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# One Really Good Reason to Get an iPhone 8 Over the X
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/one-really-good-reason-to-get-an-iphone-8-over-the-x/
- Published: 2018-02-27T13:07:36.000Z
- Updated: 2018-02-27T13:07:36.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[8 & X | Riccardo Mori](http://morrick.me/archives/7885?ref=birchtree.me)

> In choosing the iPhone 8, what I’d miss most of the X are probably the OLED display and Face ID, but those aren’t must-have features for me, either; certainly not worth spending €350 more to have them (I think those €350 would be better spent on an Apple Watch, for example. 

This is a really good point. The iPhone X is undoubtedly cool and a part of me is jealous of people who have one. On the other hand, the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus are **amazing** phones in their own right and the value gained by getting an Apple Watch to go with your phone would provide more value to many people than getting a smaller bezel or better screen.

In the US, the iPhone 8 costs $699 and the Apple Watch starts at $329, so you could get them both for $1,028 (presently, the iPhone X starts at $999).