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...

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 This isn't because it's a bad phone, but because Apple superseded the iPhone 8 Plus around 10 minutes after it was announced by showing off the OLED-toting, bezel-free .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

You typically have to wait a year for the latest Apple iPhone to be surpassed, yet at its most recent launch event, this took just ten minutes. Fresh off the back of unveiling the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus , Apple launched its flagship iPhone X – a high-end model that completely redesigns how the...

The iPhone 8 Plus is a superlative phone with a spectacular camera, but wait for the upcoming iPhone X before buying: it promises to fold all of the key features of the 8 Plus into a smaller, sexier package.

Fantastic dual-lens camera shoots better than ever with improved portrait mode; Adds wireless charging; Lightning-fast speed; Starts at 64GB

Dated design; Most competing Android phones have even larger screens; Upcoming iPhone X could be a more compelling choice

Apple's iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are difficult smartphones to review. Both devices offer users excellent camera performance, a sleek-looking design and optimization for augmented reality (AR) content thanks to Apple's powerful new A11 Fusion processor.

New camera features are impressive; Qi wireless charging is great; A11 processor is a substantial upgrade over the A10

iPhone X is looming on the horizon; Not a big upgrade over the iPhone 7; Design is showing its age

I decided to order an Apple iPhone 8 Plus, which is a lot like the current iPhone, instead of the totally redesigned and highly anticipated iPhone X. I might regret it in a few months, but let me explain why I decided to go with one of Apple's more traditional iPhones this year.

The 4.7-inch iPhone 8 and the 5.5-inch iPhone 8 Plus feature fresh looks, industry-leading power, and wireless charging.

The first place I took the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus was a sticky, late-summer wedding just outside of Austin. It turned out to be the perfect way to stress-test the new devices. The iPhones 8 have new cameras designed to hack it even on a drunken dance floor.

The world is going camera-first, and this is a kick-ass camera; The glass design is a big improvement; Wireless charging makes everything better

There's a lot of bezel on this phone; Next to the iPhone X, it already feels outdated; The iPhone 8 lets you do so much, but iOS 11 buries too much of it

Both the 8 and 8 Plus use Apple's new A11 Bionic processor, a hexa-core chip with two performance cores that are 25-percent faster than the A10, and four performance cores that the company says are 70-percent faster than the old model.

Incredible benchmark performance; Wireless charging; Improved stereo speakers; Improved cameras; Portrait Lighting (for the 8 Plus

Looks the same from the front; Mostly incremental upgrades; Not the iPhone X

The iPhone 8 Plus should really be called the iPhone 7S Plus. Its updates don't warrant a full number bump, but they're welcome improvements that make the 8 Plus another great iPhone. Yes. For iOS users, your next best bet is the upcoming iPhone X .

Stellar performance; Great camera; fun Portrait Mode features; Wireless charging works well; Great display; Daylong battery

Expensive; Boring; dated front design; No headphone jack