In a nutshell, these devices are pretty similar to last year's Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 + besides
some minor hardware upgrades and a major camera upgrade.
One of the most obvious reasons most likely has to do with
the minor hardware upgrades.
Not exact matches
The only true
hardware upgrade to the S Pen is, honestly, about as
minor as it gets.
It seems that the Surface Pro 5 will be a fairly
minor upgrade that will take less of a share of a Microsoft rumored
hardware event stage than a smart speaker running Cortana, whenever that happens.