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Now,The Wall Street Journalseems to have a simple and entirely predictable answer: it wont.

The model is intended to be cheaper than Pro models, with a simplified camera system to reduce costs.

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Frankly, that makes a lot more sense.

With everything we know about the handset, that would objectively be a downgrade.

But the truth is that recent developments have made me a lot more confident about the switch.

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I wouldnt even care if it got a slower chipset.

really push the silicon hard.

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