Re: What a surprise...
Its easy, Apple and Samsung no longer see you as a customer, instead you are now a cash-cow.
Santa brought my wife an Honor 8X and son a Xioami a2 Lite, in total the cost was less that £350 (taking advantage of the sales)... When the OnePlus 7 launches, I'll bag myself one of them, I'm guessing a price of £550. For close to the price of a Samsung Note 9 or iPhone XS, I'll manage to get new phones for my whole family.
Finally, consider me a conspiracy nutcase, but I see this as the real reason behind the West's recent anti-Huawei actions.. Manufacturers are used to fat margins and won't compete, politicians are scared their donors will stop, so they start fear-monger and applying political pressure.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
