Why the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus Will Be Important for Apple Next Year

Why the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus Will Be Important for Apple Next Year

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are arguably far less exciting than the iPhone X. While the iPhone X includes a full-face organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display and an all-new aesthetic, the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus continue to use older liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and identical form factors to their predecessors.

The iPhone X also has an improved rear-camera subsystem compared to either the iPhone 8 or the iPhone 8 Plus, as well as a much more advanced front-facing camera with 3D sensing capabilities marketed by Apple as a TrueDepth camera. Despite all this, the relatively tame iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are still going to be very important to the iPhone business both this year as well as possibly next year. Here's why.

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