the only thing your missing out on is Touch ID.
Knowing what you know now, do you think you'd consider getting the X? Your answer may or may not influence how I decide for myself.
I currently have the iPhone 7.
Even after reading all the leaks, I was excited to hear more directly from Apple about the X. I was REALLY wanting a device with as big a screen as the 7 Plus with the form factor as the 7. Leading up to the final announcements, I was hoping for that integrated Touch ID. I was impressed with it for the most part, but the shortcomings (totally subjective) have me thinking I am going with the 8 Plus. Here are my reasons:
I see that notch grating on me often, I cannot see myself unseeing it. It would not had bothered me if they squared that notch off and left information in black background. For photos, videos, and gaming it reminds me of when my wife puts a holiday decoration that partially blocks any portion of the TV screen, except I can't move that notch.
Face ID, they said it was fast, I did not feel it was that fast relative to Touch ID, and you need an extra gesture to get to the home screen. Look at the screen to unlock, swipe thumb up to get to home screen vs, touch home button and go to home screen.
On that note Applepay using Face ID vs Touch ID. Press power button twice to get to Applepay, look at the phone, now move to reader. In reality this all doesn't really take THAT long, but when we went from Touch ID 1.0 to 2.0 we got to enjoy immediate response, this extra step takes us backwards.
I feel Face ID was Apple settling for a security solution because they couldn't get the screen integrated fingerprint reader that they really wanted under the screen. That's probably why we saw so many leaks of the possible Touch ID moving to the back of the phone.
I also feel the last generation of the style that is 8 will be a lot more stable than the first generation that is X. It is going to take awhile like it did when Apple increased the screen size to the 5 for developers to update their apps to properly support the iPhone X. This could take months. I would be ok with the learning curve for the added gestures, but I also feel thats where many will find the most glitches, and we all know those bugs like to present themselves at the worst possible times.
I see a LOT of potential with the iPhone X, I really do, and I am usually the first one to upgrade to the latest and greatest. But for the reasons I mentioned, this is the first major upgrade I will sit out for a year on and enjoy the perfected design. Who knows, people may end up being so happy with the X and reviews being so good, I may end up selling my 8 Plus in the middle of the year and end up getting the X. Something tells me I will be happy with this decision though. I definitely look forward to the impressions either way.