Apple iphone 8 Plus vs Apple iPhone Air

990 USD

999 USD

Discontinued

Available

Apple iPhone

Apple iPhone

iphone 8 Plus

iPhone18,4, A3517, A3260, A3518, A3516

2017, September 22

2025, September 09

GSM / HSPA / LTE

GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA 800 / 1900

HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100

HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48, 53, 66 - A3517 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48, 53, 66, 71 - A3260 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48, 66 - A3518

HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps

HSPA, LTE, 5G, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps

1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 38, 40, 41, 48, 53, 66, 70, 75, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA/Sub6 - A3517 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 40, 41, 48, 53, 66, 70, 71, 75, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA/Sub6 - A3260 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 38, 40, 41, 48, 66, 70, 75, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA/Sub6 - A3518

158.4 x 78.1 x 7.5 mm (6.24 x 3.07 x 0.30 in)

156.2 x 74.7 x 5.6 mm (6.15 x 2.94 x 0.22 in)

202 g (7.13 oz)

165 g (5.82 oz)

Glass front (Gorilla Glass), glass back (Gorilla Glass), aluminum frame

Glass front (Ceramic Shield 2), titanium frame (grade 5), glass back (Ceramic Shield) IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 6m for 30 min) Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

Nano-SIM

eSIM + eSIM (8 or more, max 2 at a time)

Gold, Space Gray, Silver, Red

Space Black, Cloud White, Light Gold, Sky Blue

Retina IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

LTPO Super Retina XDR OLED, 120Hz, HDR10, Dolby Vision, 1000 nits (typ), 1600 nits (HBM), 3000 nits (peak)

5.5 inches, 83.4 cm2 (~67.4% screen-to-body ratio)

6.5 inches, 104.9 cm2 (~89.9% screen-to-body ratio)

1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~401 ppi density)

1260 x 2736 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~460 ppi density)

iOS 11, upgradable to iOS 13.6.1

iOS 26

Apple A11 Bionic (10 nm)

Apple A19 Pro (3 nm)

Hexa-core (2x Monsoon + 4x Mistral)

Hexa-core (2x4.26 GHz + 4xX.X GHz)

Apple GPU (three-core graphics)

Apple GPU (5-core graphics)

3GB NVMe

12GB

64GB NVMe

256GB/512GB/1TB RAM NVMe

No

12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), PDAF, OIS

48 MP, f/1.6, 26mm (wide), 1/1.56", 1.0µm, dual pixel PDAF, sensor-shift OIS

12 MP, f/2.8, 57mm (telephoto), PDAF, 2x optical zoom

Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR

Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR (photo/panorama)

4K@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps

4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@25/30/60/120/240fps, HDR, Dolby Vision HDR (up to 60fps), stereo sound rec.

7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm (standard)

18 MP multi-aspect, f/1.9, (wide), PDAF, OIS SL 3D, (depth/biometrics sensor)

Face detection, HDR

HDR, Dolby Vision HDR, 3D (spatial) audio, stereo sound rec.

1080p@30fps

4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@25/30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS

Li-Ion 2691 mAh, non-removable (10.28 Wh)

Li-Ion 3149 mAh

Fast charging 15W, 50% in 30 min (advertised) USB Power Delivery 2.0 Qi wireless charging

Wired, PD2.0, 50% in 30 min 20W wireless (MagSafe), 50% in 30 min 20W wireless (Qi2) 4.5W reverse wired

Talk time Up to 21 h (3G) Music play Up to 60 h

Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer Siri natural language commands and dictation

Face ID, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer Ultra Wideband (UWB) support (gen2 chip) Emergency SOS, Messages and Find My via satellite

Yes, with stereo speakers

Yes

No

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e/7, tri-band, hotspot

5.0, A2DP, LE

6.0, A2DP, LE

Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS

GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, QZSS, BDS, NavIC

Yes

Yes

No

2.0, proprietary reversible connector

USB USB Type-C 2.0

GeekBench: 10037 (v4.4)

Contrast ratio: 1395:1 (nominal), 3.957 (sunlight)

Voice 76dB / Noise 74dB / Ring 79dB

Noise -93.5dB / Crosstalk -80.2dB

Endurance rating 81h