> If anything it seems like Apple is doing the wireless carriers a favor by carrying the marketing water for 5G The iPhone has been on a very incremental upgra

> If anything it seems like Apple is doing the wireless carriers a favor by carrying the marketing water for 5G The iPhone has been on a very incremental upgrade cycle for years now and people have been hanging on to their phones longer and longer. So the new iPhone's biggest competitor is the iPhone people have in their pocket. This is one of the few years where Apple gets to point to a big-obvious difference between the model years. So the 5G dog-and-pony show serves Apple as much as it does the carriers.