--- title: Apple iPhone 8 and 10 Event inspires Memes About Differences description: The internet had a lot of fun creating memes to represent the battle between Apple iPhone 8 and Apple iPhone 10. canonical: https://time.com/4938371/iphone-8-iphone-x-memes/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-12T19:38:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:10.818Z og:title: The Internet Has Memes in the Battle of iPhone 8 vs iPhone X og:description: One is definitely better than the other og:url: https://time.com/4938371/iphone-8-iphone-x-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9dc72aeacd40150/6988dd7dfb4eac5a42893b16/iphone-8-x112.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1920 og:image:height: 1080 og:image:alt: iphone-8-x112 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Has Memes in the Battle of iPhone 8 vs iPhone X twitter:description: One is definitely better than the other twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9dc72aeacd40150/6988dd7dfb4eac5a42893b16/iphone-8-x112.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Having a Hilarious Time With These iPhone 8 vs. iPhone X Memes > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 12, 2017 7:38 PM UTC   by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 12, 2017 7:38 PM UTC On Tuesday, Apple revealed not one but two [new models of iPhone](http://time.com/4938041/apple-iphone-8-plus-features/): the iPhone 8 (and larger-sized 8 Plus), and the [iPhone X](http://time.com/4935672/apple-10th-anniversary-iphone/) (pronounced like the number ten). (No word on why they mysteriously skipped the model 9, though.) As expected, Apple fans and critics were out in full force to eat up every last bite of the livestreamed announcement. The internet quickly digested the information, and spat it back out in the form of… meme responses, of course. While the iPhone 8 is quite similar to the iPhone 7, it changes things up with [a glass back](http://time.com/4938086/iphone-8-glass-break/) and wireless charging, plus other technical upgrades. The iPhone X, meanwhile, stands out for its Face ID unlocking technology, edge-to-edge OLED screen and $999 price tag. Here’s how people are comparing the two. > [](https://twitter.com/%5Fsmileyallie/status/907679977755348997) > [](https://twitter.com/InternetPalace/status/907680092029116417) > [](https://twitter.com/JamesTDouglas/status/907673574458249218) > [](https://twitter.com/dbaron46/status/907681398978379776) > [](https://twitter.com/AustinCTweets/status/907682387693375488) > [](https://twitter.com/blaquepink/status/907684775787470848) > [](https://twitter.com/zanelowe/status/907678418250063872) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4938371/iphone-8-iphone-x-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4938371/iphone-8-iphone-x-memes/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Having a Hilarious Time With These iPhone 8 vs. iPhone X Memes","datePublished":"2017-09-12T19:38:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:10.818Z","description":"The internet had a lot of fun creating memes to represent the battle between Apple iPhone 8 and Apple iPhone 10.","url":"https://time.com/4938371/iphone-8-iphone-x-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Apple","Gadgets","viral","iPhone","iPhone 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9dc72aeacd40150/6988dd7dfb4eac5a42893b16/iphone-8-x112.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9dc72aeacd40150/6988dd7dfb4eac5a42893b16/iphone-8-x112.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"iphone-8-x112","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4938371/iphone-8-iphone-x-memes/","name":"The Internet Is Having a Hilarious Time With These iPhone 8 vs. iPhone X Memes"}}]}] ```