Agree completely. In the case of cell phones, what I mean by "should" is that, since we carry them around everywhere, it would be extremely desirable for them to be at least very water resistant, and is downright inconvenient to be obligated to protect them from rain, etc. Worth paying a premium!
I dont think the "Dell marketing" feature/price tradeoff logic applies to the top of the market.
I just want the best tool, period. Since a price point for best device period is well established since the original iphone, and the build cost keeps going down, at one point it is this feature/that feature tradeoff for the next-gen iteration.
I care more for indestructibility for a wearable or quasi-wearable device than for a fingerprint reader that sort of works. And for a better camera that opens at 1.8 or even 1.4 than for 9 grams less in my pocket and 1mm less thickness.
But that's me. I guess the folks at Apple have a better algorithm. I'm really tempted by the xperia tho, just not ready to ditch iOS, although the banning of coinbase got me really close.
