Apple iPhone 8 Plus

Apple iPhone 8 Plus

How to take screenshot or screen capture in an iPhone 8 Plus

An essential feature of modern mobile phones and tablets is the ability to take screenshots, or capture an image of what is currently displayed on the screen of your Apple iPhone 8 Plus.

While there are apps that can perform this function, you don't need to install any additional apps as it is already included in the iOS 11, upgradable to iOS 12.1 operating system.

When you take a screenshot, you can save a WhatsApp conversation, Tinder message, Instagram story, Facebook photo, or video frame in the memory of your Apple device.

On the contrary, if you want to record a video of what is shown on the screen of your Apple iPhone 8 Plus, for example to record a video call, a story or a web page or piece of an internet video, you can follow the next tutorial: Record screen from Apple iPhone 8 Plus

Table of Contents:

First method:

If you want to make a screenshot to your Apple iPhone 8 Plus you have to follow these simple steps:

Estimated time: 2 minutes.

1- First step:

First, go to the screen that you want to capture a screenshot of on your Apple iPhone 8 Plus, whether it's a web page, chat, or application.

Screen to capture in iPhone 8 Plus

2- Second step:

Simultaneously press the power or unlock key (on the right side) and the central button or Touch ID of your iPhone 8 Plus and quickly release both buttons at the same time.

How to take screenshot or screen capture in an iPhone 8 Plus

3- Third step:

The captured image will be minimized and will appear in the lower part of the screen on the left of the iPhone 8 Plus for a few seconds.

If you want to edit or share the capture immediately, click on the thumbnail before it disappears. If you don't want to use the screenshot at this time, you can ignore the thumbnail and continue using the device, taking more screenshots if desired.

Screenshot Step 3 iPhone

4- Fourth step:

If you have clicked on the thumbnail, the screenshot editor will open, allowing you to edit the screenshot. You can cut it, draw on it, erase parts, add arrows, circles, comment bubbles, use the magnifying glass, add text, or add a signature. These tools can be very useful for highlighting important information or annotating the screenshot before sharing it with others.

Edit iPhone screenshot

5- Fifth step:

Once you have finished editing the capture, press “OK” to save it in the photo gallery of your iPhone 8 Plus. A confirmation prompt will appear, asking you to either save the screenshot in the photo gallery or delete it.

Share iPhone screenshot

6- Sixth step:

If you want to send the capture, press the share button, select the app where you want to share it, and once it has been shared, press “OK.” A confirmation prompt will appear, asking you to either save the capture or delete it.

Send iPhone screenshot

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Screenshot without using the buttons on iPhone 8 Plus

There is another method to take screenshots without using the buttons on the Apple iPhone 8 Plus, it is an accessibility setting but it can help us if any of the buttons on the iPhone 8 Plus do not work, it is very difficult for us to press the buttons. two buttons at the same time or we simply look for the convenience of being able to take a capture without using the buttons.

Check out the tutorial “How to take a screenshot without buttons on iPhone” to be able to take screenshots with two or three taps on the back of the Apple iPhone 8 Plus.

How to capture a full page in Apple iPhone 8 Plus?

If you want to capture a complete web page on your iPhone 8 Plus, you should first be aware that this method only works with Apple's Safari browser. Therefore, you should open the page you want to capture with scrolling using the Safari browser.

To take the screenshot, follow the method indicated above. When you take the screenshot, the thumbnail will appear in the lower left of the screen on the Apple iPhone 8 Plus screen. Click on the thumbnail to access the screenshot editing application. You will see the text “Full page” appear at the top right. Click on it and you will see the full screenshot along with the scrolling on the right side of the screen.

You can now add notes, draw on the capture, crop, rotate and share the screenshot by clicking on the arrow icon in the upper right of the screen. When you are finished, press “Done” to save the edited screenshot in the photo gallery

Scrollshot in Apple iPhone 8 Plus

Where are screenshots saved on Apple iPhone 8 Plus?

All the screenshots taken on an Apple iPhone 8 Plus are saved in the photo gallery both in the recent images together with the photos captured with the camera and in a specific folder that you can see below.
Screenshots are saved in PNG format.

Go to the home screen where you will find the icon of the photo gallery of your Apple iPhone 8 Plus, it is an icon of a kind of flower with each petal of a different color.

Apple iPhone 8 Plus Photo Gallery

In recent you will be able to see the screenshots that you have taken recently, they are also saved in a specific category called "Captures", to see this category go down to the "Types of content" section, you will see the "Captures" category, click to access and see all the screenshots taken on your Apple iPhone 8 Plus.

Content types: screenshots Apple iPhone 8 Plus

About the device:

Apple iPhone 8 Plus is a mobile/cell phone with dimensions of 158.4 x 78.1 x 7.5 mm (6.24 x 3.07 x 0.30 in), a weight of 202 grams, a screen size of 5.5 inches, 83.4 cm2 (~67.4% screen-to-body ratio) and a screen resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~401 ppi density).

It has a processor Hexa-core (2x Monsoon + 4x Mistral), a graphics card Apple GPU (three-core graphics), a RAM memory 3 GB and an internal memory of 64 GB/256 GB.

The Apple iPhone 8 Plus comes from the factory with the iOS 11, upgradable to iOS 12.1 operating system.

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