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The price difference between iPhones and high-end, official Android (e.g., Nexus, Pixel) phones is negligible.

It's simply not possible as far as I've seen to purchase a PC laptop with similar construction quality (when they're not plastic garbage they're poor imitations of the metal body and interior layout), but one can pay almost as much for a MacBook Pro to get a PC laptop with similar or somewhat superior performance characteristics. That construction quality is worth a premium price point.

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I prefer plastic and other material than aluminum unibody. They are lightweight, solid enough, not become too cool, not edgey, and soft. Don't link aluminum == premium.

What exactly is wrong with plastic construction apart from that it is not cool?

It’s inferior in every respect, quite aside from any “cool” factor. It breaks easily and it doesn’t support the non-plastic pieces (e.g. the monitor) well are two of the most important factors.

> It breaks easily

Somehow I've never had plastic parts break in the two decades I've been using computers and I don't think I'm in the minority.

> it doesn’t support the non-plastic pieces (e.g. the monitor)

Support how? Are you physically putting your monitor on top your laptop?

Not the person you're replying to, but I have had part of the hinge break in an HP laptop.

Unlike aluminium, plastic doesn't give you electric shocks if you're plugged into a poorly grounded socket: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/32417/how-can-i-av...

The link describes them as "minor shocks" but I once had a severe enough shock that I needed medical care.

I guess the point is "citation needed". What you said is "common sense", but the source of that "common sense" is mostly marketing material. At least I don't recollect seeing any hard data, that would support either of those claims.

Plastic is less recyclable than aluminum.

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