[avl999]

> fastest phone

Are folks running ML training algorithms on their phones? Why does one need the "fastest phone"? How many apps are there for which how fast your phone is even matters? I am not saying people shouldn't buy these phones but the pricing on these things is absolutely insane, it seems people are basically paying an Apple tax on these devices. Even high end devices from other manufacturers are not priced this crazy.

[stirlo]

Nearly every road in the world has a speed limit. Car manufacturers still quote top speed and advertise based a cars racing pedigree.

95% of bankers and doctors driving BMW or Mercedes don’t use these features but still pay for them. Same with phones but a $1000 iPhone is far more in reach of aspirational buyers than a $50k German car.

[firstbabylonian]

> Why does one need the "fastest phone"?

We shouldn't need them, but we do, because the quality of consumer software is very poor these days. To enable "rapid" and "agile" development, where "customer value" is delivered "continuously", developers write under-optimised, resource-hungry software that never gets refactored.

[pdnell]

You're absolutely correct that the prices of these phones are insane, but let's be honest here – a base-model Samsung Galaxy S10 is $899.99 MSRP. You can get them on Amazon for $699, which puts them at the same price as iPhone 11. So I'm not quite buying the Apple tax, unless your argument is that Apple is allowing everyone else to charge high prices, in which case you may be on to something.

[mbel]

The key app that needs the "fastest phone" these days seems to be the web browser.

[ubercow13]

Would you like to see how slow youtube loads on my three year old i7 laptop? Or my two year old cheap Android? Speed makes a big difference