Als je meteen besteld hebt krijg je mogelijk jouw iPhone 8 of 8 Plus komende week al binnen. Want Apple begint met uitleveren vanaf 25 september, dat is maandag aanstaande.

Maar de reviewers van grote Amerikaanse publicaties krijgen altijd hun exemplaren al eerder van Apple. Zo kunnen wij vooraf van hun reviews meegenieten, en zo hopelijk een veel beter geïnformeerde keuze maken. Hieronder een aantal van die reviews, als die voorhanden was dan hebben we een video erbij gezet.

• David Pierce voor Wired
  
  If you want an awesome iPhone, this is it. I'd recommend the 8 Plus, if you can stomach the size, because the added camera power and battery life are really nice to have. But both are fantastic phones, upgrades over even last year's model. But if you want to be part of the future, save your money for now. Then go get an iPhone X and see what's really coming next.
  
  

• Matthew Panzarino voor TechCrunch
  
  Nearly every iPhone upgrade for the past several years has been driven by the camera. There have been impressive updates in hardware and feature additions, but anecdotally I cannot count the number of times people have cited the camera as the primary reason that they're interested in updating their phone.
  
  So, how does the camera in the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus stack up?
  
  Killer.
  
  

• Nilay Patel voor The Verge
  
  After spending a week with the 8, I can't think of a single compelling reason to upgrade from an iPhone 7. The 7 is still extremely fast, offers virtually the same design in a lighter package with a bigger battery, and will get almost every feature of the 8 with iOS 11. If you really want Qi wireless charging, you can get a slim $15 case that supports it. And if you're dying for Portrait Lighting, there are tons of photo apps in the App Store that offer similar effects. Of course, if you're upgrading from anything older than an iPhone 7, the improvements in the camera and the overall speed of the phone are going to really impress you.
  
  

• Farhad Manjoo voor The New York Times
  
  So here's my conclusion, after nearly a week testing the 8 and 8 Plus: The 8s feel like a swan song - or, to put it another way, they represent Apple's platonic ideal of that first iPhone, an ultimate refinement before eternal retirement.
  
  Unsurprisingly, both the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus are very good phones. Most of Apple's improvements over the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are minor, but if you have an older model, either of the 8s will feel like a solid upgrade. And if you are considering upgrading from an Android phone, there's one area where the new iPhones still rank head and shoulders above their competition - the processor, the engine that runs the entire device, where Apple is so far ahead that it almost feels unfair.
  
  

• John Gruber voor Daring Fireball
  
  No one is going to describe the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus as having a radical new design. But they do have new glass backs that are the biggest change to their finishings since this general form factor started with the iPhone 6. The displays have gained True Tone. The cameras are significantly improved, both for still images and video. (Did I mention that both the 8 and 8 Plus can shoot true 4K video at 60 frames per second when you use the new HEVC format instead of the more compatible H.264?) The iPhone 8 Plus gets the new Portrait mode lighting effects. Both phones have the amazing A11 Bionic chip. They get inductive charging.
  
  

• Steve Kovacs voor Business Insider
  
  Apple has never offered an iPhone lineup as broad as the one it's about to have. You can get an iPhone SE for as little as $349, or, come November, go all the way to the max with the $999 iPhone X. You almost can't make a bad choice; they're all really, really good phones.
  
  The iPhone 8 models are at the more expensive end of the range. But even though they're fantastic devices, they're not as enticing as the iPhone X.
  
  My advice is to ask yourself how much you're willing to pay. If you don't mind giving up some of the futuristic features in the iPhone X, then the iPhone 8 models will give you the same power and performance and most of the same features of iOS 11 for hundreds of dollars less.
  
  But if the price tag doesn't scare you away, hold off on the iPhone 8 and go for the X.
  
  

Er is bij het selecteren van de reviews hierboven niet geselecteerd op positieve of negatieve inhoud, wel op kwaliteit, en dan met name het gebrek daaraan.

Een voorbeeld van dat laatste is deze review van Geoffrey A. Fowler voor The Wall Street Journal. Die ziet bijvoorbeeld geen vooruitgang bij de camera omdat het aantal pixels hetzelfde gebleven is. Maar de sensor van de iPhone 8 is groter dan van de voorgangers, en hetzelfde aantal grotere pixels geven meer verbetering dan meer kleine pixels.

Wat ons betreft dus niet de moeite van het lezen waard.