I'm not sure that the author's perspective that the I/O limits were a direct commercial decision is one I'd agree with.

> Apple could have shipped two 10Gbps ports at no meaningful cost increase and chose not to.

AFAIK, the A18 Pro has limited USB bandwidth as it's designed for a single high-speed port in a phone. So you are always limited by that fact if you use the A18 Pro chip.

The real question will be whether the A19 Pro already has better USB hardware in it with a view to going into a newer Neo. Or whether it actually matters for their price point.