Gadgetory

some are arguing recently that that expensive ultra powerful smartphone you've been lusting for is on its deathbed now I know what you're thinking you're thinking Jase what the f if you look at the last round of flagship releases it's difficult to see where the innovation is we haven't seen many compelling new features in the last few years the flagship lineup has started to look pretty homogeneous and almost everyone owns a smartphone now when the market stagnates one of the few remaining options for manufacturers looking to stand out is to drop prices the average selling price for an Android phone has plummeted from four hundred and forty one dollars and twenty ten to two hundred fifty four dollars last year that's partly because of the abundance of budget Android smartphones on the market the platform has improved and hardware has reduced in price dramatically over the last few years budget phones are now perfectly usable and some mid tier offerings in terms of price are competing with the high-end flagships also in terms of specs now that's all great news right more money in the pocket of consumers you're now more likely to be smart and buy a phone off contract and not get stuck in those two-year crazy contracts where you end up spending more money than if you did if you bought the phone off contract that's good now what about the cons we're actually I've been thinking about and I can't think of any real negative side effect to this one might argue that there's less money for research and development but I just don't buy it it's just good news all around the fact that a flex your premium phone cost more than my laptop is that only ridiculous prices are coming down and that's a good thing now to buck this trend manufacturers are going to have to do something innovative something to distinguish themselves and at least begin to justify those premium prices Samsung has done it somewhat well the innovative curved display design of the galaxy s6 edge led to better sales than anticipated apparently Samsung expected the normal s6 to outsell the edge significantly but it didn't considering the edge was also more expensive at release there's clearly still a hunger for sexy new devices that innovate it will be interesting to see what happens with the s6 edge+ as it combines both trends of big screens the edge design and now is the most expensive smartphone in Samsung's lineup I don't think it's rocket science to predict what's likely going to happen in the next three to five years Chinese manufacturers are going to continue to provide almost the same power and features but in much cheaper phones than compared to Samsung LG and Sony for example and those premier manufacturers are going to have to stay ahead of the game with premium devices that do something different let me know what you think in the comments below thanks for watching android army my name is Jase love to connect with you for real in Google+ or Twitter and I follow you in the comments below you don't forget about my brothers and sister and Android we're working super hard to be your source for all things Android