These are some of the rumored features that failed to make the cut at Apple's new product event

No Mike88 Apple's iPhones don't compare. Apple is way worse compared to any other OEM. As a matter of fact if Apple didn't change the cameras this year, then it would be the XS with an A13 SoC. Same everything. You try and throw Samsung under the bus by saying they haven't changed much. But Samsung has made over 40 different models, including a foldable smartphone. Samsung tries at least new things. Apple just copies from others. It's so blatantly obvious. If you can't see that, then you are a blind sheeple.

“Samsung tries new things” lol they’ve been using the exact same camera sensors for years now and they’re obviously behind the competition in terms of the camera

You are blind sdogsell, you know how excited I was for the new apple product lineup but if they are disappointing this time, I admitted it instead of praising them for no reason like you do for every android device no matter how horrible it is and how you never buy it yourself. Clearly I am not a sheep. I am not tied to any brand, I respect tech and the brand which brings the beat out of it. But in this case iPhones got boring this year but android didn’t become better. I was thinking about the new fold this time but you keep reminding me how bad I’ll look while using android when I see users like you.

@Mike88 - Good to hear. The majority of the globe did also...lol

Maybe you missed the X series. iPhone XS remains the best looking iPhone ever. It has glossy back, got the cameras right, got the apple logo where it should be and iPhone is printed clean on the back. iPhone 11 pro got everything wrong.

If camera becomes the prime selling point for a smartphone, the whole smartphone industry is going into the wrong direction. Phone cameras are nothing more than docs scanner and quick photo taking when necessary. Everyone prefers real camera on holidays and any place you would like to take real photos. I understand everyone doesn’t buy a camera these days but the audience apple try to target by its price. We got serious cameras and as smartphone cameras are getting better, real cameras are getting much better. Watch the new mirrorless range from Sony. I am just saying don’t try to make a wide angle lens, the only thing you got in your next flagship.

You're entitled to your opinion and I can respect that however "Downscale" is the other way around IMO. There was a time iPhone was the best designed phone in the market, had the best camera and iOS, even though lacking in features and productivity, was more polished than android. Now it's none of the above. Design is the ugliest. Camera is lagging behind the competition. iOS isn't even comparable to Android. Only thing Apple has better is A13.

Apple bragged about the A13 and it's 1 trillion operations per second. Yet it has no split screen multitasking. iPhone 11 pro is definitely not comparable to any Androud, especially the latest Note 10.

You guys are hilarious. 1- it’s one of the fastest and smoothest phones out there 2- it’s the best phone for taking videos 3- “design is the ugliest” you forgot about the pixel line? 4- iOS is now the closest as ever in terms of features and productivity especially with iOS 13 being just around the corner You’re trying way too hard kiddo

Your point 1 is definitely moot. How much more smooth does the iPhone have to get? What good is being the fastest single tasking smartphone around? Each year we hear the same song and dance. It's the fastest this and that. Yet the point is Apple's iPhones won't do any real multitasking with split screen multitasking like other smartphones. I believe Apple is doing this purposely nowadays. Especially since it will kill off their iPad minis, and cannibalize their other iPad lineup. That's the real truth. Think about it, there is 7" Android smartphones, and they cannibalize their own Android tablets. Even Samsung's latest Note 10+ with their 6.8" screen cannibalize their own tablets. Look at LG with a dual screen smartphone that folds two screens, and is both a smartphone and a tablet. There is so many Android OEMs that will step up, and try to go to the next step, and try to bring the next evolution to smartphones. Some fail, and some don't. That's why Apple has been following for years now. That's just a fact. Android smartphones have had wide angle cameras for many years. Apple is a follower and not a leader any more.

I just don’t get it.

I think Apple knows that a split screen iPhone XS Max, or 11 pro Max with its 6.5" screen would kill off Apple's iPad minis. There wouldn't be a need for them. Plus a split screen iPhone would cannibalize their own larger iPads. This happened to Android tablets as well.

yeah, they're invested in iPad, as seen with their iPad OS. There's a quote somewhere that when Jobs was running it, Apple wasn't afraid to cannibalize it's own products. I think Cook is too focused on making money to do that. Why sell an iPhone with split screen for cost of iPhone when you can sell an iPhone and iPad for the cost of an iPhone and iPad?