Seems like some Android vs iOS stuffs have been creeping up again in our thread here, hehe. Makes for interesting reading.

Anyway my thoughts are all the high end phones will perform adequately and get the job done. You get what you pay for. My issue with the high end Android flagship phones is the resale value... You buy the phone for RM2499 or so and less than a month into it you can get it for 2,299. Give it another month, and it's special promotion time, 1,999. When you do decide to sell your phone after a year, you'll be lucky to get half of what you paid for when you bought it. I'm not sure if that is just a Malaysian problem but either way, it bugs me coz I like to change phones (much to my wife's disapproval).

As for the Chinese wannabes, they are definitely getting there but it is not just the build quality and specs that are getting there, their price is getting there too. When I first saw the Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro's recommended retail price, I was like "Who do you think you are, Samsung? Sony?"

As for ecosystem, true, you get more control and customization with Android, but some of us are not into those things. We just need the phone to work, without having to occasionally go to task killers and check wake locks to figure out what is causing battery drain - Sigh, my 6 Plus has spoiled me...

End of the day, people should just buy whatever phones they like and enjoy them. End of story