If Apple hadn’t introduced iPhone X at a special event on Tuesday, iPhone 8 and 8 Plus would have been its premium priced, stand-out smartphone models for 2017. But even with the new X shamelessly showing off, the relatively less exciting pair of 8s actually offer a compelling upgrade for buyers who want and need less than the absolute best, most expensive option in smartphones.
What am I, chopped liver?
Steve Jobs made “one more thing” into an anticipated meme at Apple Events, but iPhone X took the unusual path of being “the one more thing” that threw the just-previously-detailed iPhone 8 under a metaphorical bus. On Twitter, there were jokes that iPhone 8 suffered the most rapid fall into obsolescence ever.
