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It's also not as much the hardware, but the software running on the chip. Any programmer can make a fast chip feel slow if they're not careful. Especially year after year as changes stack up. Apple tends to not abandon old hardware as readily as their competitors do. They actively work to ensure software updates do not cause performance regressions in older models. People in our industry have a tendency to abandon 'released to production technology' so quickly it really hurts the end user. I think Tesla is another example of a company that doesn't abandon their software after it leaves the door like most other car companies.