The most durable smartphone glass The Apple iPhone 8 Plus has a front and back made from the most durable smartphone glass ever. The glass is strengthened by fixing it to a laser welded steel foundation. This strengthening layer is now 50% deeper than before.

It's no secret that smartphones have tended to get sleeker and less obtrusive over time. Screens are growing, but bezels are shrinking. In a very real way, the boundaries between us and our information -- our apps, our contacts, our very desires reproduced in pixels -- are melting away.

Impeccable performance; Great build quality; Excellent camera; Wireless charging works well; Early AR apps are very impressive; Impeccable performance; Great build quality; Dual camera works well; Solid battery life; Early AR apps are impressive

Design will be too familiar for some; No dual camera; The camera humps are back; Not as water resistant as its competitors; Design may be too familiar to some; The camera humps are back; Portrait Lighting modes need work; Can be uncomfortable to hold; Not as water resistant as its competitors

The iPhone 8 Plus offers slightly more than its smaller sibling . We are not only talking about the pure weight, which is substantial at more than 200 grams (~7 oz), but mainly the dual-camera. The display also features more pixels and you get 1 GB more RAM.

True-Tone display; fast SoC; great camera; accurate GPS; Bluetooth 5.0; high Wi-Fi performance; many LTE bands; water and dust protection; high build quality ..

..; but big and heavy, storage cannot be expanded, only 12 months warranty, no stereo jack, only average speakers, display resolution could be higher, heavier than the predecessor, very limited NFC functionality

If you are of a mind to anthropomorphise technology, you could almost feel sorry for the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus. They appeared for their moment in the spotlight, all gleaming and shiny with their new glass backs and wireless charging, ready to impress the fevered audience at Apple's Californian HQ...

Wireless charging; improved camera; augmented reality; the best iPhone to date..; but there's a but

Not enough to set either handset apart from the iPhone 7; the 8s feel immediately outmoded by the iPhone X

Bright, sharp screen; Class-leading cameras; Lightning fast performance; Top build quality; Solid battery life;

Bulky, dated design; Expensive; Lack of headphone jack still annoying;

Apple's latest iPhone 8 is supercharged by its new A11 Bionic chip, which does the heavy lifting for a series of major new camera features as well as making everything faster. It also packs iPad Pro's True Tone display and Fast Charging, and adds Qi wireless charging through its beautifully glossy...

New design is beautiful on the back with little changing up front; Great battery life in line with last year's iPhone 7; Speedy A11 Bionic chip enhances gaming; AR apps; New camera smarts capture better photos in low light and with better HDR; 60fps 4K recording captures impressively smooth; high...

More of the same from Apple – just a little better in most departments and a little more expensive, too

Great cameras; Wireless charging; Incredibly fast

Same old iPhone design; Expensive; Exceedingly heavy

There's a concerning trend for new flagship phones to pull further away from the prices of their predecessors. By create a gaping void with handsets in the mid-range, manufacturers are attempting to establish the latest models as luxury items without offering huge leaps forward in technology.

The iPhone 8 Plus backs up its blazing speed and big screen with improved dual cameras and long battery life, making it a better choice than the regular iPhone 8. The iPhone 8 is well worth it if you prefer a smaller phone, offering fantastic performance, a great camera and a growing number of...