I’m surprised by this. Other than the display, what makes you want the X over the 8? They’re basically the same phone - if the 8 is lackluster, so is the X - if the X is hot shit, then the 8 ships with that CPU/GPU now.

I have the 8 and love it. I will probably get the X and use the 8 as my backup phone, but it will be an act of conspicuous consumption (I have owned every iPhone and I will not stop now) and not a legitimate upgrade, as the 8 does everything the X does except the face scan gimmick.