[Nobuyoshi Kodera's Weekly Electric Zooma!] Is this the power of the iPhone 8 Plus! Reborn videos and photos, and codecs-AV Watch

With the release of a new iPhone model in the fall of every year, the smartphone market will rise. However, since the introduction of the iPhone 3GS released in 2009, the cycle of the appearance of the "s version" with the same appearance and improved specifications has continued the year after the "number iPhone". There were some unusual models such as 5c and SE on the way, but basically the new body was once every two years.

It was said that this year's new model is also the iPhone 7s, but it was leaked that it was 8 this year from a fairly early stage, and that was the case. However, the size and design are almost the same, and some people say that it is actually an iPhone 7s.

The change on the exterior of both 8 and 8 Plus is that the back is changed from metal to glass. This is to support wireless charging. The 7/7 Plus was made of integrally molded aluminum from the back to the side, but the 8/8 Plus has a structure in which the front and back of the aluminum housing are sandwiched between glass.

The advantage of reusing the same housing is that the mold can be used as it is. However, due to the change in the back member, the structure has also changed completely. In other words, the mold cannot be diverted. Well, if there is sales like the iPhone, the mold fee may not be a big deal, but even so, because it was the same size and design, it seems that there was something intentional.

The structure has changed, but the water resistance remains the same. This is the first time that the back has been made of glass since the iPhone 4GS released in 2011.

The color has also decreased from 5 colors of 7 to 3 colors. Silver and gold survived, rose gold, matte black and jet black were abolished and space gray was added in their place. It's surprising that there are fewer color variations than the MacBook.

This time, the iPhone 8 is borrowed from Space Gray and the 8 Plus is borrowed from Silver. Space gray looks almost black in the photo, but it's actually quite dark. The display surface is black, but the back is a little bright, so the contrast when turned over is interesting.

On the other hand, silver is almost white when viewed only on the back side, but it is slightly darker white than the white edge part of the liquid crystal surface. I also feel the strangeness of the contrast when it is turned over.

The display is Retina HD, which is good at it, but this time it has a wider color gamut and True Tone technology that uses a 4-channel ambient light sensor to follow the white balance. It is a technology that follows on the display side so that it can be seen with the correct white balance according to the lighting of the usage environment.

The change in the camera is mainly the sensor. 4K / 30p was the best for video recording on the iPhone 7/7 Plus, while 4K / 60p can be recorded on the iPhone 8/8 Plus. Even with consumer camcorders and digital SLR cameras, 4K / 60p shooting products are finally coming out, but iPhone support will put a lot of pressure on camera makers.