Expensive phones are really a status symbol in the same way that clothing labels are a status symbol. The fix for Google is to design the phone so that people c

Expensive phones are really a status symbol in the same way that clothing labels are a status symbol. The fix for Google is to design the phone so that people can tell it's an expensive phone vs a $200 phone. Google has too many engineers in the marketing department. Engineers want to make a phone other engineers will love. The problem is that there are not enough engineer types that will buy a $1000+ phone. Make it a status symbol and watch the sales grow.