You can easily get pretty solid phones with 128 GB for ~$400 (out of pocket price).
Seems like a massive rip-off.
Really depends on what you are doing with it.
Any of those phones have a better processor than an A18?
So I found 5 phones with processors with higher AnTuTu scores around $600 or less.
Realme GT7 Pro Racing - €400 (Just announced)
OnePlus Ace 5 Pro - ~€450
Honor Magic7 - ~€580
vivo iQOO Neo10 Pro (China) - ~€420
Doubtful, maybe some Chinese edge case products.
The overwhelming majority of users don’t need A18 level of performance in a smartphone.
It’s a mature product that’s been around for more than 20 years. My parents bought me a Nokia 6681 with Symbian S60 V2 in early 2005. I had Gmail, Google Maps and a real browser (albeit many sites were very difficult to use).
In a competitive market a mature product will get commoditized.
For the common user, you are right. I don’t think they will see much of a difference in day to day use.
But mobile gamers might be able to use that power. Very unfortunate for the storage being at 128 GB though.
It’s practically the same size as the regular iphone 16. Weren’t these originally supposed to be more compact?
