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 80s_Apple_Guy said:

I must say, between the reported lack of 120HZ refresh rate, the lower battery capacity and unchanged notch I am very disappointed. 5G is a tech that rarely is available for most of us and is far less useful most of the time. This phone IF it’s as leaked will be a skip for me. Not understanding Apple’s skimping on a> $1000 phone. 

Still likely to be quite a meaningful upgrade for a XS or earlier owner, if the delivered battery performance is similar to the 11 series it'll meet/exceed the user expectations

OutdoorAppDeveloper said:

Apple really needs to start building chip fabs all around the world. The situation brewing between Taiwan and China poses an existential threat to Apple and the entire tech industry. It would cost Apple a hundred billion dollars or more but the investment would pay off for decades to come.

conveniently Apple has around $200bn in cash to hand, TSMC is diversifying it's manufacturing, the extreme UV lithography kit is made in the Nertherlands, India, Vietnam and Brazil have some level of iPhone/accessories production in place, though not enough to take over the top spec kit at a moment's notice. I'm not being glib, but the actions of apple and other suppliers over the last 5 years suggest that this has been a long term drift to more resilience and less efficiency focus in the supply chains. Running chip fabs is probably not of interest to apple, but I could certainly see them co-financing one