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

From the front, these phones look very like last year's iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. The same Home button with fingerprint sensor beneath the display, the...

Fast processor; Great cameras; Superb image processing; Wireless charging; Excellent operating system; Countless apps

Design might become dated; They're not the iPhone X

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

Judging by the to pick up the and iPhone 8 Plus, there isn't a whole lot of hype around Apple's latest plus-sized phone. This isn't because it's a bad phone, but because Apple superseded the iPhone 8 Plus around 10 minutes after it was announced by showing off the OLED-toting, bezel-free .

Excellent; versatile camera; Great screen; Super speakers; Wireless charging is nice to have

Very heavy; Boring design; No OIS on secondary camera; Would have liked the screen to be OLED

The iPhone 8 Plus is a hard phone to recommend. Sure, it's powerful, but so is every other flagship - and with a dated design and huge body, the 8 Plus is lagging behind. Throw in the fact that the wireless charging is slow, the fast wired charging costs you extra, and flagship camera feature...

This is my second iPhone I have changed from 5s to 8plus so was used to a lot the features. Lot larger than the 5s but is heavier and that takes a while to adjust too. Having a bigger screen is much easier to navigate, but I do wish they included an instruction manual especially when you consider...

Pros: Great performance with no lag, Very good camera in good lighting Bright screen outdoor Very cool vibration feedback( haptic) Stereo speakers Very good battery life ( stand by time is insane ,same screen on time) Wireless charging/fast charging Cons: Camera takes blurry photos in low light( not...

I wouldn't recommend it as they probably have a version. My first big iphone and i intend to make it last . The build quality is excellent, Screen is just perfect for me at 1080p who needs 4k. Battery is good but cant say i've drained it yet. Camera is perfect 100x better than my last budget phone.

large smartphone dimensions, but the real significance of this update is under the hood and in the updated cameras

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.