These days with the iPhone SE you can get a $400 iPhone, there’s $300 Androids which the iPhone doesn’t hit but below $300 an Android is gonna be so bad it’s not really in consideration in the first place for most people.
Not great, but not terrible camera. Not flagship, but not sluggish processor. Nice bright 90Hz AMOLED display. 33W Fast Charging. Runs TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Chrome and so on without a hiccup.
What else do you really need?
Is the iPhone a superior experience? IMO, yes. Do I need it? No. But do I use my phone enough that $8 a month is worth it for the improvement? Absolutely.
But I do agree because I'm very tied to the ecosystem, I use lots of Apple products, the whole experience is worth it.
For your usual non-tech professional using your typical five free social media apps, taking a couple pics for Instagram and doing a few calls? I don't think it's worth the extra $8. Better get coffee.
Which is an absolute joke of a phone unless you just value the apple logo that much, which most of Europe doesn't. 720p screen? 4gb ram? What decade are we in again?
iPhone runs well on 3gb, 4gb, 6gb. It’s far more optimised than android.
The same cannot be said for android. Over time lack of ram cripples it.
Oh honey...
We're discussing prices so I don't see how this is relevant in any way.
> use big screens all day so don’t value a large phone because it’s strictly a functional device
Then you don't need a $400 phone.
The cheap phones we have now could totally blow away higher end phones from the past...
But security updates, and lack of support on old phones essentially means you can't do that. Because they're gonna bundle in a ton of bullshit with the security updates.
It's like saying that people don't like licorice because people absolutely detest eating.
Maybe it is because it tastes like shit to them.
For laughs
You really ought to look at Motorola's mid-range; as an example, you can the 2021 G-Power at sub-$150 prices.
That's what I buy for broke family members. They're practically indestructible and can do everything you need for $180 or so
The $300 Android is lucky to get 1, maybe a few critical security patches after that and then it's abandoned.
Meanwhile my mom is on her second iPhone, the first one lasted for 6 years with OS updates, the current one (SE2020) will most likely get updates until 2025. Two phones in about a decade isn't too bad IMO.
I have seen people disable updates, because they change how the apps look like, and devices are anyway mostly space constrained.
Just compare that to an S10 which is roughly in the same price range now