All those "up tos" can sometimes add up to "actually not much".
And if Apple is currently a "generation ahead" they can spend that lead-time in other ways. They've done it before out of necessity, and I wouldn't be surprised if Apple has phone features they're holding back to "gloss over" a release that doesn't really have much more CPU.
And if Apple is currently a "generation ahead" they can spend that lead-time in other ways. They've done it before out of necessity, and I wouldn't be surprised if Apple has phone features they're holding back to "gloss over" a release that doesn't really have much more CPU.