Here's how Apple's new $1,000 iPhone XS compares to last year's iPhone X (AAPL)

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Every fall, Apple introduces new iPhones. And every fall, many iPhone users wonder: should I upgrade?

This year was, in Apple parlance, an "S year," which means that one of the new iPhones, the iPhone XS, was an iterative upgrade rather than a total overhaul. Which begs the question: if you have an iPhone X, which is only a year old, do you need to upgrade?

Or, if you're looking for a new device, should you go for the cheaper option and buy last year's phone over the new iPhone XS?

This year, the differences between the two phones are minor, but there are still a few things that set the new phone apart. Here's how the iPhone X compares to the iPhone XS.

The iPhone XS comes in more colors.

The iPhone X came in just two colors: silver (essentially white) and space gray (essentially black).

The iPhone XS retained those two shades, but added a third color option: gold.

The iPhone XS has a brand-new, super-fast chip.

The iPhone XS has Apple's new A12 Bionic chip, which Apple says includes a "next-generation neural engine." Regardless, it should improve the phone's speed and performance compared with the iPhone X.

That being said, the iPhone X is still a high-performance phone, despite having a year-old chip.

The iPhone XS is slightly more water-resistant.

The iPhone XS is water-resistant to a depth of two meters for up to 30 minutes — that's one more meter than the iPhone X, which is only water resistant in about one meter of water.

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