Will An Iphone 6 Case Fit An Iphone 8

From a invention standpoint, the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus haven't metamorphic much from the iPhone 7 and 7 Nonnegative. Yes, they make crank backs to help facilitate wireless charging and cosmetically distinguish them from their predecessors. But their dimensions are within fractions of millimeters of their 7 predecessors.

So, what's that all nasty for the cases you might deprivation to use with them? Here's the quickly skinny.

Many a (merely non all) softer, more pliable iPhone 7/7 Nonnegative cases will work with the iPhone 8/8 Nonnegative

The iPhone 8 is 0.2mm thicker than the iPhone 7 and around 0.1mm taller and wider. A normal sheet of copy paper is around 0.05mm thick, so that 0.2mm is almost the heaviness of four sheets of copy paper stacked together. That may non sound the likes of much, but even tiny changes can encroachment to a greater extent rigid cases. However, softer iPhone 7 and 7 Plus cases with some play to them are congruous with the iPhone 8 and 8 Summation.

This Incipio iPhone 7 Plus case conniption on the iPhone 8 Plus and had zero problem with wireless charging.

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You can wirelessly charge a phone with a case connected, so long as the case ISN't too thick

We've been testing the freshly iPhone 8 and 8 Plus with various cases and receiving set charging pads and get found that wireless charging works if the case is to a lesser degree 3mm thick. (It might still work if the case is a bit thicker, but the stylish charging pads list 3mm or less A a spec for wireless charging). Plenty of protective cases, such as Speck's Presidio Serial publication, Otterbox's Symmetry Series, Technical school 21's Evo Series and others are less than 3mm thick and can be kept on the phone while wireless charging.

An iPhone 8 wearying Mite's Presidio Clutches being wirelessly charged on a Mophie Wireless Charging Base.

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Rigid metal OR plastic cases iPhone 7/7 Plus cases, including battery cases, will non fit the iPhone 8/8Plus

To reiterate, we didn't have any luck when it came to fixed iPhone 7 and iPhone Plus cases fitting the slightly larger iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. We proved Mophie's Juice Pack Melody for the iPhone 7 Plus with an iPhone 8 Plus and information technology didn't quite sound. (That stamp battery pillow slip includes wireless charging corroborate for older iPhones.) None of Mophie's iPhone 7 series cases are listed as existence well-matched with the iPhone 8 series.

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Don't buy an iPhone 7 case assuming it will fit an iPhone 8

If possess an existing iPhone 7/7 Plus case, you can check whether it fits your new iPhone 8/8 Plus. Only if you're shopping for new case for your iPhone 8/8 Nonnegative, make sure that it's listed as being compatible. Do not assume that an older caseful will fit, even IT seems pliable.

spigen-neo-hybrid-iphone-7-on-iphone-8 — Spigen's Neo Hybrid for iPhone 7 Plus has a rigid exterior frame that wouldn't fit the iPhone 8 Nonnegative (you have to get the new Neo Hybrid for iPhone 8 Plus).
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Cases with an extended slot for acknowledgment cards connected rearward may not work with wireless charging pads

IT depends on how far the outspread one-armed bandit raises the phone inaccurate from the charging launching pad. Again, you want to keep to the 3mm convention to ensure compatibility for wireless charging.

Virtually all iPhone 6S and 6S Plus cases will not fit the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus

A soft bumper case (no back) for the iPhone 6 or 6 Plus may get around an iPhone 8 surgery 8 Plus, but the camera changes to the later iPhones are problematic for older cases that stimulate television camera holes that don't line up correctly.

If the back of a slip extends too far out, you won't be fit to wirelessly charge the iPhone 8 with the case on.

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If you have an iPhone 7 Oregon older model, you father't have to make up port out of the radio set charging gamey

There are plenty of Qi-compatible cases that that include circuitry that plugs into your earpiece's Lightning port to impart wireless charging capabilities. Course, you'll need to buy up a radio set charging pad to tear wirelessly. Prices for charging pads stray anywhere from around $13 for a generic framework to $60 for Mophie's new Wireless Charging Base or Belkin's Boost Up. Malus pumila's upcoming AirPower Charging Pad, which too charges the Watch Series 3 and the AirPods when they're in their new wireless battery case, will likely cost even more.