The Apple iPhone6 and 6S were BOTH, the last two generations, were faster than anything prior Android generations could produce. Your "catch up" meme is simply wrong. . . the Android's are the true followers.
Just because the geeks at Samsung, LG or all the other Android phone manufacturers may toss in a useless Blood Oximeter or Atmospheric Hygrometer sensor to their spec list which Apple chooses to exclude does not make them more advanced, it makes them desperate to have a spec list with more items on it.
But to the point of the article — you don’t see people lining up at midnight to get the latest Android phone which is a slightly better version of other phones.
Then you have no proof your Android phones are "slightly better" versions of other phones.
Google just released their latest and greatest phones yesterday. . . and I just don't see anything about them that is "slightly better" than anything.
Just like having a tantrum when it is pointed out that all the Apple products are trailing technology, copying what is already on the market. I 100% guarantee no one buys an iPhone because it is faster (an arguable fact that) — they buy it because they drank the fanboy kool-aid.
Except your claims are totally wrong. . . and you don't even recognize you've been hoist on your own petard. Your claim they are more expensive. WRONG. And that Apple is playing "catch up" is also WRONG. . . you've offered no evidence at all except your opinion. I've shown my evidence. . . which YOU mischaracterized as evidence of MARKET TRENDS. Still ROTFLMAO! You are a clown.
Your “evidence” shows nothing other than fan boy response.
Your data are as one-dimensional as you.
Your assertions about Apple somehow leading are just that, assertions. Your data merely say that you fanboys line up whenever Apple says “new!”
Nothing other than your bloviating has proved that your devices are anything better than trailing technology (faster, even if true, <> better functionality). They are just assertions. There is not a single significant meaningful iPhone function that has not already been previously deployed on Android (and for many of them, multiple versions).
And my thesis (which you tried to bury): Android (Galaxy, LG, etc.) users are mature enough to wait for the new features when the devices become commonly available. Only children answer the “APPLE NEW!!!” bell clang and line up days early. And all that for trailing tech.
Sad, fanboys. Sad.