What do you expect from a flagship Phone ?

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Soldato
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What do you expect from a flagship Phone when prices are £1000 ?

Bit of a rant next

Lately ive been disappointed with phones everything is the same looks and spec, the last time anything looked different was Samsung s7/s8 and the iphone x

other issues like exynos vs snapdragon when your paying so much you expect to get the best of whats available or putting a high end CPU in and loads of ram but bloating the software
 
neoboy said:
At this stage, if android flagships want to charge £1000+, I really really expect them to provide Apple/iPhone level of software support.

Not 2 years and then occasional security updates, it's starting to get to a point now where if you count the lower depreciation, iPhones actually aren't that far off your Samsungs price wise. Other manufacturers like Sony hemorrhage even worse when it comes to resale value.

If you keep your phone for longer and don't mind a bigger initial outlay, then it might even make more sense to go Apple nowadays. Throw in far superior in-warranty experience with repairs (doesn't help I've had bad experiences with Samsung), very clear pricing structure and quick turnaround for battery replacements on top of those 5-6 years of updates.

I actually can't believe I'm saying this but with iPhones nailing battery life now, finally having OLED screens and UWA lenses I may actually be looking at one come September time, depending what the new model brings.
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I do agree with you apple has turned things around recently, from over rated over priced low quality phones to trying to offer better products for the price.
Still a long way to go but at least its better.


but samsung has done the opposite, going the old apple root.


for that reason im also considering a apple for the first time in years
 
billysielu said:
For any class of phone I expect at least:
- decent all-round spec
- no hole in the screen
- decent software
- software updates for 5 years minimum

It doesn't exist I know.
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Simple but all good points
- decent all-round spec
I 100% agree but spec normally comes down to the price point.
a flagship I would expect the best.

- no hole in the screen
To be honest I think the hole punch design is best you can get at the moment.

- decent software
Both ios and android have good points

but I think IOS is moving way ahead offering what it lacked in the past.

- software updates for 5 years minimum.
100% agree, it should not be that hard to do
 
Terminal_Boy said:
The problem with providing updates for older iThings once they can no longer run the current iOS, you’re talking about creating and maintain a whole separate Legacy iOS for iPhone, iPad and Watch.

Which is a huge overhead because there’s already 3-4 software trains running in a semi parallel manner and that doesn’t include emergency releases to fix security issues and major functional bugs.
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TBH I think apple has been doing a good job keeping the software upto date, the problem is with android and its own brands (samsung, oneplus, LG ect)

Eurofighter said:
Software updates, I have a Samsung S8+, it is more powerful than many newer Samsung phones but yet they don't update the software. I'm getting a Google phone next.
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I may witch to apple or stick with samsung things look better.
 
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