You're making good points but it's missing the underlying current that OP was building. I was being facetious about it and the "us" was just to poke you a littl

You're making good points but it's missing the underlying current that OP was building. I was being facetious about it and the "us" was just to poke you a little bit :) In my view Apple is a premium product and the quality gap is closing in quickly. We've already reached a level where non-experts don't see any real difference or at least not enough to justify the price bump.