In a way I'm almost glad the mobile game is currently ARR only, and therefore doesn't have Au Ra as a playable race yet... I still mourn the loss of my character's old face and I think seeing a comparison with the mobile version, which would likely be a more accurate "upgrade" vs what we got, would just be too upsetting.
It's so frustrating knowing that likely part of the reason these models are looking better is because Tencent has more than enough money to throw at whatever - and XIV itself does bring in that level of money too, especially since they are licensing out the game for this mobile version! But Square would rather use that cash to fund literally everything but the game that's actually making them money. That's a discussion for another topic, though.... but I wouldn't be surprised if the subpar changes we got stuck with in the actual game were due to XIV seeing barely a fraction of what money it makes. Why care about actually upholding that promise to preserve the original appearances of people's characters when you aren't getting paid enough to do so...