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		tredre3 on Jan 2, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Most people don't care about quality > Sure the average selling price of an iPhone is $500 more than an Android. The only honest way of comparing Android to iPhone pricing, in my opinion, is to compare flagships. The S24 and the Pixel 9 are the exact same price as the iPhone 16. The S24+ is more expensive than the iPhone 16 Pro.

scarface_74 on Jan 2, 2025 | [–]

And if you only talk about market share in the premium market, it’s even more skewed to iOS.

Google Pixel phones only make up 4% of the US market.

https://chromeunboxed.com/google-pixel-phone-sales-see-their...

And Samsung sells around 31 million S24 phones

https://www.phonearena.com/news/samsung-2024-goal-sell-more-...

Android users aren’t buying high end phones for the most part

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