He worked on the iPhone 5 and 5S so yes he would have. Also he most likely would not have had an issue with the Apple Pencil - He took issue to tablets that had touch screens so bad that you needed a stylus to use it, thus the "they've blown it if you need a stylus" or whatever along those lines. The Apple pencil is a high end artist tool, not something that is required because the iPad Pro has a terrible screen. Regardless its beside the point.
Customers care about what the industry standard is, Apple should be matching the industry standard at least, given what it charges.
The Moto X 16GB is $649 in my country, and the iPhone 6 16GB is $!079, and anyway given its screen size the Moto x would be more of an iPhone Plus competitor which costs $1,229 in 16GB - Thus the Moto X is a stupid example, its a much cheaper phone. In fact, it just pulls more wholes in your argument. The 6S should have a higher starting capacity, as phones that are almost half the cost have 16GB of storage.
