Just for reference, last year my friend bought a new Xiaomi 13T for $35 more (so +13%), which destroys this phone by every metric except synthetic CPU benchmark

Just for reference, last year my friend bought a new Xiaomi 13T for $35 more (so +13%), which destroys this phone by every metric except synthetic CPU benchmarks. Apple really is heavily overpriced. https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=11410&idPhone2=12389#diff- https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=11410&idPhone... (Prices listed by GSMArena have no relation to reality for both models.)