[baybal2]

> We're paying the same prices or higher

And you are often getting a worse bin or even completely different product under the same name for that! This is 100% true, and the big co will continue doing that for as long as they they think they can get away with that.

Samsung is notorious for that. Some of their devices with the same name can have up to 4 different sets of internals for sale in different countries.

[jotm]

As I said, it has not been my experience. But Chinese products like Huawei and Xiaomi are extremely popular due to lower price and similar quality, so if Samsung and other companies really do this, well they're giving up market share for no reason imo.