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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by tyingq on Friday October 05, 2018 @11:57AM (#18149136)
Some of it is likely just the high volume sales of a limited number of expensive phone models. They have the money to spend.

Android manufacturers have more competition, and have to address the low end of the market too. Their money, and attention, is spread in a wider swath.

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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by sillyquiet on Friday October 05, 2018 @01:22PM (#18149925)
I dunno if I buy this. Sure the spread of Android devices and manufacturers is wider across the price and cost spectrum, but there are 'high-end' Android phone manufacturer as well.

Samsung comes to mind, surely it's big enough to produce high-performance phones that can compete architecturally with Apple's SoC as well as addressing the developing nation / low-cost phone market?

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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by babypuncher on Friday October 05, 2018 @01:58PM (#18150239)
Right, but while Samsung's hardware team is focused on designing silicon for low, mid, and high-end devices throughout the year, Apple is building one chipset for two or three high end models every year. Apple just shoves last years models further down the price spectrum rather than launching new low and mid range devices every year.

The tighter focus, combined with the fact that Apple rakes in more cash to spend on R&D, is why their engineering team is able to win out here.

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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by tyingq on Friday October 05, 2018 @01:46PM (#18150126)
"But there are 'high-end' Android phone manufacturer as well"

Sure, yes, but not at a volume that allows them to create a processor that competes with iPhone only on their flagship model. Also, they can't charge $999 for their flagship. The average sales price for an iPhone is higher than the flagship model at Samsung.

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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by chipotle_coyote on Friday October 05, 2018 @06:16PM (#18152173)
Wouldn't you consider the flagship model at Samsung the Galaxy Note 9? Which starts at... $999?
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Re:The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Se... by scarface74 on Friday October 05, 2018 @01:50PM (#18150157)
Even Samsung sales mostly lowend phones. The average selling price of their phones is still under $300.

https://www.gsmarena.com/analysts_average_selling_price_of_a...

From everything I can tell and looking at the numbers, the high end Android market is minuscule.

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