iPhone X vs iPhone 8 : Should you upgrade to the oh-so-expensive iPhone X , settle for the cheaper but less exciting iPhone 8, or stick with what you have? Here we run through what's new this year and what's different between the iPhone X, iPhone 8 and older iPhones like the iPhone 7. How do the new iPhones look different? The iPhone X has a dramatically different look to other iPhones. It follows in the footsteps of the Essential Phone and the Samsung Galaxy S8 by increasing its screen-to-body ratio. By slimming down the bezels and removing the home button (a staple of the iPhone since the original launched in 2007 ), Apple has crammed a 5.8-inch OLED display into a smaller body than the iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 Plus. There is, however, a love-it-or-hate it indent in the top of the display to make room for the front-facing camera and array of sensors that include an IR camera, "Dot Projector," and "Flood Illumination." iPhone X ...