To recap: Glass + Stainless Steel > Aluminum / Plastic > Glass + Aluminum > Glass + Stainless Steel 2010 > 2017 > The lighting effects in Portrait mode, thou

To recap: Glass + Stainless Steel > Aluminum / Plastic > Glass + Aluminum > Glass + Stainless Steel 2010 > 2017 > The lighting effects in Portrait mode, though, are interesting… There have also been a few [shots] where the edges … have confused the hell out of the iPhone’s depth sensing… original Portrait mode last year shipped in similar state… When it works, though, … > … what exactly was “bionic” about the A11 chip … from Apple marketing-speak to plain English, is that The Bionic Man and Woman were cool, and the A11 chip is very cool. Brand new iPhone 8 “high-speed charging” vs year-old iPhone 7 charging: > 30 minutes it was at 54 percent, and at 45 minutes it was at 72 percent > 30 minutes it was at 43 percent, and at 45 minutes it was at 65 percent True Tone, mostly software and probably $10 of hardware, is the only noticeable display improvement. > Last year’s entry model iPhone 7 cost $649. This year’s 64 GB iPhone 8 costs $699. Apple, of course, has no explanation for this.