[bsaul]

"the most anticipated product in years"... stopped reading there. Anticipated product in years ? Really ?? not even "most anticipated Apple product in years " ? For a phone with a missing button and a face recognition feature nobody cares about ??

I am an iOS developer, and i generally love apple product, but frankly it's time everyone, including hard-core apple fans, agree that apple has been under-delivering those last 3 years.

If i had to say "anticipated" about something, i'd say the watch 3 is far more interesting and opens more application use.

[baby]

Considering the iPhone 6S is the best phone I ever had, I can see how you might feel like they're under delivering. But maybe it's just because we've reached a point where phones are so good that we don't notice updates that much. On the other hand, what would really be a revolution in the mobile landscape would be to have long-lasting batteries. Recharging a phone every day is still a huge pain.

[ashark]

Reactions to the last Apple event at my generally Apple-loving and Apple-hardware-heavy place of employment:

Apple Watch 3 — Holy crap that's amazing, I may get rid of my phone for this and just buy a nice stand-alone camera! Oh, you still need a phone. So much for that.

iPhone 8 — Meh. Not as big a jump as the 7. Looks... fine.

iPhone X, after the ultra-hype leading up the announcement — The hugely revolutionary, world-changing thing is a second, slightly better phone? Am I accidentally watching a parody?

iPhone X was especially a let-down after the almost-awesome but then totally-not Watch 3 thing—which was (the Watch 3, that is) still the most interesting thing they announced, despite being like 20% as interesting as it initially appeared to be.

[dep_b]

I agree on the Watch 3. Leaving my phone at home feels like the future is here. The shared SIM solution is very elegant but requires carriers to cooperate. But once established many IoT manufacturers can enjoy it.