Just like what the rumor said several days earlier, this year iPhone has no “S” update any more, and Apple finally released the new iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X (pronounced “ten”) on September 12th, 2017.
In the event, the iPhone X looks special with so many new exciting features besides the A11 Bionic Chip, wireless charging and fast charging added to iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. To make you know better on the new stuffs on iPhone X, we list 5 differences between iPhone 8 and iPhone X.
- iPhone 8 vs iPhone X: Display
- iPhone 8 vs iPhone X: Home Button
- iPhone 8 vs iPhone X: Unlock iPhone
- iPhone 8 vs iPhone X: Front Camera
- iPhone 8 vs iPhone X: The Start Price
What’s the main differences between iPhone 8/8 Plus and iPhone X?
1. iPhone 8 vs iPhone X: Display
iPhone 8 and 8 Plus will still use the current LCD Retina HD display technology. But iPhone X comes with all new Super Retina OLED. And the Super Retina display will improve more on Color accuracy, wide color support and brightness.
![The Benefits of Super Retina OLED Display](https://www.itipbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/The-Benefits-of-Super-Retina-OLED-Display.jpg)
2. iPhone 8 vs iPhone X: Home Button
The new flagship iPhone X removed the Home button for a larger screen, which is 5.8 inch, even larger than the size of iPhone 8 Plus’s screen (5.5 inch). This make iPhone X almost the all screen smartphone. But iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 plus still has the Home button on the bottom like every iPhone generation before them.
Tradeoff: in landscape mode, you get less vertical screen space on the iPhone X than on previous iPhones because of the home indicator pic.twitter.com/XLNsT4lm4v
— Steve T-S (@stroughtonsmith) September 13, 2017
3. iPhone 8 vs iPhone X: Face ID
iPhone X will replace Touch ID with the new Face ID to unlock device, which Apple said is safer than the Touch ID of iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. “the Face ID recognizes the user’s face under a variety of conditions, and can’t be fooled by photos, with a 1 in a million chance of mismatch, which compares to 1 in 50 thousands for Touch ID”.
![How secure is Face ID of iPhone X](https://www.itipbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/How-secure-is-Face-ID-of-iPhone-X.jpg)
4. iPhone 8 vs iPhone X: Front Camera
, The iPhone X comes with 7MP TrueDepth camera to to support face-detection technique. But iPhone 8 still use the FaceTime HD Camera and this camera can’t support Portrait mode, Portrait lighting and Animoji.
![Front Camera of iPhone X](https://www.itipbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Front-Camera-of-iPhone-X-1024x768.jpg)
5. iPhone 8 vs iPhone X: The Start Price
The new designed iPhone X is so much more expensive than iPhone 8, 8 Plus and Previous iPhone. The iPhone X price starts from $999 almost $1000 dollars. But the iPhone 8 starts from $699.
![Compare iPhone 8 and iPhone X - Price](https://www.itipbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Compare-iPhone-8-and-iPhone-X-Price.jpg)
Additionally, iPhone X has no Gold version, and has a different size from iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus.