Apple’s fanciest iPhone isn’t here yet. But the innards of that fancy iPhone X ($999.99 at Apple)already exist — mostly, anyway — inside a phone you can get right now: the iPhone 8 Plus.

The iPhone X will arrive on Nov. 3, complete with the overdue, wild redesign we’ve been waiting on for years. It’s almost all screen, with Apple’s first ever OLED display and largest ever 5.8-inch size, crammed into a body that’s not too much larger than the 4.7-inch iPhones. The X boasts dual rear cameras, both with optical image stabilization, plus wireless charging, and tops it off with a blazing fast six-core A11 Bionic processor. And, controversially, the iPhone X includes a cutting-edge Face ID scanner that replaces the iconic Touch ID home button.

The iPhone X will cost a thousand dollars in the US, and we expect it to be in short supply. Indeed, if Apple could actually make enough of the X, the iPhone 8 Plus might not even exist at all. But the company needs a big-screen iPhone that you can actually buy, more or less at the same price as its predecessor.
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