It's a "nice to have" feature. The problem, I think, is that the 11 Pro still has its very high asking price and is missing a bunch of "nice to haves". Things I was hoping for:
- USB-C charging
- 5G (for futureproofing, more than anything)
- High refresh rate screen
- Refreshed/less dated looking design (that notch has aged very poorly, regardless of the tech they squeeze into it)
- Larger default storage
- No touch ID/in screen fingerprint reader
None of those missing features are deal breakers, but without all of them it makes this phone seem iterative and a difficult sell - especially since it seems likely/is rumoured that a lot of them will come next year.
They've said for a while that 5G wasn't coming to this generation. I think it's good they left it off. Apple doesn't bring in halfbaked features. They wait for the technology to be stable.
5G is far from that. It requires reworked battery technology, antenna systems, and we don't even have a complete picture of the effects on our health. The phones that have 5G currently have terrible battery life and are hundreds of dollars more expensive than their non-5G counterparts. All for the 20 or so cities that have it.
Once the technology is actually ready for primetime, Apple will include it. And it will work way better than anything you're seeing right now.
