The difference comes in when you separate Android phones into the premium high end tier vs the endless flood of low end cheap crap. There are no phablet devices in the cheap tier at all, except for older prior-year models. They are exclusively in the upper tier, where they make up a fairly sizeable amount of the phones sold in that tier.
There are no premium Android phones. They are second-tier all the way.
Would the upgraded 4.7 be more expensive than the 5.5?
It will take much more effort to put the same tech into a smaller device and therefore would make sense that a smaller phone will be more expensive. We even have proof of it: Samsung releases one phablet after the other, most likely because they can't put all that tech into a smaller device, or don't know how to make a battery lasting as long as the iPhone does.
But for the public, a larger device will be more expensive as they get 'more screen' so I wouldn't be surprised if a larger phone is more expensive.
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There are no premium Android phones. They are second-tier all the way.
Would the upgraded 4.7 be more expensive than the 5.5?
Would the upgraded 4.7 be more expensive than the 5.5?
Seeing as the 5.5 would be worthless as a phone, the answer is much.
It will take much more effort to put the same tech into a smaller device and therefore would make sense that a smaller phone will be more expensive. We even have proof of it: Samsung releases one phablet after the other, most likely because they can't put all that tech into a smaller device, or don't know how to make a battery lasting as long as the iPhone does.
But for the public, a larger device will be more expensive as they get 'more screen' so I wouldn't be surprised if a larger phone is more expensive.