TomE

Should not go up in price.
Electronics, should drastically improve quality and drop price.
This is ridiculous.  Don't think I will get one.

And the US goverment wants to sell the chinese farm land.

Since 1984, this is unacceptable - both as a Consumer , but also as a stockholder.  I don't care what the "reason" is, it is not acceptable - because someone noticed.  I would take mine back, but it is a little older and thicker - it does not bend.

I believe you can set the TouchBar to always display the Function Keys...  
I forget where the software switch is located - perhaps in assistive services for the keyboard.  You do not always have to press the Fn key.

Who is to say that Apple will not make a device that is much smaller than the new Xs series phones ?  We simply do not know.
It will not be difficult for them to make a small phone , Star Trek Communicator, that will do much more than today's phone, except for the display.
I just received my Series 4 watch and it is a nice device.  I can hear and be heard better on it than on my iPhone.  One day Apple will pull a solar charging display out of a hat and the watch battery will last much longer .
Actually, I prefer the smaller phone, a larger keyboard as on my old MacBook Air, or 13 or 15 " Mac.
Software is the real name of the game.  No software, no Sale.  No reason to have a computer , because I sure as heck am not going to rack my brain trying to write some code at my age.  I remember the Apple 1, 2 , 3, the Mac in a Box, etc and the Watch is a small Miracle - with more to come.'

No one knows what Steve Jobs would want today.  Even Steve would be impressed or maybe I don't really know that !