Apple doesn't make too many mistakes when it comes to smartphones. But when it does misfire, it's a doozy.
I've argued for a while now that Apple took a wrong turn when it decided to use different types of chipsets in the phones it releases — the iPhone Pro models get the shiny new silicon, while the standard iPhone turns to chipsets that are a year older. The drawbacks to this strategy have come up a lot in the last two years, and it's only being punctuated now with the announcement that new Apple Intelligence features only work on the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max among current models.
