The iPhone 18 Pro isn’t worth $1,200, and the Pixel 11 Pro proves it
Which flagship makes more sense to you?0 votesPixel 11 ProNaN%iPhone 18 ProNaN%They are basically equalNaN%I'm not buying eitherNaN%The price is indeed a factorAppleEverything in tech is getting more expensive by the day, and almost every price increase can be attributed to rising memory prices driven by AI. While we expect Pro variants to cost more than standard models anyway, modern hardware prices are getting ridiculously out of hand. The gap widens further when you move up the storage tiers, saving you upwards of $200 compared to the latest iPhone.For someone already stretching their budget over $1,000 (which, by the way, is already pretty generous for a smartphone), the Pixel 11 Pro gets you a much better bang for the buck than the iPhone.
- ▪Which flagship makes more sense to you?0 votesPixel 11 ProNaN%iPhone 18 ProNaN%They are basically equalNaN%I'm not buying eitherNaN%The price is indeed a factorAppleEverything in tech is getting more expensive by the day, and almost every p
- ▪While we expect Pro variants to cost more than standard models anyway, modern hardware prices are getting ridiculously out of hand.
- ▪The gap widens further when you move up the storage tiers, saving you upwards of $200 compared to the latest iPhone.For someone already stretching their budget over $1,000 (which, by the way, is already pretty generous for a smartphone), th
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