They could always fire up the old 4S (Will that make it the 4 SE) if they really wanted market share that bad.

Heck, seems a lot of phone sellers are selling "refurbished" 4S phones these days, and although the warranty situation on those phones are not that clear, people are still buying it because of the price (ranges from 700-900).

Or is it because of the price?

Don't really agree on that part. RM700 could get a lot better phone these days.

Well, Old Man, maybe. Things are changing though.

The best seller I see among my phone selling friends happens to be the Asus Ze550KL. Big screen, battery that lasted for quite some time when playing games, OK chipset make it very popular with teens and parent of teens who are not going to spend RM2K Plus for a phone. This age group, they are more likely to experiment with different launchers and tech.

Those kids, landing in Android will more likely end up getting high end Androids. iOS may hold no interest to them, unlike many of those who bought the original iPhone.

Partly I suspect that is also why the SE is selling so well. Tons of people on 4s, 5, 5c or 5s that either couldn't afford the 6s or more likely didn't want a bigger phone.