Not really in my opinion. Hence why I returned but each to their own.

Yeah totally. It’s a nice (and at times bad) to have. Just a natural progression of the iPhone. I have tons of lightning devices so in the typical apple fashion, cash in on the apple cable taxes and then make the switcheroo.

It isn’t that usb-c is a necessity. Hardly in fact but knowing that the EU is forcing the hand to go USB-C that apples eco system is currently a mix of both cable standards which is a sign that it’s coming. Why not just adopt it now? The other core advantage of usb-C is transferring huge files and video for editing purposes which I do a decent amount of. While lightning is fast that usb-C would truly help speed up things even faster. Not a deal breaker per se for most people but video editors or raw file users might care for this. I have a gazillion different cables at home so usb-c or lightning is well moot for me as far as deal breaker decisions are concerned. I can use either interface.

100%. I was legit torn on this new phone as it was eye catching more so than any other previous phone (obviously being that it’s the newest). In your case it makes complete sense but for iPhone 12 users (and possibly even iPhone 11 Pro users) and newer maybe not so much. Nice phone but until they have more modernized tech in it like vastly improved cams or USB-C that it just wasn’t enough for me to justify the added expense of yet another great phone.

This is a good idea I think. Just the other day I was like saying to myself “dang it I need a notepad to scribble on”