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by jokoon 3571 days ago
I recently bought a 80 euros Android, 5.5", quad core, 1gb ram, real GPS, 8gb space, 1280 horizontal resolution. I can break 5 of those and still have more money than if i bought an apple equivalent.

I'm posting this on a 60 euros android i bought 2 years ago.

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What point are you trying to make? My friend just bought a $900 android phone which has been recalled a day after he bought it...
I'm really skeptical about justifying such price. It is literally 10 times more expensive, and I'm curious if the phone is really 10 times better, or if there are power users who really get something out of paying that much more.

I mean the technologies inside it are the same, the specs are higher, sure, but I don't think it's worth that much. That goes for the price of the latest, top notch CPU or GPUs. 1 year or 2 years later, the price has dropped significantly. So either it's cutting edge patents, or that there are many people ready to pay for a phone that won't the latest one in 6 months.

The point I'm trying to make? Like for everything, top of the line products exist, and just like you said, those are not shielded from defects, despite their price. Price is not synonym of quality, performance of durability. 90% of the stuff you find in an expensive phone are the same.

My point is that despite the price of the iPhone, it's not really worth its price.