frantisek

I think Apple is targeting parents heavily and their fear of kids asking for in app purchases or high bill from them. Here you have decent 5 bucks a month and play....

Will be this dependent on 5G networking and A14 graphic power or is possible that even older devices will support it?

Processing on phone make sense from battery life perspective. Small batteries, low weight, lightweight design as solution allows.

Whether it shows potential for ARM Macbook then it is super. Benchmarks against A12X or A13X will be interesting.

Real question what kind of software you can run on it. If Apple has this problem solved, then they would probably made ARM Macbook already.

hentaiboy said:

Prices may not rise in the U.S. but they most assuredly will in the rest of the world with the USD at a 17-year high. The base iPhone 11 will be a $1500 phone in AUS/NZ.

Who cares. Lol. My upgrade cycle is 1-2 years. But not the latest but last supported model so now heading for SE maybe 6s.My yearly cost of ownership is around 55 USD.

k2kw said:

Darn need to wait one more year for TouchId to come back.   Seems like this wouldn’t be too difficult as several Android manufacturers have already done it.

For Apple it is question of getting enough components in desired quality. Something others usually do not need to solve that much.

But will be interesting to see FaceID speed on iPhone 11. New chip, maybe better FaceID HW and faster iOS....

You have forgot phones vs. wearables.

There will be big trend to wearables, voice assistants and AI. I can imagine optimal configuration capable watch with AirPods that can provide many function by voice commands so need for phone will be diminished but will be complemented by foldable iPad, bigger or smaller, with more desktop like features.
Or, Jesus, I would forgot AR glasses. They can supplement phone and in some situations tablet as well.