Iphone X

The iPhone X is the phone everyone wants, but there's no getting over one annoying fact: It's expensive AF, starting at $999.

It's the most advanced iPhone Apple's ever created — and for once that's not just keynote hyperbole — but not everyone can afford to blow their savings on it. So, what's a person to do? Settle for the iPhone 8 or 8 Plus?

Basically, yes. But that's not really as bad as it sounds because maybe you actually want things like, say, a home button!

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So let's keep it real: the iPhone 8's industrial design already looks old compared to the iPhone X, but as I said in my hands-on with the phones, that's just skin-deep. Looks aren't everything, and there's lots of things inside that make them worthwhile.

The iPhone X is Apple's new aspirational device, but it's not gonna be for everyone. And with supply constraints and a release not until Nov. 3, not everyone's gonna be able to get one. So why wait when there's plenty of great reasons to buy the iPhone 8 or 8 Plus instead?