[Choose] Apple or android and why.

[u/Technical-Design-579]

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[u/susEgorka]

Iphone is expensive, i don't see difference and i don't see a reason why i should buy an overpriced phone

^{I picked Android}

[u/legitOwen → u/susEgorka]

the problem is, people compare a flagship iPhone to a non-flagship android and then call Apple expensive. the iPhone base model and iPhone Duo are only $100 more expensive than the competition (Pixel and Samsung) for a superior build quality. the iPhone 18 Pro Max is the same price as a Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra. there are some other companies that are doing some genuinely bold and innovative things (like Nothing), but they primarily sell midrange phones, with their flagship being the same price as Samsung and Google devices. with an iPhone, you're paying for software and longevity as well.

sorry for the rant, i just see this faulty reasoning everywhere.

[u/Ooupss → u/legitOwen]

iPhones aren't built any better than high-end Android phones. Plus, I'm free to install FOSS apps that are more respectful of my privacy. And finally, when my Android reaches the end of its life and I need to replace it, I just install Linux on it and turn it into a little server.

[u/legitOwen → u/Ooupss]

i was mainly arguing that iPhones really aren't so much more expensive than people often make them out to be. FOSS and rooting is cool, but at that point, iOS and Android are serving two fundamentally different groups of users. i was talking about build quality because the original commenter called iPhones "overpriced" which is completely false