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by radicaldreamer 2728 days ago
Chinese flagships offer better, more differentiated technology at the same or lower prices... also Android AOSP China is more desirable now because Android apps are first class citizens in China (WeChat + social + camera apps).

Apple is losing it's innovation edge as well. Current flagship phone cycles in China are faster than Apple's -- triple, quad cameras, in-screen fingerprint readers, articulating selfie-cams, pinhole selfie screens, and a much better storage proposition (much more NAND for the price in almost every Chinese Android flagship).

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> Chinese flagships offer [] more differentiated technology at the same or lower prices...

not better...

> Apple is losing it's innovation edge as well.

Apple's edge has always been its implementation. They were not the first in smartphones, computers, tablets, wireless earbuds. Instead, they make their best attempt at hardware in a sophisticated ecosystem.

> triple, quad cameras, in-screen fingerprint readers, articulating selfie-cams, pinhole selfie screens

If these technologies become commonplace, we'll see them in the iPhone, too. And, if history is a guide, we'll think that Apple made them up, too... because of how well executed their products are.

Sales for Chinese competitors are not down though...
Correct. Iphone does nothing. If Huawei could get into America it would take over.