually get out of that 64 gigabytes if you go to iphone storage about 9.3 GBS sort of views so you get a roughly about 55 gigabytes of space that is available to you this is much better than earlier versions of the iPhone that starts with 64 gigabytes but if you want more you have to go up to 256 this also has that true tone display let me actually show you if you just go to display settings display the true tone is switched on right now and you can switch this off or not here it is not making a lot of difference because of the studio lights but in lighting indoor lighting if you switch this on the display becomes slightly on the yellow side but it's easier on the eyes so let's just go back and this one is also having that for start so if you press it so you get that force touch option for example settings you can directly jump and stuff like this and the camera is a 12 megapixel rear-facing camera on this one with F 1.8 lens and the front-facing camera is a 7 megapixel with F 2.2 so let's quickly take some sample shots so that you can get a nice I mean an interface as you can see it's very similar to the earlier iPhones and again almost no shutter lag that we have I'm going to stop in and you can switch to the other modes like video and stuff sadly again if you want that portrait mode and stuff you have to still rely on this model or the upcoming iPhone 10 that will also have that dual cameras set up so let me do one thing let me take some sample shots around my office so that you can have a very quick idea regarding the camera performance so here are some of the sample shots that I've shot around my office with this iPhone 8 and as you can see again I don't see a huge difference compared to the iPhone 7 that camera was also good so it's very similar to that one again I'll have to test the camera a lot more but again I feel if you are more of a camera person then maybe the iPhone 8 plus or the iPhone 10 with that dual camera might be a better bet because that portrait lighting effects are only available on those two so guys that's it for now for this very quick unboxing and first look at this iPhone 8 so guys that's it for now and if you're not subscribed to my YouTube channel hit that subscribe button thanks for watching this is Ranjit and I hope to see you in my next video\n"