iPhones are a Scam

So for the sake of argument I"ll attempt to count the headphone jack discussion... I completely understand that personal preference is the primary factor in peoples" disapproval of the removal of the headphone jack. I for one love wireless headphones; I hate wires and when I"m out and about, I don"t get wires snagging on my clothes or causing the buds to tug down on my ears, etc. It"s mainly a comfort and freedom thing with me. Personal preferences aside, technology development companies must, to some extent, ignore customers in an attempt to push on to future technology. Apple are one of the most ruthless with this. They constantly discontinue products and old services to push onto the newer products. It"s like how Dyson have stopped creating corded vacuum cleaners. I wouldn"t be too happy with my phone not having a wired charging port, but I don"t understand that it"s most likely a natural progression in our technology, maybe not any time soon, but eventually. By that time, every piece of furniture in your house will have built in wireless charging capabilities, every public bench, restaurant, car, bus, etc. This would make a good debate of its own! OK, onto the issue. First off, I"m going to write this the best I can without popping into the Apple vs Samsung debate... wish me luck. I"ll say something that I should have said earlier: I don"t think that because other companies do things first, that constitutes towards the iPhone production being a scam. Apple have always said their goal is to be the best, not the first. And I think they manage this in many respects. There are definitely pros and cons to every phone. I don"t think it"s as clear to say, "Well this one is better in every department." (I"m not suggesting that you ever said that.) Let"s take the iPhone X & the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (not for verses, but just as comparison between released features) which came out around the same time. - Samsung exceeded with the screen colours and pixels, as they often do, but iPhone exceeded with their whole-screen 3D Touch. - The rear cameras are near on identical. However the iPhone X video captures 4K 60FPS compared to the 4K 30FPS from the Samsung. - The front facing camera is slightly different. The Samsung beats the iPhone on hardware and image quality, but the technology produced by the iPhone in Face ID, Animoji and software probably make the iPhone camera the superior. I"ve only touched on a couple of things there but the difference in features, to me, are negligible. And often, they"ll both exceed in some places, and fall short in others. My point is that I don"t think the differences in iPhones compared to others in the market are so vast. I don"t think this can be considered a scam. My mind hasn"t changed in that regard. Now if you were saying that iPhones are overpriced (which I"m sure you would say), I"d completely agree with you. I think anyone on the other side of that argument is in for a solid defeat... I"ll end this here and say thanks for having such an open debate. You"ve definitely opened my mind to both the release strategies of Samsung and Apple, and have given me some important things to look into in the future. I do like Samsung"s multitasking feature! Could do with that... I hope I"ve given you something to think over and while I may have no changed your mind, I hope that I"ve given you more to think about when discussing the topic in the future! Thanks for your time, and I hope we can debate something else soon!