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Originally Posted by ntgarage44
Not trying to make this an argument about features thread, but I laid out the case for 4 features that Apple could implement to give many people a reason to consider the iPhone, without alienating its existing (and loyal) customer base. It's about options. To counter your points:
- Sure, 5G isn't widespread right now. For the price, shouldn't Apple be pushing this technology? Because it's usually true that whenever Apple implements a significant feature in the iPhone, the industry usually quickly follows to integrate that feature, Apple CarPlay and Apple Pay being 2 recent examples. I see no reason to keep this at the status quo.
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On this point, another reason for 5G from a consumer’s perspective is to have it available when it is widespread without the need to upgrade the phone yet again. Obviously from Apple’s perspective they’d rather sell you another phone later, but with phone prices approaching household appliances, fewer people get a new phone every year or two than they once did. Including 5G capability would have provided more of a reason to upgrade now vs. not including, which provides a pretty good reason to wait.
Obviously Apple did the calculus on this and decided it would be better to wait.