I'm a huge iPhone fan, but even I have to admit that the core premise here is a bit far-fetched. The other phones are not trailing the iPhone, they're leading it. There's not a single feature (maybe force-touch?) that my Android friends have not crowed about having long before it finally arrived on the next iPhone iteration.
Apple is doing here what Microsoft did when they were in their prime. Let the other guys experiment with a ton of random features, and then wait, and copy the best features from the last batch, but make them a little better.
Apple is doing here what Microsoft did when they were in their prime. Let the other guys experiment with a ton of random features, and then wait, and copy the best features from the last batch, but make them a little better.