Forget the iPhone 8 and iPhone X — here are 7 reasons you should buy the iPhone 7 instead

bestbot (5)in #technology • 7 years ago

There are a ton of great phones you can buy this year. But if you're intent on buying an iPhone in 2017, don't bother with the new iPhone 8 or the high-end iPhone X coming in November.

I've owned an iPhone 7 Plus for over a year, and I've had a chance to try the new iPhone 8 and the 8 Plus as well.

I can easily say the iPhone 7 is hands down the best bang for your buck iPhone-wise - aside from the excellent but diminutive iPhone SE. I have not yet tried the iPhone X, but unless it blows me away, I'm not sure if it's worth spending nearly double the cost of an iPhone 7.

Here's why:

The iPhone 7 is more affordable than the iPhone 8 and the iPhone X.

The first but most important reason you should consider the iPhone 7 is its price tag relative to the other new iPhones.

The iPhone 8 starts at $699 - $150 more than the starting price of the iPhone 7 for a very similar phone.

The larger iPhone 8 Plus starts at $799, and the high-end iPhone X - if you can even find one when it becomes available on November 3 - will start at $999.

Meanwhile, the iPhone 7 starts at $549 - almost half the price of the iPhone X - and the larger iPhone 7 Plus starts at $669. Don't get me wrong, these phones are still definitely considered "expensive," but their prices are much more reasonable than those of the iPhone 8 and the X.

The iPhone 7 comes in more colors than the iPhone X does.

The iPhone 7 Plus in matte black.
The iPhone 8 comes in three colors: silver, gold, and space gray.