Australian iPhone X plans compared: what price should you expect to pay?

Months of rumours and hype have ended and we now know exactly how hard the iPhone X (pronounced iPhone 10) will hit our wallets. This 10th anniversary handset is Apple's priciest, by far, and you can check out our iPhone X hands-on review for more details on its specs.

Here, we'll let you know how much the iPhone X will cost outright, and predict the cheapest contract you'll likely see based on previous launches. Hold on to your hats though, it's a doozy.

Alongside the September 12 announcement of the iPhone X, we've also heard all about the latest entries into Apple's flagship range. The iterative updates of the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus have landed, in the form of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus.

iPhone X price: how much does it cost?

This beast isn't cheap. There are two versions of the massive iPhone X, and the 64GB model will set you back $1,579. Huge.

The other model has considerably more storage at 256GB, but this will come at hell of a premium. The iPhone X 256GB will cost you $1,829. Even huger.

When can I buy the iPhone X?

You won't be able to grab the new iPhone X as soon as you can the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus. You'll have to wait until Friday, November 3rd to get your hands on this bezel-free marvel.

Pre-orders open on Friday, October 27 so if you're keen on this premium handset then now's a good time to set a reminder.

Although the iPhone X will be here in time for our Black Friday deals , there's a rather small window of time between the launch and the sales, so we may not see too many savings.

TechRadar predicts the best iPhone X deal

Given the $,1579 starting price of the handset, most people are going to want to pick it up as part of a plan. Like the outright prices, we're expecting the plans to be steeper than the iPhone 7 Plus plans were to start with.

iPhone X | 2GB data | Unlimited calls and texts | $99pm
There's bound to be certain deals with specific carriers and networks on launch, but considering the cheapest current plan for an iPhone 7 Plus is around the $75pm district (and that phone is almost a year old now), we can't imagine that even the cheapest iPhone X plan will be much under $100. We're hoping this is a conservative estimate, but deep down we're concerned it'll be even more than this. Total cost over 24 months is $2,376