iPhone 8 Plus review: still massive – but not in a good way
by Samuel Gibbs from Technology | The Guardian on (#33VFH)
Apple's chunky phablet stands out like a sore thumb against its ever-more sleek rivals, and not even its decent camera and battery life can save it
The iPhone 8 Plus might have some fancy camera tricks up its sleeve, but is it really worth buying its bulky frame ahead of its sleeker rivals or the potential of the iPhone X?
Like its smaller non-Plus sibling, the design of the iPhone 8 Plus has barely changed since it was introduced in 2014 with the iPhone 6 Plus, but it has aged worse. The iPhone 6 Plus was thin but relatively wide and tall for a smartphone with a 5.5in screen in 2014, with big bezels and a chunky top and bottom.
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