Great news for Intel, I'm sure.
I wonder if Apple will split the construction of the A11 (?) between Intel and TSMC like they do now between Samsung and TSMC.
No, Apple goes to those who can offer it the biggest deal.
They really don't care who is best. Look at how hard they are trying to squeeze their suppliers, and now, the suppliers are fighting back.
Not for its SoCs and camera lenses.
The other parts -- which are basically commodities -- yea sure.
Nope. The SoC and storage capability is better in an iPhone, but the screen quality, amount of RAM, form factor and camera quality lags even cheaper Android devices (especially the screens).
Screen quality: The iPhone 6s is about to be replaced, yet it still has one of the best displays on the market. I'll also take it any day over Samsung's AMOLED displays. Furthermore, I find the pursuit of putting 2560x1440 screens into 5" devices to be a good definition of stupidity.
RAM: iOS is aggressive in its RAM compression, so the A9's 2GB allocation is fine. I think the better question would be: why does Android (especially with TouchWiz) continue to lag and stutter when it has twice the RAM as iOS?
Form factor: Subjective.
Camera quality: Again, the 6s is about to be replaced. Upon its release, it had perhaps the best camera in its class -- only rivalled, and slightly bested, by the Galaxy S7. The iPhone 6s Plus with OIS is still remains as one of the best equipped smartphones when it comes to shooting photos and video.