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As somebody who bought an iPhone the day it became available and has been using iPhones for years, my favorite phone I've ever owned is my Huawei Mate XT Ultimate.

People keep pretending that Chinese companies only make second-class copies of American products until it's too late.

people buy Apple because of the brand - in particular trust.

the vast majority of people do not care about like-for-like phones based purely on features.

Lol yet I've used Apple and Android phones extensively and would choose Android every single time.

> so might as well get the real deal.

Almost the same thing for twice the price, just for the pleasure of saying that you believe Apple was first?

To be fair, the flagship Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo etc are comparable in price to other flagship devices. You very much pay a premium for the large camera sensors they put in these devices, amongst other things.