https://qz.com/1107116/the-true-cost-of-the-iphone-x-based-on-what-you-actually-earn/ >With the iPhone X, we have entered a new age of ultra-premium smartphones. >Apple is calling the iPhone X the “smartphone of the future,” loaded with new features meant to entice consumers into getting used to the idea of paying the same price for a phone as they would for a laptop. The new model, available for pre-order Oct. 27 and purchase Nov. 3, costs a whopping $1,000 in the US (and a lot more than that in other countries, if you convert local prices to other currencies). The price goes up even more if you want the bigger 256 GB model, which costs $1,149 in the US.