Does your smartphone speed carry the weight it used to?

While I was relatively late to the smartphone game — I bought my first one in 2012 — for years afterward, the main thing I looked forward to with each upgrade was the speed boost. Apps would install and launch noticeably faster, and in some cases, whole new functions became possible. Consider that both Apple Maps and Google Maps now support 3D terrain while you drive. That would’ve been way too demanding on my iPhone 6, but on my iPhone 16 Pro, it’s almost trivial.