Forget the iPhone 8 and iPhone X — here are 7 reasons you should buy the iPhone 7 instead (AAPL)
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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:
1. 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.
2. The iPhone 7 comes in more colors than the iPhone X does.
The iPhone 8 comes in three colors: silver, gold, and space gray.
The iPhone X comes in just two colors: black and white.
The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, meanwhile, come in five colors: jet black, matte black (the best color), silver, gold, and rose gold.
3. The iPhone 8 and the iPhone X have glass backs, making them more fragile and less resistant to smudges.
Apple added glass to the backs of the iPhone 8 and the X so those phones can support Qi wireless charging — but as a side effect, those glass backs made them more susceptible to smudges and fingerprints, as well as fall damage. With the new iPhone 8 and the X, you'll need to worry about both the front and the back of the phone cracking if you drop it.
Meanwhile, the iPhone 7 has the same aluminum unibody frame as the iPhone 6 line, which means you'll need to worry about only the phone's display cracking if you drop it. The metal backs on the iPhone 7 line are also more resistant to smudges and fingerprints compared with the glass backs of the iPhone 8 and the X.
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