A bunch of promising cheap, new smartphones from Apple, Google, and others are expected to launch this year — and it says a lot about where the industry is headed (AAPL, GOOG, GOOGL)

·  After years of increasing costs and slowing sales, 2020 looks like the year that smartphone prices may finally come down.
·  Advanced features, like edge-to-edge screens and facial recognition, are starting to become more widely available on smartphones that cost far less than $1,000.
· Apple and Google are also both...