They won't though. How would they upsell customers if they provide them with the same features that newer phones have?
I wish they would, but that doesn't fit Apple's typical MO.
I wish they would, but that doesn't fit Apple's typical MO.
If anything, it ensured my next phone would be a Samsung again (and it was, I went Note 10), so I think it's still a good upselling move to do so.
On that note, how far they've come since the Note 4 terrible TERRIBLE result in low light, that phone was top notch for its time but in low light it took several seconds for a single shot, focus sucked, grainy as hell ... Seeing a 9/10th gen phone instantly take those shots, with almost no grain and a lot of back details properly lighted is very impressive to me. I understand how it works in theory, but there is still a "wow I can't believe my phone pulls that off" factor for me.
Android vendors had (have?) a horrible history on this...
My SE has really been struggling with iOS 13. A lot of apps don’t load and things are ssssslow.
Of course one could argue that the iPhone 8/X, XS, XR buyers did finance the R&D for it. Each year Apple has beat their neural engine drum but it wasn't until this year that they really introduced features that took great advantage of it. Sure, they used it for FaceID, but I'll wager it didn't really tax the silicon much.
Sure it would be nice to get some special new features, but as mentioned, that also doesn't suit how Apple operates when it comes to new features. And that's quite alright.
Apple, or any business trying to make money?