The iPhone 8 Plus is a nice phone. It is still very useful however I hope people are aware that it is not compatible with the latest version of the operating system, IOS 17. Looking at Apple’s security updates, I can see that it is still receiving security updates to IOS 16. It received 2 updates in December, 12-11-23, IOS 16.7.3 and then again on 12-19-23, IOS 16.7.4.
There will come a time when those security updates will cease. I have an iPhone 7 which I use as an at-home Wi-Fi device with all my apps installed. I use it instead of my iPhone SE 2022 while doing anything other than texting or phone calls so I’m not burning through battery health on the SE 2022. That iPhone 7 is stuck on IOS 15, and has not received any updates since 10-25-23. Not to say that it won’t receive any further updates. I like to think if the threat level were high enough, Apple would give it a security update but I’m not holding my breath.