If you expect your yearly smartphone upgrade to include a few significant advantages over last year’s model, the iPhone 8 may disappoint. If you’re not one to upgrade your device year-on-year, the iPhone 8 might be the best smartphone you can buy right now. This year’s model marks one of the least exciting updates we’ve ever seen, but its base model is $50 more expensive than last year’s model. In terms of physical dimensions it’s basically an iPhone 7, with the same camera and flash placement, identical capacitive Touch ID home button, and the same perforations and inputs around the edge of the device. At only 0.1mm taller, 0.2mm wider, and 0.2mm thicker, the biggest difference you’ll notice is in the weight.
