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Comment by illdave | Hacker News Reader

Saying "you will go with the Xiaomi offering every time" based on just three factors (price, screen size and camera quality) is over-the-top, hugely simplistic and ignores phenomenally important elements like marketing and the actual software on the phone.

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Not to mention that:

1) Screen size is a personal preference, bigger != better. And even if it was so, Apple is preparing a new iPhone with a larger screen to be shown in June's WWDC according to all rumors.

2) Price is irrelevant if the devices are not comparable.

3) The iPhone regularly beats all other phones in camera reviews. If it's worse than anything, it is marginally worse. And after you get your photos in, the iPhone has crazy good apps for managing them, from VSCO and Camera+, to Photoshop and Lightroom Mobile.

4) And all that are for last years model. In less than 2 months there will be a NEW iPhone announced.

>bigger != better

It's hard to ignore the hint of irony here when it's the Westerners' turn to tout this line.

Actually not a westerner :-)

Especially if you're comparing with Apple where not having an Apple phone may mean losing access to a significant amount of purchases.

Can some advertising or branding expert tell me why I buy iPhones and would never consider buying anything else?

Probably because the first smartphone you bought was an iPhone and you have no reason to put in the effort to switch.

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