You're seeing the fluff. Those cheaper phones use cheaper components. And are slower and their thumbprint or face sensor aren't as secure. When you really dig in to it you find the cheap phones are cheap for a reason.Why are some people delusional? if it is not good then it is not good, you cannot force majority of the people to say it is WOW or Revolutionary if it isn't
Look at companies like Oppo or One plus, they are coming out with some amazing phones with half the price with similar or better features. Many of them don't even have a notch, they are the ones who are revolutionary at the moment and not Apple. Many in India, China and other parts of Asia are making the switch because they are getting a much better phone at 50% less the price.
Galaxy S10 also looks so amazing.
It took Apple 1 year to come out with this piece of crap? if other companies can come out with such amazing products then why not apple? if they keep on taking us for granted it won't be long they would have the same fate as Nokia.
Sadly I don't like android and I am used to IOS, if those phones had IOS then I would have made the switch immediately cause the reality is that Apple is coming up with very bad products.
I'd rather they take their time and do something right and well rather than rush out a half baked feature.
Next years iphone was always going to be the bigger upgrade.