I’ve been questioning if android is even profitable enough for manufacturers to justify it in the US, like apple has the largest market share in the US and I see that everyday. Nearly every phone I see is an iPhone. The android phones I do see are rarely flagships.

  • Gray@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Battery issues and overheating from the Tensor SoC, which we all know is based on the Exynos (which Samsung stopped using because it was so bad).

    On the price:

    Top spec models -

    Samsung S23 Ultra 1 TB is $1619

    iPhone 14 Pro Max 1 TB is $1599

    Normal models-

    Samsung S23 128 is $799

    iPhone 14 128 is $799

    How is the iPhone more expensive? At worst it’s the same price, and you get more than double the years of software support.

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      11 months ago

      Apologies at the $20 difference. I’ve no interest in fact checking you. I’m assuming they’re a high end iPhone that’s gold and cones with extra security and such. But yeah loads of phones have overheating. My OnePlus 9 had horrible over heating. Samsungs gave been prone to it and plenty other ones. Sometimes they explode.

      Phones have defects like everything else.

      No argument on software side. Apple is great with software. It had lawsuits because it intentionally slows the phone to a crawl though. Samsung and other androids can be unlocked and flashed though.

      So both have some leeway there