iPhone 8

I am typing this on a 9 year old iPhone 8 Plus. Battery was replaced once after 6 years, replacement battery is still lasting more than a day. Apps are slowly losing support for it, but other than that it mostly does what I want, and still gets security updates for really bad stuff. [...]

I use an iPhone 8 and I’ve used it for around 3 years now and it is SO durable like I’ve dropped it 10 million times it’s been underwater many times over 2 minutes WITH big cracks and amazing camera!

I still use the 8 and been using it since almost 2 years now, and it has not disappointed me. Albeit, the battery life is now at 75% which is very rough, and I have to charge it almost 3 times a day, but running daily tasks on it is a piece of cake as I don't play games. Gonna upgrade to the SE 2020 soon after selling this one, since my budget is tight, and expect to get at least 2 more years out of it.

[...] It's worth upgrading now since battery life went down to 74% (the only downside it has, alongside becoming alittle slow with recent updates), and tech changed so much. [...] I must say I'm surprised from the build quality of iPhone 8, it has no ceramic shield yet it fell quite a few times (no cover whatsoever) and barely scratched on the aluminum edges. [...]

auto brightness also broken on earlier phones + 3rd party screen source: i have this problem iphone 8

The iPhone 8 plus is very fast and is getting faster with every update. I own the one since mid November and it’s a joy to use. Camera is good, audio is awesome, battery is good, software is delightful as usual. [...]

What really annoys me is Apple EOLed the iPhone 8 and then came out with a virtually identical SE version. Of course they soon discontinued the SE too… Maybe they updated the CPU slightly but screen and camera were identical. I would have kept my iPhone 8 if they kept updating the software. Yet somehow they can manage update the SE software despite looking the same as the iPhone 8… I know there is a cost and overhead toward supporting old platforms. But for the premium on these devices and the level of waste generated, manufacturers can still do better… I’d prefer no new features and only security updates… perhaps I’m weird.

I have an iPhone 8 still in service and compared to an equally old Android device, the Android (some kind of Motorola eX series low end phone) runs circles around the iPhone. Even playing background video or audio streamed from wifi and output over bluetooth with the screen off, the Android will burn 15% in an hour while the iPhone will burn over 60%. [...]

The iPhone 8 was peak iPhone. I’m on my second iPhone 8 and am posting from it now. I did also like the original iPhone SE mostly because of the size, but the haptics make the the iPhone 8, along with having a bezel, square screen, and home button.

I use the iPhone se3 and i must say the chipset is really making good pictures if you think about the fact that the camera is a grandpa. I love the well rounded curves and I love touchID so it was a no brainer to get iPhone 8 with 4gb RAM and A15 Bionic Beast.

I just got the iPhone 8 256gb no scratches on front or back no cracks and it’s unlocked with a new battery with 100% health. and it’s working great so far.

In my opinion it’s still worth it, I am currently using the iPhone 8 it’s a great phone it works good fast enough, as long as you have a healthy battery your good to go as you said.

I’m in a similar situation with my iPhone 8. The battery currently shows 81% capacity, so needs changing, but it doesn’t make much sense considering it’s not getting anymore software updates. [...] Really wish that we got updates for longer; feels as though companies are forcing you into upgrades just to sell more devices.

I have both iPhone 8 and 8 Plus. 8 Plus is my daily driver, and the normal 8 is a backup. [...] 😍 They work perfectly fine, the battery health on the normal size 8 is 86%, and on the 8 Plus is 84%. I charge it usually once or twice a day, but I work in the office so it’s not a problem for me. [...]

The iPhone 8 was my last iPhone before switching to Samsung. It was my favourite iPhone ever and still is to date, once I broke my Samsung and used one for 8 months before finding another Samsung with the storage that suited my needs. Apples best iPhone ever, and I miss these more simple days.

The iPhone 8 is the best old-ish iPhone you can get for daily use. Wireless charging, IOS 16, and a decent camera. I wouldn't get one now as a main, you could get a better iPhone for around the same price. [...]

Just upgraded my iPhone 8 to the iPhone 18! [...] Decided to go with @dbrand.bsky.social PRISM idiot-proof screen protector (Love the painless applicator) and the Tank case! Can expect these to keep my phone protected until the iPhone 28, DBrand?

I've had the iPhone 8 since 2018 and I've really enjoyed having it, it's a great little phone and perfect for everyday moments. I'm looking to upgrade soon because my battery, camera and charging port are on their way out, but I really like the Touch ID and clicky home button and will definitely miss those aspects when I upgrade to a newer iPhone 😢

I am using a iphone 8 plus as my daily driver I just updated the iOS it has 256 gb I love fighter print I'd I like the two cameras I like the looks I get when people see me using it

My friend still uses an iPhone 8 now, and I have no clue why as the battery is terrible, there is cracks on the screen and the charge port is broken. And it’s not a question of him not being able to afford a new phone, he definitely can, he says he just doesn’t need one

Aesthetically, the iPhone 8 looks better than the iPhone 10 (especially the gold/sand colored one), with a more justifiable price, and all of the same internals. I’d rather save money, keep Touch ID, and have extra bezel, than lose a home button, spends hundreds extra, and have a less aesthetically pleasing device.

I use both iSh and iVim on my iPhone 8 and they both work well. [...] iVim and repl.it apps have the best mobile keyboard configuration I’ve used - have lost interest in replit since they were pushing ai so much though. [...]

[...] I've got a DJI drone and I've always been worried of some OTA software update essentially making the device useless. I've got a separate iPhone 8 that I don't connect to WiFi any more that I use only to control the drone. [...]

I have a question after using iPhone 8 for some years now. How can this phone consume so much battery in idle mode? It´s shut off and during a time period of around 16 hours it takes more than half of the battery, why? It´s not that the phones battery is all that old and worn down, maixum cap. [...]

I tried an iphone 8 for 3 days. [...] I sent it back and got an LG fiesta 2 that lasted me 5 years until i got my used note 10 in 2020. [...] On a note 20 now, I got it in 2023 after my shattered screen cost more to fix than buying another phone. Big tech don't get my money. [...]

I did swap an iPhone 8 battery not so long ago, really just to see how bad it was and whether I'd risk it on a newer device (which I didn't do in the end, after reading about 'non genuine battery' warnings on newer devices) And while that replacement was a success, it was a ridiculous amount of effort for a battery change, involving special tools, heat, an unreasonable amount of disassembly, scraping adhesive off, the 'stretch to release' battery adhesive being utterly useless, so having to risk applying force to a potentially fiery battery, and so on. Yes, iFixit are doing great work, and it's certainly possibly for a hobbyist-level 'tinkerer' to successfully change the battery. [...]

People talk about Apple prices being higher but the longevity of their devices really erases that price difference for me. I still have an old iPhone 8 that I test with that runs well, I’ve had numerous Android devices die in that timeframe, slow to a crawl, or at best their performance is erratic.

I have never owned an 8 or 8 Plus, but have worked extensively in a software testing job with the 6s and 6s plus, as well as the 7 and 8 to a more limited extent. [...] That being said, I would agree with you that the battery, at least on the standard size models, is too small to be truly adequate. I also own a X that has the same processor as the 8 and 8 plus that I use as a sort-of micro tablet on wi-fi only. It can be a bit laggy, but is largely OK for the low to moderate intensity tasks I use it for (no gaming). It also seems to be more battery efficient than the SE 2, even with a battery that has aged substantially. Sadly though, iPhones continue to lag technologically behind many Android phones that cost far less. [...] Buy an SE 3 (extremely outdated design, likely battery issues, decent price if one can find a good deal), 2. Buy a newer design iPhone (more up-to-date design, still not technologically where many much less expensive Android phones are, extremely overpriced IMO), 3. Wait and see what Apple comes out with (a plus size SE with an adequate battery or something along the lines of some of the proposed designs for the new SE 4 might tempt me if technological advancements are incorporated and battery life is good). Otherwise, I am likely going to be going with a lower mid-tier Android for my next phone (half the cost or less of a decent newer design iPhone with most of the same features provided for what I use a phone for, more open software environment, etc). [...]

Instagram. I was completely fine using a well-taken-care-of iPhone 8 until Instagram's input boxes became unusably slow on it, now I have an iPhone 13. I'm guessing that there'll be a race to make more powerful AI assistants, but makers of far more mundane apps will gobble up the computing power readily.

[...] I have a Iphone 8 plus and I love it. No software issues, I prefer it to the newer iPhones and It is less than 1/3rd the price. [...]

I find it really odd that you wouldn't notice some of the improvements between iPhone 8 to 16. I'm sure they notice some improvements, when I was out shopping for a new phone I could tell the then-flagship iPhone 13 having a slightly better display and a slightly better camera than 11 even by playing with it at the store. [...] I just had to because I bought the 16GB model back then, the lowest storage option, and with ever larger iOS updates my phone wasn't usable anymore. [...] Now the fonts look a little nicer, and camera is so much better, and that's.. [...] The big features, all the important stuff, the GPS, camera, browser, IM and a few other things have been figured out since a decade now. [...]

IOS is so riddled with bugs now. I have constant users with the keyboard and now Home Sharing is completely broken for my music library. All of these features still work fine on my iPad and iPhone 8 running older IOS versions…

In my experience, iPhone 4 was better than iPhone 8 which is better than iPhone 17. [...] I definitely had more keepers, more memorable photos of a higher subjective quality. [...] 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. [...]

My iPhone 8 just stopped working 2 months back (phone works but the microphone used in phone calls no longer works) so by chance my good friend gave me his pixel 8 that was only a couple few months old. It got a pink line down the screen that comes and goes which if you press in one spot can usually make it go away but he is a business owner and he can't risk the screen going from line to not working for a day as a missed communication could cost him thousands. [...] Seems like this pink line is common and a defect in some screens. Anyways I wanted to say I also have a pixel 8 but with stock OS and my battery typically lasts a full day with average usage. My iPhone 8 previously even with a replacement battery was lucky if it lasted more then 5 hours. I had to charge that thing multiple times a day.

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 prefer my old iPhone 8 to the new models, but without the updates it's no longer useful. [...] 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.

[...] Every now and then, especially after having taken new pictures with the camera, I'd see the network activity spinner get going whenever starting Photos - and I've never enabled iCloud backups, but rather explicitly always disabled it everywhere I find a setting to do so. With Wi-Fi it'd be a short one second affair, and on cellular it'd take a few seconds more. I also observed the duration of the activity to vaguely extend with the number of new pictures taken between starting Photos. Curiously, when disabling cellular data permission for Photos and having no Wi-Fi connected, the network activity spinner would still pop up and just get stuck indefinitely without ever finishing whatever it's reporting. My gut feeling has always been that it's returning digested machine learning feedback for Photos' facial/object recognition. (add.: since moving from the iPhone 8 and iOS 16 to a modern iPhone and iOS 17/18 this behavior has gone away - at least the network activity spinner doesn't gossip anymore...)

I bought my 8 refurbished couple years ago or more for $230.00. The battery life is the biggest issue and I would like to have a better camera like the newer ones have. I think I’m gonna save up my money before buying newer. [...]

[...] i think i dropped it too much because now the button makes a buzzing sound which got super annoying, sos i had to upgrade. other than that, the iphone 8 plus is still pretty great in 2026. [...]

I purchased an iPhone 8 in early 2018 and in the 5.5 years I've been using it I've only had to replace the battery once (it lasted that long because I always kept it charged between 40% and 80% so when the battery started to not hold a charge well I stopped doing that and used it normally). Sadly it's already saying the battery needs a service at 89% health even though I had it replaced by Apple, so I'll probably need to replace it in the next few months. [...] I have an iPhone XR for work so I know what using Face ID is like but I'm just not a fan of it, and I'm also not a fan of swiping up from the bottom of the phone to close apps as it doesn't feel as ergonomic as using the Home Button. I definitely think that cameras on iPhones have shifted dramatically since the iPhone 8. iPhones these days tend to take photos that are more saturated and processed compared to the photos from my iPhone 8 (as long as the lighting conditions are good as you mentioned). [...] Overall the iPhone 8 has been an amazing phone and I'm happy I owned it! [...]

I still have an old iPhone 8 that I test with that runs well I have an iPhone 3G from 2008 that is currently playing music as I work. After 16 years, it still syncs perfectly with Apple Music on the current version of macOS. Unfortunately, since it can't handle modern encryption, I can't get it to connect to any wifi access point.

Not having iOS 17 on A11-powered devices such as iPhone 8 is a bummer but understandable. I do sincerely hope that A13-powered devices such as iPhone 11 series & iPhone SE 2 will not stop at iOS 18 & get slightly longer iOS updates with iOS 19 or iOS 20 as the last iOS to be supported.

[...] My iPhone 8 still works perfectly, but every app on my phone is staging a mutiny because I can’t update past iOS 16. I just want my banking app to let me log in without reminding that me my phone is a historical artifact. [...]

My first iPhone was the iPhone 8 and I bought it in 2025 used it for two months before deciding that I want a new phone but an iPhone can realise that it was shit because it had like 60% battery health returned it after three days of having it got back to my iPhone 8 and now I have a iPhone 13 and I am in the middle of the process of getting my old iPhone 8 back from my dad because I just want to have my old iPhone 8 back. It’s my first iPhone so it makes sense that I want to keep it right

Dear Apple, I bought a new iPhone 16+ to replace my old beloved iPhone 8+ (& save on tariffs). [...] Finding an adequately protective case has been a huge headache and it’s actually hotter, heavier & more uncomfortable than my 8+. Don’t even get me started on the keyboard! [...]

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. [...] 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.

I’ve had my iPhone 8 since 2020. [...] Last year I did have to get a new battery in my phone because it kept dieing extremely fast, but other than that, I’ve have no problems. I don’t rly care about camera quality or any fancy stuff. [...]

I had an iphone se 2nd gen but I had to sell it sadly because of battery problems and overheat. Then I bought a Xiaomi phone... [...] I will use an iPhone 8 in a few days now. [...]

[...] I bought Bluetooth earphones at stripes corner store for 23 bucks.. they sound good not great.. [...] The charge on the Bluetooth lasts all night.. like five or six hours of play on the Bluetooth headphones.maybe there is something better out there, but for now I enjoy good sound from my cheap Bluetooth earphones.

[...] This is now a cheap, perfectly fine phone. [...] The Camera is perfectly fine. [...] go buy a professional camera, like why are you using your phone camera to begin with? I used an iPhone SE 2016 camera and SE 3 2022 for comparison.. aside from the photo being more washed out in the 1st gen SE.. [...] The iPhone 8 is also decent for its size. [...]