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Apple's 4k/60 HDR Prores is about 6GB per minute of footage. The on-device storage is much, much faster than MicroSD cards.
So if you shoot 10 minutes of footage, with 60GB of files:
Note that Airdrop requires apple devices on both sides, which isn't a given in a video workflow.
Also, the faster data connection opens up possibilities for tethered shooting where the pipe is fat enough to pull down the whole video at full uncompressed quality, which might make a huge difference for any kind of project where the on-board storage is a limiting factor.
I mean…. sure but if youre going to invest that much in high speed massive storage devices to do tethered shooting you’re maybe someone who uses an actual camera instead of a phone? That adds huge benefits like wide aperture and multiple lenses.
Your battery will die before you fill the internal storage. Attaching external storage occupies the charging port.
It's a qualitative difference in investment when the phone you were already going to buy shoots video at quality settings that basically can't be beat in the same form factor. Cameras of similar size and weight can't compete with the quality, and cameras of similar quality can't compete with the size and weight (or price).
It'll occupy a particular market, even if it won't cover all of them. The $4000, 3 lb (1.3 kg) mirrorless+lens kit isn't going to compete with the $1000 iPhone in every space, and there will be a use for high quality (but not the top professional quality) at reasonable price and accessibility.
It already captures the quality. Might as well build on board the ability to transfer full quality video at reasonable speeds.