[Zenst]

480p isn't that bad, but then it depends upon what your used too. But way better than 640x480 resolution that many grew up with.

India consumers are really price savvy and look for value for money more than most people I know and with that, not as easily hooked into the fashion whims of society. Though that may well change as the average income rises.

I had a look at the best selling phones in India and https://www.gizbot.com/best-selling-phones/ and it is most insightful, of note - not one single Apple product there. Though I do recall Apple looking at producing phones locally - which would help in price as would avoid import taxation saving around 20% of the price and allow them to pass that onto the consumer. https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/apple-foxcon...

[lookageek]

To add a counterpoint - think about a much bigger whale - Youtube - automatically upscales to 1080p when network and devices supports it. And Youtube in India is much much bigger over Hotstar and all other streaming providers. 80% of internet users of India use YouTube https://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/youtube-india-penetra.... You can see that people know their 1080p when they see it.

[opencl]

1080p Youtube is ~8Mbps and will go through the entire 1GB Jio daily data cap in 15-20 minutes.

[Mindwipe]

Also notable is that several of those phones don't have Widevine Level 1, and don't get full HD content on Netflix on any plan.