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Realistically their fashion accessory is also as pocket computer that can do anything (that they want it to do).
A lot of the main android selling points these days are more niche use cases.
Eh. I take your point, but disagree. Working in IT I have the privilege of hearing how frustrated iPhone users constantly are with their devices. But it's a frustration they're used to and to replace it with a more functional device would cost them status so it's a nonstarter.
Just last weekend I was helping a friend set up a pi-hole and he got stuck changing the DNS server IP in his router. The router only had an app and it wasn't working on his iPhone. I was able to download the app, login to his account, and change the DNS setting while he was still trying to get the app to start. This after an hour of him teasing about my Android. I'm not saying this has never happened on a non-apple device but when you have that much more control over your device and applications it makes it possible to actually troubleshoot and work around those kinds of issues. The iPhone is just a phone and social media machine. I'm carrying around the most powerful tool on my toolbelt.
And I don't mean to disparage people who like iPhones, everyone is entitled to what they like and it takes all sorts. I am just saying I think the argument is silly at this point.
Yeah but what percentage of those end users would be capable of debugging their device even if it was an option?
For me, the main reason I tend to get the top end iPhone is that I enjoy photography, and it is honestly a FANTASTIC camera. I have some DSLRs too, and some nice glass for them, but for EDC, a smartphone with an excellent camera is rather tough to beat, in terms of convenience and capability - I always keep it on me, so if I want to shoot something I randomly come across, I simply pull it out and fiddle with the framing and zoom and exposure and so on until I have what I want. In the context of my phone purchase cycle (once every 4 years), I can justify $1200 for a new device with excellent photography capabilities that is also a handheld computer and communications device. But I simultaneously understand that different people have very different use cases.
That said, I also just snagged an old refurb pixel 5 as a secondary/burner device for like 150ish. Useful for traveling and protests, tbh.
Funny, that's why I get the latest Pixels, for the camera. It's a great backup to my Z6II.To each their own! I've been saying for years though as soon as someone releases a phone with a real sensor and lens I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Idk what you like to shoot, but if it's wildlife then may I cordially invite you to post to /c/wildlifephotography?