I didn't say everyone was disappointed, but there will be quite a few who feel the same as me I would imagine. It'll sell, but I'd be surprised if it outsold last year.
Some will, most wont. That’s the way it works every year.
So if the 11 sells more than the xs you would be surprised, is that’s it?
Were you also surprised by how much the iPhone X sold, with its price notched screen and lightning connector?
How are my expectations unmanageable? They are all features on phones from other manufacturers this year, hardly anything out of the ordinary.
Apple released an lte phone a year after everyone else. First year implementation of 4g on smartphones was horrible. Same is happening with 5g.
If you want a beta 5g phone there will be a small selection to choose from this year from other oems. But you will be replacing it next year when the new modems are out.
Notch-less screen. Come on. That’s not going to happen apple uses Face ID. It’s not going to happen next year either. None of the other oem have 3d facial recognition let alone one without a notch.
Google is rumored to be releasing a phone with 3d facial recognition this year but their implementation requires a bar across the top of the screen.
Other manufacturers lack features and hardware components that only apple implements.
It’s actually very out of the ordinary, hence the poor management of expectations.
