What makes them better at higher altitudes?

Eh, gotta make money somehow. I prefer this over selling out to google

Can’t find any confirmation on this claim, but their Ipad pro model uses USB c with far higher speeds. Edit: surprise surprise.

Well we don’t know yet what port the pro model we have, so once we do, we’ll know whether it’s just scummy behavior once again, or if Apple decided to use low to midrange hardware on all their models Edit: surprise surprise.

You think this more likely than just creating a bigger artificial difference between the standard and normal model?