iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus Reivew: What is the Difference?

The latest Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus have already been released and they are available to buy though. Are you going to buy an iPhone 8/iPhone 8 Plus or you just wait to wait for the iPhone X. If you want the iPhone8/iPhone 8 Plus, it maybe difficult to design which one to buy as iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are so similar phones. To help you decide which one is better for you, I will do a thorough review on the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus in this post, please continue to find out the details.

PART 1. IPHONE 8 VS. IPHONE 8 PLUS: OVERVIEW

Both iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus share same IOS 11 and Qi wireless charging, touch ID fingerprint sensor, processor A11 Bionic chip, M11 motion coprocessor, storage 64GB or 256GB, front camera 7 megapixel, lighting interface, Bluetooth 5.0, splash, IP 67 water and dust resistance and other similar tech Spec. As for the difference, following is a concise comparison list.

	iPhone 8	iPhone 8 Plus
Display size	4.7 inch retina display	5.5 inch retina display
Resolution	1334*750 pixels	1920*1080 pixels
Pixel density	326 ppi	401 ppi
Dimensions	5.45×2.65×0.29 inches	6.24×3.07×0.30 inches
Weight	148 g	202 g
Main camera	Single 12 megapixel	Dual 12 megapixel
RAM	2GB	3GB
Battery	14 hours of talk time on wireless; 12 hours of internet use; 13 hours of video playback on wireless; 40 hours of audio playback on wireless	21 hours of talk time on wireless; 13 hours of internet use; 14 hours of video playback on wireless; 60 hours of audio playback on wireless
Price	Starts from $699	Starts from $799

PART 2. IPHONE 8 VS. IPHONE 8 PLUS: DETAILED DIFFERENCE AND SIMILARITIES

From what we have mentioned above, we found that the main difference between iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are mainly in size, camera and battery etc. Now let’s go over the aspects one by one to learn more.

Design: iPhone appearance hasn’t changed much since iPhone 6 except the iPhone X, which looks completely different from iPhone 7 Plus. As usual, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus still has the touch ID and rounded corner and similar button placements, but it has replaced the metal with glass on the back and front. The only obvious difference in design between iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus is the size and camera.

Software: They comes with the same IOS 11 which has some of the great new features including picture in picture, notification control center, live photos, files and storage etc.

Hardware: iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are equipped with the most powerfulA11 Bionic chip, M11 motion coprocessor, 64G or 256G storage, you will find obvious performance improvement compared to the last year’s models. As for the memory and battery, the iPhone 8 Plus has a slightly higher 3G memory and bigger battery while the iPhone has only 2G memory. The biggest difference between the biggest difference between iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus in hardware is the cameras. The iPhone 8 comes with a single camera which is basically the same of the iPhone 7 except it supports optical image stabilization built in this time. iPhone 8 Plus comes with a dual camera which is fantastic for taking photos with bokeh effect, AR, artificial focus. Besides, the iPhone 8 Plus camera supports the portrait lighting mode, making it much easier for taking selfie.

Display: iPhone 8 has 4.7 inch screen 1334*750 pixels while iPhone 8 Plus has 5.5 inch 1920*1080 pixels. Generally, the iPhone 8 Plus is better for watching videos, playing games with the bigger screen. Both equipped with Apple’s TrueTone technology. It can automatically adjust the display saturation to make it look better under different environment.

Price: iPhone costs $699 for the 64GB and $849 for the 256GB while the iPhone 8 Plus costs $799 and $949 for the respective 64GB and 256GB model.

PART 3.SUM UP: PROS AND CONS

Now you should have already learned the difference between iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus well. To sum up, the iPhone 8 has the Pros of impeccable performance, nice build quality, excellent camera, impressive AR apps support, easy to take everywhere and the Cons such as no dual camera, design is similar with the previous iPhone 7, battery is not so big. For the iPhone 8 Plus, Its advantages are high performance, excellent dual camera, wide screen and long battery endurance and the disadvantages are not easy to hold in hand or put into pocket, the camera humps are back, design is not innovative enough.

Anyway, both are the excellent phones which are available to buy now. The answer to which one is better is completely depends on your taste. If you’d like big phones for watching videos and cares about battery much, the iPhone 8 Plus will be a better choice. Else if you’d like a common design small screen iPhone with high performance, you can buy the iPhone 8.

Though iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus seem great for playing iTunes movies, there is a problem that you need to authorize the iTunes videos all the time. Also, for the iTunes rentals which will be expired in 48 hours. If you really don’t like this limitation, you can use a dedicated DRM application DRmare M4V to iPhone Converter for Windows/Mac to help you remove DRM from iTunes videos simply. After that, there won’t be any limitations any more. If you still have any questions, please leave your comments below.

How to Upload iTunes Videos to Flicker

Flicker is a great website for sharing pictures or videos etc. with up to 1TB free space. By uploading videos, you can share them with your friends or family members. Also, you can embed the videos to your blog or social websites. But you may encounter technical issue that the videos can’t be played after uploading iTunes videos. That is because they are all protected by the FairPlay DRM protection. Please don’t worry, if you are also interested in uploading iTunes videos to Flicker, please follow me in this post to find out the answer.

PART 1. SOFTWARE YOU NEED TO CONVERT ITUNES VIDEOS TO FLICKR

Unlike other home videos or video clips, iTunes videos including movies and TV shows, Extras are all added with the FairPlay DRM theme, which is designed for preventing users from copying and sharing iTunes videos. As a result, the common error you may encounter when uploading an iTunes video online like Flickr is that the video file is not recognized or corrupted. Even if you can upload a video completely, they won’t be played well because you are not possible to authorize them on the non-Apple devices or players. It is really frustrated for users who have purchased the videos in the interest of sharing iTunes videos with their friends. In my opinion, we should allow users to share their videos as long as they don’t use it for commercial. So here I will recommend a great DRM removal tool DRmare iTunes to Flickr Converter. It supports to access the original iTunes M4V videos to break the DRM copy protection and extract the videos completely. It is well known for it high performance such as lossless and fast conversion.

PART 2. EASIEST TUTORIAL ON BREAKING DRM FROM ITUNES MOVIESNo matter if you are an experienced user or a new user, you can use the software within the first glance. To illustrate how does it work, I will list the 3 general steps to remove DRM from iTunes videos before uploading to Flickr.

Step 1Import iTunes videos

First, you can click the “Add Movies’ button at the bottom left corner, the software will pop up a window with a list of videos which are already downloaded on your iTunes library. Please use the cursor to choose the video files you want and click ‘Add’ button.

Step 2Customize the output videos (optional)

   

The output profile is set to ‘M4V’ by default, which is supported well by Flickr. So you may just keep the same M4V format and skip this step to go ahead to remove DRM from your iTunes movies. It is ok f you do want to change the output format to new ones such as MP4, AVI, MKV, MOV, MPG etc.

 

Step 3Convert the M4V videos for Flickr

The output profile is set to ‘M4V’ by default, which is supported well by Flickr. So you may just keep the same M4V format and skip this step to go ahead to remove DRM from your iTunes movies. It is ok f you do want to change the output format to new ones such as MP4, AVI, MKV, MOV, MPG etc.

PART 3. QUICK TUTORIAL ON UPLOADING ITUNES MOVIES TO FLICKR

Finally you can start to upload the DRM free iTunes M4V videos to Flicker. It is super easy. Please follow the steps:

1. Login your account. Just click login and then input your account name and password. If you still don’t an account yet, you can sign up one directly.
2. Add a video. Please click ‘Upload’ and then choose the video you want to upload. You can add the description, tab info etc.
3. Publish. When the uploading process reach 100%, please click the menu ‘Upload Photo’ to upload your videos.

How to Transfer iTunes DRM Protected Movies to iDVD for Burning

iDVD is a fantastic tool for Mac. Though it is discontinued in the latest Mac computers. May old mac computer experienced users are still fond of using iDVD for burning DVDs so that they can save the movies, send the discs to friends as a gift or playing on the Card. As for the iTunes movies, they are really great with best plots and visual effects. Have you ever consider to import iTunes videos to iDVD for editing? If so, you can follow me in this post, I will show you the detailed info step by step.

Part 1. How to Import and Edit iTunes TV Shows on iDVD

iTunes purchased and rental videos are encoded with the FairPlay DRM scheme protection when they are sold in iTunes. After purchasing the movies, you don’t really own the videos. And you can’t edit or modify the iTunes movies, but only get the permission to enjoy the iTunes videos on up to 5 authorized devices only. This prevents a lot of legal users from getting full use of the iTunes videos such as editing iTunes videos in iDVD or any other creative ideas. If you are among one of the these users, you don’t need to worry about this restriction any more now. With the most professionalDRmare M4V to iDVD Converter for Windows/Mac, you can break the iTunes annoying DRM lock effectively from all iTunes movies and TV shows. Besides, DRmare M4V Converter has a lot of preset output profiles for iDVD, FCP, iMovie, mobile phones, smart TVs, game consoles and it can also convert the original M4A files to other formats like MP4, MOV, WMV, AVI, MPEG etc., making it easiest ever to edit videos and burn DVDs.

Part 2. Transfer iTunes M4V Videos to iDVD

DRmare M4V to iDVD Converter is available for free trial, you can simply download the correct version to your computer to try it out. Once you have downloaded and installed it, you can follow the quick steps to break the DRM protection and convert iTunes videos to iDVD.

Step 1Load iTunes M4V videos

To get started, please launch the DRmare software, you will see a neat DRmare software screen with the text ‘Drag M4V files into this area’. You can simply navigate to the iTunes library to find the iTunes videos and drag them to the DRmare software screen to import them. Another option to import iTunes movies is by clicking the ‘+’ button, then it will show you a list of the iTunes files which are available.

Step 2Set Output profile as iDVD

DRmare has preseted multiple common formats and profiles such as iMovie, Final Cut Pro, iDVD, iBooks Author, ProRes and so on, you can choose ‘iDVD’ and click ‘ok’. If you want to do more settings on the output profile, you can also slightly press on the profile, then you will see a small gear icon, which you can click to open the settings window.

Step 3Convert iTunes M4V to iDVD

Eventually, you can click the ‘Convert’ button at the bottom right side, DRmare M4V to iDVD Converter will begin to batch convert your iTunes M4V movies or TV shows to iDVD at a 30X faster speed. Depending how many files you convert, the converting time may vary. Please just wait for it to complete patiently.

Part 3. Add iTunes Videos and Burn iTunes Movies to DVD with iDVD

When the DRM encryption is removed, you will be able to edit the iTunes videos freely. Please just follow the steps to import iTunes videos to iDVD and follow the steps to burn a physical DVD.

1. Launch iDVD software.
2. Select a DVD theme you like and drag to import a DRM free iTunes videos.
3. Insert a physical DVD and click ‘Burn’.

Above are the main steps. In case if encounter any technical issue above, please simply leave your comments to us, we will do our best to help you.

Alexa Review: Amazon’s Alexa wants to rule your world

Upon visiting Berlin’s IFA2107  — Germany’s answer to CES — recently,  there was one word I kept hearing: Alexa. In the consumer hardware space, it’s a great time to be Amazon, if the sheer number of hardware companies jumping on the Alexa bandwagon are anything to go by.

Only today it was revealed that Amazon is working on a pair of smart glasses integrating Alexa, intended to look similar to regular glasses with bone conduction technology to allow the user to engage with Alexa without having to wear headphones. Amazon is also working on an Echo connected camera system that cannot only keep a look out for intruders but also Amazon-delivered packages.

During the IFA conference, a number of companies made their own Alexa announcements. Let’s take a look:

Bragi makes The Dash series Amazon Alexa-compatible

Smart headphone  company Bragi is responsible for one of the largest Kickstarter funding rounds in European history (over $3.39 million) with The Dash series (The Dash, The Dash Pro), headphones that not only enable the user to listen to music without leads  but also measure movements like pace, steps, cadence and distance along with heart rate, oxygen saturation and energy spent, without an attached smartphone.

At IFA2017 they company announced that their headphones are now  Alexa-compatible. This marks a first for Alexa in the “truly wireless” headphone space. It’s also one of the first truly mobile hardware integrations for Amazon’s cloud-based voice service.

“Now customers with The Dash headphones can easily take Alexa with them on the go,” said Jon Kirk, Director Amazon Alexa.

“Bragi’s intelligent headphones with Alexa will make it easy for customers to control their smart home, ask for news, and access more than 20,000 skills in the Alexa skills store.”

Bragi products are currently compatible with voice assistants like Apple’s Siri and Google Assistant, but Amazon Alexa brings a new world of possibilities through smart home, shopping, and home entertainment use cases. Users of Amazon Alexa on The Dash will also be able to access several streaming audio options including their Amazon Music Library, Amazon Prime Music, Audible and TuneIn Radio.

Amazon Alexa increases robot helper tasks

UBTECH Robotics‘ Alpha 2 and younger sibling Lynx, are two humanoid robots are intent on taking over your household tasks. They can take pictures and videos, make calls, check voicemails, read and send texts and emails, and control WiFi-enabled office equipment. They can also post to your social media using voice commands and dance enthusiastically due to over 20 joints on each robot. Alpha 2 features an open API and SDK for Android and the comes welcomes input from developer enthusiasts.

Significantly, Lynx is the first video-enabled humanoid robot with Amazon Alexa functionality. This means that the robot can not only shop directly from Amazon but also ’s talk to home devices such as security cameras, door locks, security systems, and thermostats.

The downside is its price, you can expect to part with $2,800, more than double the price of Alpha 2 and Lynx.

Other products that announced partnerships with Amazon included SmarterFridge Cam,Bosch 360° Indoor Camera and Eyes Outdoor Cameras and a new range of televisions for Toshiba.

Alexa and Cortana connect

Along with lending it’s functionality to more and more hardware, Amazon and Microsoftannounced on Sunday that Alexa will be able to talk to Cortana, and Cortana will be able to talk to Alexa.

Alexa customers will be able to access Cortana’s unique features like booking a meeting or accessing work calendars, reminding you to pick up flowers on your way home, or reading your work email – all using just your voice. Similarly, Cortana customers can ask Alexa to control their smart home devices, shop on Amazon.com, interact with many of the more than 20,000 skills built by third-party developers, and much more.

According to Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO, Amazon:

“The world is big and so multifaceted. There are going to be multiple successful intelligent agents, each with access to different sets of data and with different specialized skill areas. Together, their strengths will complement each other and provide customers with a richer and even more helpful experience. It’s great for Echo owners to get easy access to Cortana.”

The combining of the home automation and shopping functionalities of Alexa and business communication skills of Cortana will provide some useful collaborative clout against Google and Siri assistants, as well as showing the benefits of collaboration to the innovation of the voice assistant ecosystem. There is, however, no word yet from the latter companies as to whether they want to join the gang. As Amazon endeavors to seep into every part of your life, you can bet the rest are taking notice.

Source: https://readwrite.com/2017/09/21/amazons-alexa-wants-rule-your-world-dl1/

DRmare M4V Converter for Mac Works Perfectly With iTunes 12.7 Now

September 14, 2017 – DRmare Studio, one of the most professional iTunes DRM removal tool creators all around the world, officially released a new version of its M4V Converter for Mac to fully fix out iTunes 12.7 compatible issues. Put it another way, with the latest release, all users of DRmare M4V Converter for Mac running iTunes 12.7 are able to remove DRM protection from all iTunes video files, such as movies, TV episodes, music videos, and iTunes Extras on macOS 10.12 Sierra or lower without any obstacles. At the same time, Windows customers of DRmare M4V Converter don't need to worry about the iTunes 12.7 compatibility issues as it's not affected by the latest iTunes upgrade at all.

Since the release of iTunes 12.7 on September 12, DRmare M4V Converter users, especially those running macOS have found the program can’t work properly as before. So do other iTunes DRM removal tools in the market. Then every iTunes DRM removal tool developer began to try their best to research and seek for the solution around the clock to fully support the latest iTunes. Until now, as one of the market leaders in making extraordinary iTunes M4V converter, DRmare Software takes the leading position. By adopting innovative and creative DRM decryption technology, DRmare R&D team successfully works out the solution to remove DRM limitation from movies, TV shows as well as other iTunes videos from iTunes 12.7 on Mac OSX 10.8 to macOS 10.12.

"Apart from perfectly supporting iTunes version 12.7, this powerful DRmare M4V Converter for Mac also updated other features, such as improved conversion speed, quality and stability. Thanks to the technician personnel's painstaking testing, DRmare iTunes DRM removal tool is fully compatible with Mac OSX 10.8, 10.9, 10.11, macOS 10.12 and Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 running the latest iTunes 12.7." said Dave, the marketing manager of DRmare, "DRmare Studio will adhere to update softwares and add more features for meeting particular requirements, such as the support for 4K iTunes movies and macOS 10.13 High Sierra, etc."

Key Features about DRmare M4V Converter

 

Available for Mac and Windows OS, DRmare M4V Converter is one of the excellent iTunes DRM crackers developed to break the DRM lock from iTunes rentals and purchases. Apart from removing DRM protection from movies, TV episodes, iTunes Extras, music videos, and any other videos from iTunes, DRmare M4V Converter is also a functional video converter, which can not only convert iTunes DRM M4V videos to other common formats, such as MP4, MOV, MPEG, MKV, AVI and so on, but also transfer these iTunes files to multiple devices, like Samsung Galaxy series, Xbox, Windows phones, Google Nexus and smart TV. In addition, it’s able to preserve all audio tracks and subtitles including AC3 5.1 sound audios, AD tracks as well as closed captions.

 

More about iTunes 12.7

 

When you updated your iTunes to version 12.7, don't be surprised to be noted that iTunes have updated to focus on music, movies, TV shows, podcast and audiobooks, since Apple Store and ringtones section of iTunes have been entirely removing from iTunes 12.7. But you can download them on your iOS devices. The good news is that there are some new features added in iTunes 12.7, such as it supports syncing iOS 11 devices, Apple Music allows you to follow friends and see what they are listening to, and iTunes U Collections are a part of the Apple Podcasts family now.

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How to Transfer iTunes M4V DRM Videos to Play on Windows Media Player

How to Play iTunes Videos on Windows Media Player Easily

"HOW TO PLAY ITUNES VIDEOS ON WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER EASILY"

“My iTunes for Windows sucks, it always freeze what I launch it. Is there another way to play iTunes videos by Windows Media Player directly instead of iTunes” Question from Daniel Lee.

As a most official player for Windows, WMP has a large number of user base. It runs fast yet with powerful features to manage your digital media files including audio, music, audiobook, video etc. It is really helpful if you have have many media files. If you are also interested in watching iTunes videos in Windows Media Player, please continue read on.

Part 1. What Kind of Videos Are Supported by Windows Media Player

There has been multiple versions of Windows Media Player released after it first appeared in 1991. This player has intrinsic support for Windows Media codec files such as WMA, WMV, ASF, AVI etc. And more and more new file formats are added with the development of the new versions. In the most recent version of Windows Media Player 12, It supports the following listed formats.

Supported Audio Formats: MP3, MID, MIDI, RMI, AIF, AIFC, AIFF, WAV, CDA, M4A, AAC, ADT, ADTS and so on.

Supported Video Formats: ASF, WMA, WMV, WM, ASX, WAX, WVX, WPL, WMD, AVI, DVR-MS, WMD, MPG, MPEG, IVF, MOV, MP4, M4V, MP4V, 3G2, 3GP2, 3GP, 3GPP, M2TS etc.

Furthermore, for other formats which are not on the support list of Windows Media Player, you can also install a third-party codec to enable it to support more media types. For instance, you  can add more formats by using specific DirectShow filters or MediaFoundation codec. In brief, it can play any common files without any protection as long as you have the right codec installed.

Part 2. What Can You Do to Make iTunes M4V Playable on Windows Media Player

From what we have discussed above, we can find that M4V is already in the support list of Windows Media Player. But when we try to play the iTunes M4V files on Windows Media Player, it will still prompt you the error that ‘Windows Media Player can’t play this file, maybe the format or codec is not supported’. Why? The reason is that, though M4V is supported by WMP, the iTunes M4V is encoded with the Apple iTunes FairPlay DRM copy protection before they are sold in iTunes. Under this protection, the iTunes movie files can only be played on selected players and devices from Apple like Apple TV, iOS devices, iTunes player, etc. In order to play the protected iTunes videos on other players like Windows Media Player, you must remove the DRM restriction at the first place. Thankfully nowadays you can crack DRM with little effort using a powerful iTunes DRM video converter called DRmare iTunes M4V to WMP Converter. It is developed with stunning features to remove DRM, convert iTunes M4V videos etc. You only need to load your downloaded iTunes videos to the converter and the DRM will be removed automatically once the process is done.

Part 3. Full Steps to Transcode DRM Protected M4V Movies to Windows Media Player

It seems very easy to convert iTunes movies and TV shows to WMP with DRmare, right? If you haven’t use the software yet, you can download the free trial version to evaluate it yourself. Following is the step by step tutorial.

Step 1Load iTunes DRM M4V videos

It is a piece of cake to import iTunes DRM M4V files, please just drag and drop the video files from iTunes library to the DRmare software screen. Sometimes if you fail to load the files, maybe the files are not downloaded completely. Please just make sure the iTunes purchased or rental videos are downloaded and authorized to play on the current computer before converting them.

Step 2Customize output format for WMP

Windows Media Player supports almost any formats, so you can select any formats you want theoretically to convert videos and remove DRM. But I’d suggest you to choose MP4(Lossless) since it can keep the original quality including the original subtitles, audio tracks. Based on your requirements, you might do some settings on the output video parameters such as the bit rate, frame rate too.

Step 3Start to convert iTunes M4V videos to WMP

In the end, you can press the ‘Conversion’ button at the bottom right side of the software to convert your iTunes videos. Please don’t open other programs on your computer to make sure it runs fastest and most smoothly. 

 Finally, all the videos files will become standard videos files. You can click the play list menu from the software and then import the videos you want to Windows Media Player to play, you can simply drag&drop. So you have learned how to play iTunes videos on Windows Media Player already, right? If you still have any questions, please feel free to contact us by email.

Everything about Apple's Latest Smartphone: iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus

It’s been a quick two days since Apple unveiled the latest iPhones in its lineup: the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus. That’s right! We’re skipping the standard “S” release and heading straight to prime time with the 8, and there are plenty of new features to look forward to— including wireless charging, a glass back, and a new TrueTone LCD display.

Now that you’ve had time to drink in all the details, it’s time to preorder. Preorders start on Friday, September 15 at 12:01 a.m. Pacific (that’s 3:01 a.m. Eastern—sorry for the bad news). That’s right after midnight, so don’t go to bed without setting your alarm. The phones officially come out next Friday, September 22.

Apple’s online store may seem like the most obvious choice, but you can also get it from the Apple Store app for iOS, which tends to work very smoothly based on our past pre-ordering experiences. It often is even more reliable than the Apple online store, which is why Apple recommends going this route. It should at least be your Plan B if Apple.com crashes.

[ Further reading: The best Ultra-HD Blu-ray players ]

Besides Apple, the four major cell carriers are also eager to help their customers upgrade or switch to a brand-new iPhone—especially if it means renewing a contract, extending an installment plan, or signing up new customers. 

Speaking of installment plans, the process will be a little different for those of you participating in Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Plan, while we’ll cover below. 

Read on for more iPhone 8 pre-order info. Looking for info on the iPhone X? That one doesn’t ship until November 3, unfortunately, so preorders won’t begin until October 27.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus: How much does it cost? 

iPhone 8 preorder: Apple online store

iPhone 8 preorder: iPhone Upgrade Plan 

iPhone 8 preorder: AT&T

iPhone 8 preorder: Verizon

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iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus: How much does it cost? 

The iPhone 8 comes in two models and starts at $699.

64GB: $699

256GB: $849

The iPhone 8 Plus also comes in two models, but starts at $799.

64GB: $799

256GB: $949

If you want AppleCare+, that will set you back an additional $129 for the iPhone 8 and $149 for the iPhone 8 Plus—which is a price increase for the larger models. Both the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus come in silver, gold, or space gray.

iPhone 8 preorder: Apple online store

Preorders for the new iPhone start on Friday, September 15 at 12:01a.m. Pacific/3:01 a.m. Eastern, and Apple’s online shopping portal is already set up. You can’t complete your checkout just yet, obviously, but you can prepare by pre-entering your carrier information or selecting the unlocked option. 

If your carrier is AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon, you can check your upgrade eligibility directly on Apple’s website. You can also enroll in the iPhone Upgrade Program online. If you’re a T-Mobile customer, you’ll have to pay in full to place your preorder from Apple; if you want to participate in the iPhone Upgrade Program, T-Mobile customers will have to go to an Apple retail store (or Apple Town Square) in person. 

iPhone 8 preorder: iPhone Upgrade Plan 

Apple is continuing its iPhone Upgrade Program for the 8 and 8 Plus. This program allows you to upgrade to a new iPhone every year by paying monthly installments directly to Apple via a third-party loan. Here’s the cost breakdown: 

iPhone 8:

64GB: $34.50 per month

256GB: $40.75 per month

iPhone 8 Plus:

64GB: $39.50 per month

256GB: $45.75 per month

The cost of the iPhone Upgrade Program includes AppleCare+, which would be an additional charge of $129 for the iPhone 8 and $149 for the iPhone 8 Plus if you were to pay for the phone in full up front. 

Whether you’re new to the iPhone Upgrade Program or an existing user, Apple suggests that you get pre-approved for your loan ahead of time, so act fast—the pre-approval window closes at 4:00p.m. Pacific on Thursday.

Curiously, the only way to get pre-approved is to use the Apple Store app on your iPhone. Launch the app, and look for the “Get a head start on your upgrade” banner at the top of the Discover page. From there, the app will walk you through the pre-approval process, which involves selecting your preferred iPhone, confirming your carrier, and getting your loan pre-approved. You don’t have to return your current iPhone until after your new iPhone 8 arrives.

For more info, see our iPhone Upgrade Program FAQ.

iPhone 8 preorder: AT&T

If you’re an AT&T customer (or would like to become one), you can also preorder your new iPhone 8 on AT&T’s website. Preorders begin at the same time—12:01 a.m. Pacific on Friday. From there, you can check your upgrade eligibility and select one of their Next plans.

AT&T Next lets you get a new iPhone 8 for $0 down as long as you make monthly payments, starting at $23.34 for the iPhone 8 and $26.67 for the iPhone 8 Plus, spread out over 30 months (with a 24-month option available). You can upgrade to a new iPhone once 80 percent of the iPhone’s sales price is paid off (or sooner with a down payment). The AT&T Next Every Year plan has larger monthly payments but you can upgrade after a year—or once you’ve paid off half of the price of your device—hence the name.

iPhone 8 preorder: Verizon

Verizon will also begin taking preorders just after midnight. This year, if you sign up for an unlimited plan and trade in your iPhone 6s/6s Plus or iPhone 7/7 Plus, you can save $300 off of your iPhone 8. Your trade-in device must be in good working and cosmetic condition, of course. Verizon is also giving you the option to pay for the phone in full or through a 24-month installment plan.

iPhone 8 preorder: Sprint

Sprint is taking preorders at the same time, with the focus on offering low monthly prices for new Sprint customers. If you switch to Sprint, you can slash your monthly payments in half if you bring in an eligible device to trade in with Sprint Flex. For iPhone users, that means an iPhone 6/6 Plus, iPhone 6s/6s Plus, or iPhone 7/7 Plus. This brings the iPhone 8 down to $14.58 per month ($29.17 with no device trade in) and the iPhone 8 Plus down to $18.75 per month ($33.34 with no device trade in). Sprint requires a down payment of $150 for the 256GB models, but there’s no down payment for the 64GB devices.

Existing customers can log in to their Sprint accounts to view personalized offers. (We’ll follow up once we have access to exact pricing for current Sprint customers—that info wasn’t available as of this writing.) 

All monthly payment-based iPhone plans come with Sprint’s iPhone Forever program, which lets you trade in your phone every 12 months. Sprint’s iPhone Forever program is technically a 22-month lease.

iPhone 8 preorder: T-Mobile 

T-Mobile isn’t being left out of this preorder party—the carrier will begin taking preorders at (you guessed it!) 12:01 a.m. Pacific this Friday. If you have an iPhone 6 or newer to trade in, T-Mobile will knock $300 off the price of the iPhone 8 or 8 Plus via 24 monthly bill credits. For current T-Mobile customers on the Equipment Installment Plan (EIP), you have to pay off the remaining balance on your existing device before adding the iPhone 8 to your line.

Source: https://www.macworld.com/article/3224396/apple-phone/iphone-8-and-iphone-8-plus-where-when-and-how-to-preorder-apples-latest-smartphone.html

All the Products Apple Announced on the September Product Launch Event 2017

In September 12, Apple has help the new product launch event. Every year the September product launch event is most important for Apple especially this year’s iPhone Event 2017. Apple has announced 5 big products including iPhone X, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, Apple Watch Series 3, Apple TV 4K. These devices have almost all the features which has been rumored and exposed. But they are still some details you may have not found out. Let take a deep look into it.

iPhone X

On the start of the Apple event, Cook honors Steven Jobs with emotional address, Steve's spirit and timeless philosophy on life will always be the DNA of Apple. iPhone X is known as the 10th anniversary iPhone with the biggest leap forward since the original iPhone. It costs $999 and won't be available until November. iPhone X, pronounces as 'iPhone Ten' is surely innovative in design, performance and other aspects with IOS 11 system. It looks very different from other models of iPhones without a home button. Instead of waking the phone by tapping the home button, now you can wake up the phone with a slight tap on the screen. This new model of phone doesn't have the touch ID any more but it supports a new technology Face ID which identifies users and it works with Apple Pay. Besides it also has 3-D touch for AR videos and games, water resistant, powerful 12 megapixel cameras etc. In addition, the handset comes in space gray and sliver with pearly finish glass back. It features a 5.8 inch super retina OLED display with 2.7 million pixels with the highest pixel density and 1million-to-one contrast ratio and it can handle Dolby HDR content without any problems.

iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus

Skipping from iPhone 7S/iPhone 7S Plus, Apple directly upgrade from the last year's iPhone 7 to iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. Both will be available from Sept 15 at the price $699 and $799 respectively. They resemble the last three years of iPhones but with most powerful processor and better display and speakers, pretty strong glass exterior reinforced steel, wireless charging system and IOS 11 system. The core processor is A11 Bionic which is the most powerful chip ever created in a smartphone. It is supposed to have about 25% ~ 70% faster than the chip used in last year's models. Aside from that, there is also a standalone Apple-designed graphics processor which will make the new iPhone work much smoothly. Other features it has are that new sensors in a dual camera, 3-D touch technology for playing AR games or movies,water-resistant, stereo speakers that are 25% louder etc.

Apple TV 4K

In this year of Apple product launch event, Apple also introduces a new set-top box Apple TV 4K which supports sharper resolution movies and TV shows. It will be available from Sept 22th at $179. According to Apple's senior vice president of internet software and services Eddy Cue, the new Apple TV will bring more live sports and news to the TV and they are working with Hollywood studios and streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video to get sharper content including 4K videos. What's more, Apple also said that it will upgrade any high definition movie that anyone has purchased from iTunes to 4K version for free. As for the hardware configuration, Apple TV 4K also has new Apple-designed chip which is same to the one used in iPad.

Although 4K devices are available on iTunes, there are still some limitations as the iTunes 4K videos are still FairPlay DRM protected. This means you can only play them on Apple devices up to 5 in total and you have to authorized the devices before you can watch the iTunes movies. So what is you have Android smart TVs or mobile phones? Are you completely out of luck. Rest assured There is a best alternative solution sure. Since FairPlay is the culprit to blame, I’d recommend you to use a specific allmighty software DRmare M4V Converter for Mac/Windows to help you remove DRM. After that, there won’t be any limitation on the new output files. Finally you can enjoy the iTunes videos on multiple android devices just like other common video files.

Apple Watch Series 3

Previously, Apple watch has to be connected to an iPhone to work. No any more. In the new model Apple Watch Series 3, Apple revamped the Apple Watch and makes it possible to connect to LTE network independently, talk to Siri and stream millions of songs. You don't need to pair with an iPhone to use it any more. It also has a more powerful and efficient dual-core processor and a new healthy feature to monitor the hearts of its wearers. You can quickly find your heart rate after exercise and get the alerts if the your heart rate spikes when the watch doesn't expect it to. The new watches start at $329 or $399 for the version with cell service and will be available on Sept 22th.