Expect the worst... if you expect the worst, it means you can prepare for it.

Like if you're in a strategic military base. You hope for no attacks, but you still expect the worst.

So with Ubuntu Phone, let's hope that its a legitimate iPhone-killer, but expect the worst case scenario that little to no progress has happened and perhaps the phone will be only available to developing nations on really cheap (and niche) devices out of our reach.

That way if they do debut anything worth checking out, at least psychology wise, we'll be pleasantly surprised.