> They just don’t have anything in the real budget categories
Not sure what you define as budget categories, but apple sell the iphone se for $429 new on their site now. And you can get one through eg Tmobile for $250 or $50 + $10 a month for 24 months. Or the 64gb version for just that $10 a month. So I think they do compete in the budget category?
A lot of the world doesn’t have subsidized phones so I exclude carrier deals.
The SE is considered a mid range device imho in a lot of classifications. Budget is usually <300, mid range goes from 300-600 and premium is upwards from there. Of course with some deviation, but it’s how a lot of sales figures tend to split it up.
Not sure what you define as budget categories, but apple sell the iphone se for $429 new on their site now. And you can get one through eg Tmobile for $250 or $50 + $10 a month for 24 months. Or the 64gb version for just that $10 a month. So I think they do compete in the budget category?