Cheapest iPhone has a more powerful processor than the most expensive Android

I just made a more expensive Android phone in my head, now this article is invalid. It's $100,000,000 if anyone wants to buy it.

Samsung is the Apple of Android. Big marketing budget and bright screens to make you THINK quality.

Huh, they’re still claiming Android phone screens are better because of bigger numbers. How quaint.

https://youtu.be/dcFXEXJicgc

Use an enterprise cert.

The cheapest iPhone is also as expensive as some mid-range Android devices and completely inaccessible to a large chunk of the world's population.

When a device that most will spend $449 on is "cheap" you have to admire Apple's price anchoring[0], they release a $1249 flagship and suddenly what the largest iPhone 5S flagshp cost ($442.09 inflation adjusted to 2020) at launch is considered "cheap."

It is undeniably a nice phone, but we've all lost sight of how much any of us should be spending on smartphones when $449 is celebrated for being a bargain. We've lost perspective.

PS - This isn't exclusively an Apple thing. Google's "bargain" Pixel 3a is essentially the same price.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchoring_(cognitive_bias)

[1] https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2013/09/16iPhone-5s-iPhone-5c...

Let's be honest, not all Androids are alike, apparently the Pocophone is half the price of the iPhone in that case, and they both have LCDs screens, so they are both behind the curve in terms of screen tech.