This article reminds me of the &quot;shitphone&quot; story that got posted here a while back. Long but definitely worthwhile IMHO.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;matter&#x2F;shitphone-a-love-story-a44e66434807" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;matter&#x2F;shitphone-a-love-story-a44e6643480...</a><p>Basically an exploration of value. An iPhone can cost 3x times as much as some of these other phones, and is certainly a more pleasant device to use, but does it really offer 3x as much functionality?<p>The basic (world-changing) functions of the smartphone (location services with GPS, decent point and shoot camera with you at all times, web access on the go, etc.) are present in both devices.