https://medium.com/@thecrushingdays/the-iphone-xs-is-worth-the-cost-of-admission-6fb0cb913ff7

As you’re reading this, legions of loyal Apple fans are making their annual pilgrimage to Apple stores around the nation in the the hopes of getting their hands on the latest iPhone. With their sights set on the new iPhone XS and XS Max, there’s naturally speculation around whether last year’s model, the groundbreaking and now discontinued iPhone X, still makes the cut. In light of this, I decided to revisit the old model and see how it measures up.

There’s no question that owning the latest model carries a certain amount of status. The new iPhone XS is listed at $999 before tax on Apple’s website. A quick look at EBay reveals that the 2017 iPhone X is around $200 cheaper, listed at $805. So, is it really worth the investment? Geoffrey Fowler’s arguments in the Washington Post that “you can buy an iPhone X, which is 95 percent as good as the new XS”, are certainly valid.