I-Apple ingaqala ngokusobala imodeli entsha ebomvu ye-iPhone. Kungaba ukuphela okusha kwe-iPhone 8 ne-8 Plus okungaba ngumlandeli we-iPhone 7 kanye ne-7 Plus Plus (RED) esivele yethulwe ngonyaka odlule nokuthi kwakuyi-iPhone yokuqala ebomvu emlandweni we-Apple.
Kusukela kwethulwe i-iPhone 8 ne-8 Plsu entsha, kanye ne-iPhone X, kube namahlebezi amaningi ngalo mbala omusha walezi zinsiza, futhi ngokusho kweVirgin Mobile isimemezelo sayo kungenzeka sisondele njengalo msombuluko. I-iPhone entsha inengilazi emuva, ngakho-ke isiphetho sizohluka kakhulu kumamodeli wangaphambilini eyayinemihlane ye-aluminium.
Lesi simemezelo senziwe kubasebenzi baseVirgin Mobile, abatshelwe ukuthi i-iPhone 8 ne-8 Plus entsha ebomvu izomenyezelwa kusasa, nokuthi izongena kwikhathalogi yabo kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Ngokwombhalo ofinyelele kubasebenzi, futhi iMacRumors efinyelele kuwo, okwamanje ngeke itholakale kukhathalogi yayo ukuthengiswa ngqo, kodwa kuzodingeka ukwenza ukubhuka ngokutholakala kusukela ekupheleni kwenyanga. Asazi ukuthi i-Apple izolilandela yini leli su elifanayo ku-Apple Store yalo eku-inthanethi, noma uma izotholakala kusukela kusasa.
Amahemuhemu abuye akhulume nge-iPhone X kulo mbala, kepha idokhumende yeVirgin Mobile ayisho lutho ngalolu hlobo lwe-iPhone, ngakho-ke kungenzeka ukuthi i-Apple ibeke lo mbala ku-iPhone 8 no-8 Plus, ishiye i-smartphone yayo. i-iPhone X. Khumbula ukuthi ngonyaka odlule i-Apple yethule lo mbala omusha ngokukhishwa kwabezindaba, kanye ne-iPad 2017. Kulo nyaka kunikezelwe umcimbi ekwethulweni kwe-iPad 2018, kodwa ingaphinda isitatimende se-iPhone 8 no-8 Plus ngokubomvu, esingangezela kuyo i-iPhone X, futhi ngubani owaziyo ukuthi ngabe i-AirPower elindelekile, isisekelo sokushaja okungenantambo esihambisana nama-smartphones amasha, ama-AirPods amasha (nawo asalindile ukwethulwa) ne-Apple Watch Series 3.