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Well nowadays yes. But when the term smartphone was invented. Really not.
The 1st iPhone was way lower spec then many high end phones of the time. Mainly Nokia but others as well.
Early androids and others def had no specific specs that differed them from other high-end phones such as Symbian Win CE (as crap as the OS was but then so was the smartphone mareted version recreated later on)
Seriously, marketing was the only thing that differed them from phones like the N95 and communicator etc etc.
And as I mentioned, the locked store front. That really seem to be the main difference but really I still find non-advantageous myself.
Ah, you meant phone of the time. I thought you meant phones throughout time. Like, today's Pixel 9 compared to the N95. That sort of thing.
Yeah, you're right. Back then, it was all marketing and storefront locks. That's it.
And the flagship iphone of today is lower specs than its direct android competitor. But, then again, that's how apple seems to operate: lowest possible specs, highest possible marketing, beautiful (debatable, I know) UI... and locked storefront.
Yeah im not an apple fan. (My brother would have a heart attack if I didnt say that. He loves them).
But the fact they controll both hardware and software means they can run on lower specs. They dont use it as well as they could. But android having to allow others to develop hardware. Provides a bit more ability for manufactures to implement less efficient drivers. This is why some higher spec low value stuff seems so slow compared to equal speced cheaper Samsung stuff etc.