9 reasons you should buy an iPhone 8 instead of an iPhone X

4. The iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X have nearly-identical rear cameras.

If you care at all about photography, the rear cameras on the iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X are nearly identical. The iPhone 8 is also a great shooter, but the larger 8 Plus adds a second telephoto lens so you can zoom in without losing image quality.

The only difference between the rear cameras on the iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X is that the iPhone X has optical-image stabilization for both the wide-angle and telephoto lenses, for sharper images, especially in low-light settings; the iPhone 8 Plus only has OIS for the wide-angle lens, like the iPhone 7 Plus before it.

5. The front-facing cameras on the iPhone 8 and iPhone X are also identical — save for a few extra features.

On paper, the FaceTime HD cameras of the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus are functionally identical to the front-facing camera inside the iPhone X's TrueDepth camera system. All of these phones take 7-megapixel photos, have a ƒ/2.2 aperture, and film video in 1080p.

The only difference is the iPhone X got a few "exclusive" software camera features: Portrait Mode on the front-facing camera (in addition to the back); Portrait Lighting, which lets you remove backgrounds in your selfies for a dramatic effect; and Animoji, where you can send animated emoji to your friends that mimic your facial expressions and even speak using your voice.

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