I still don't get why people hate the touchbar so much.
I use it to change my focal fields and it works great. With touch and drag on the back screen I don't see why everyone is wrapped around the joystick so much anymore.
But that's what makes life fun. If we were all the same we'd be pretty boring.
In all honesty, joystick is a lot better, since I can move my focus point even when I am not using the EVF and the screen is flipped out. I can imagine it can do beautiful focus fulls in video.
Yes, there is face-tracking AF, but it is not nearly as predictable as single-point AF, and sometimes I also like to have the levelling gauge on.
The funniest thing is that the only camera where I had joystick was the 5D Mark 1, where it was basically useless. now there is a camera with a flip-screen, where it would be extremely helpful, and it is not there because it is under that price level.
I do not foresee any type of R upgrade.
It is a lower-level camera, a cheaper entry to the R system with a heavily discounted price, so it is simpler and uses older technology, although it was priced higher before, so it still has a high-quality screen and EVF at a lower price.
If you want newer technology like IBIS, faster processor or dual card slots or practical things like that joystick, you can choose between the R5 or R6 depending on the budget or needs. They will keep selling these models and as time goes by, they will get cheaper and more accessible to people.
The line-up is almost complete now, they can expand it with a megapixel monster and an APS-C sensor camera.
The R1 can wait until the next generation of (stacked) sensors arrive, so it can really be the true new flagship.
They won't re-use the 1DX III sensor yet again, which actually seems a bit older technology than what's in the R5.