More like a ~300 Euro mid-range Android Phone already does 99% of what most people need: messaging, taking photos, web browsing, run all the popular apps, etc. and now are starting to have decent SoC performance, decent camera processing, longer SW support and high refresh OLED displays to boot.
So if you strip away the artificially gate-kept services like iMessage, why should anyone who isn't tied in the Apple ecosystem spend a lot more on an iPhone?
So if you strip away the artificially gate-kept services like iMessage, why should anyone who isn't tied in the Apple ecosystem spend a lot more on an iPhone?