Sure, and I get that, but I don't buy $300 laptops either. I look for more. They DO the same stuff (I don't game on my laptops) but it's definitely not the same experience. I get the value proposition is not the same for everyone, but i would be unhappy with a $300 laptop like I would be unhappy with a $300 phone. The core of both is the same, but it's the added marginal benefits that make a difference
I think $300 laptops are vastly inferior to even say like a $600 laptop... screens are just total crap and many of them are 720p and have bad CPUs, storage etc.
But if you compare the Xiaomi 5/6 to an iPhone 7, I think they are pretty darn close.
You really move up a level when you go from a $300 to a $600 laptop.
Obviously there's huge brand appeal with Apple, but man I'm really tilting towards Android as my next phone, because I don't think the price difference is worth it to get the latest Apple phone. I'm going to be sad not to be getting an Apple Watch, but I'll live.
Already got my father a Xiaomi Redmi Note 4x for about US$180 - i was really impressed with it. It was a REDmi (their budget brand) and felt pretty premium. The screen quality and colours weren't as good as a flagship, but the screen/camera isn't worth $500-600 more either. If people are looking for a phone for typical usage its a nice phone. For me I'll probably get the Huawei Leica, it looks like that's got a pretty nice camera on it and that's the most important feature for me, and is about $500, so its still a cheaper than the latest iPhone.
I'm sure the iPhone 8 will be immense and itll be the best phone of all time, I don't know if I'll spend that much on a phone when I only use the basic functions.
300 dollar laptops aren't nearly as good as 1000 dollar laptop. Especially screen, storage, processor speed and build quality is much better, Now compare 1500 dollar iphone to say 150 dollar redmi note 4, only camera is noticeably better as is ip67 resistance and in fact note 4 would probably beat 1500 dollar iphone in battery life.
But yes i would get 1500 dollar iphone if the price of it was justified in bill of materials and r&d costs, for example it would be good value if they developed new battery tech with say twice density and much less degredation from charging.
LOL you said exactly what i said.