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The number of high end phones that are iPhones is greater than the number of high end Android phones - not just percentage.

Samsun is the number one maker of phones and the number one maker of high end phones - if thier average selling price per phone is still only $235 (https://www.sammobile.com/2017/08/02/average-selling-price-s...). Even they sell mostly low in phones.

Epic didn’t even bother supporting but two Android devices at launch (https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/7/17661358/fortnite-android-...) compared to the iOS version that supports devices back to 2016.

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> if thier average selling price per phone is still only $235 [...]. Even they sell mostly low in phones.

Irrelevant for the exact same reasons as the other statistics above: selling more and more low-end phones decreases that average prize without decreasing the number of high-end customers.

> Epic didn’t even bother supporting but two Android devices at launch

You say this and link to an article that says it's some sort of exclusivity deal for the first 30 days, not actually lack of support for other devices.

Like, counting on the chance that people give credibility to a sourced comment without bothering to read the actual link? Or what was that about?

So do you have conclusive numbers showing the number of high end phones that are Android phones and if so, who are selling them in volume if not Samsung? How many loaned crappy phones does Samsung sell to bring down the ASP if I’m fact they are selling high end phones at any sort of volume?

If high end Android phones were selling at any appreciable volume, Apple wouldn’t be taking as much of the profit share in the smart phone market as it is (https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2018/03/02/apple-con...)

I haven't claimed anything needing backing up with numbers, only pointed out which statistics are misleading. I'm afraid to read that article you linked in case it contradicts what you said though, so I'll pass.

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