Like iPhones being massively subsidized by the carriers (at least in the US), at the cost of Android offerings, because &quot;We NEED to be able to offer iPhones!&quot;?<p>Like the abysmal messing around of the carriers everywhere in Android phones&#x27; software, crushing any hope of a good, speedy upgrade system for any of them from the very beginning? A thing nobody would ever dare ask of Apple, because &quot;We NEED to be able to offer iPhones!&quot;?<p>Nope, sorry! At this point, the reason for the iPhone being big is first and foremost the iPhone being big. ~90% of the profits at ~15% market share? Please!