[groundCode]

The question is, do any of us actually need the flagship devices? The android phones I’ve bought for family members on the budget end of the spectrum seem to last just as long as the flagships and have decent enough feature sets for pretty much everything from what I can see. Granted none of us play a lot of games and we are more of the holiday snaps than artists when it comes to photos.

[ashleyn]

On Android at least, a LOT of the non-flagship devices stop getting security updates anywhere from 6 months to a year after release.

[Digory]

If I'm buying for an adult, the flagship cameras / imaging software makes a difference.

[alisonkisk]

No one "needs" much of anything. Do you "need" HN?