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As the chart below shows, you can spend as little as $349 for a base model iPhone SE, or spend as much as $1149 for a fully-equipped bleeding-edge iPhone X.
| iPhone X | $999 | $1149 | ||
| iPhone 8 Plus | $799 | $949 | ||
| iPhone 8 | $699 | $849 | ||
| iPhone 7 Plus | $669 | $769 | ||
| iPhone 7 | $549 | $649 | ||
| iPhone 6s Plus | $549 | $649 | ||
| iPhone 6s | $449 | $549 | ||
| iPhone SE | $349 | $449 |
Earlier this year, my wife donated her 6s Plus to me as an extra 4K camera, and bought an SE. She found the physical size of the Plus phone to be too large. That’s one of the more interesting elements of the iPhone X — it has more screen, in a smaller package.
The dollar decision
In this article, I’ll be looking at what you might want to consider, if you’re deciding between an iPhone 8, an 8 Plus, or an iPhone X. If your decision is mostly driven by budget, then you really want to spend your time with the price chart and decide what you can afford.
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Since all three models (the 8, 8 Plus, and X) come in 64GB and 256GB configurations only, that simplifies the money calculation considerably. For each memory capacity, there’s a hundred dollar jump between the iPhone 8 and the 8 Plus, and a two hundred dollar jump between the iPhone 8 Plus and the iPhone X.
So when it comes to a dollar decision, you’re really deciding whether the iPhone X is worth $200 more to you than an iPhone 8 Plus, or $300 more to you than the iPhone 8.
Does size matter?
I mentioned size, and this is intriguing. The iPhone 8 has a 4.7-inch display with a 1334-by-750-pixel resolution at 326 ppi. The 8 Plus jumps that up to a 5.5-inch display with a 1920-by-1080-pixel resolution at 401 ppi.
Image: Apple
But then there’s the iPhone X. Its display is 5.8 inches with a 2436-by-1125-pixel resolution at 458 ppi. But wait. There’s more. Or rather, less.
See, here’s the thing. The iPhone 8 Plus’ physical size is 3.07 by 6.24 inches. The iPhone X, with it’s larger display, is physically considerably smaller. At 2.79 by 5.65 inches, it’s closer in size to an iPhone 8 at 2.65 by 5.45 inches.
In other words, if you want the biggest possible display, but in a smaller phone, the iPhone X might be the phone for you.
More screen specs
So, there you have it. Are you going to spend the few extra hundred bucks for the X? Let me know in the comments below.
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