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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yes, but we still have the S line. So I don't know about this whole "small flagship is dead" thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

it's more or less the idea that companies are starting to ditch the idea. Apple introduced the mini with 12, and 13, and ditched it for the plus models after 2 generations. Asus had it for the 9 and 10, and 11 (so far) is only launching with an Ultra, ditching it after 2 generations. Samsung just has the unique position that its catalog is large enough that itll have some reasonable in terms of SOC, but not technically flagship as it lacks the camera functionality of the top model.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I guess I'm having a little trouble about the "flagship" definition then. I always assumed that the S line was the best Samsung has to offer, the Pro line was the best from Apple, and so it goes. So the S24 and the 15 Pro are flagships, and those have the same size of the Zenfone 10.

But if "flagship" is only the most expensive phone from a company, I'd argue that the ROG phones are flagships from ASUS, not the Zenfone ones. IDK.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

The S24 Ultra is the flagship, as it has the 200 MP camera that the normal S24 does not have: https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=12773&idPhone2=12771

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The baseline S series is not a flagship product. Samsung deliberately cuts features from it to sell their actual flagship, the Ultra series. A definition of flagship:

the best or most important product, idea, building, etc. that an organization owns or produces

The baseline S series is not the best. It is also not the most important, because it sells considerably less than the Ultra.

Flagship does not mean "it has an 8 series Snapdragon or equivalent inside". This has never been the definition of flagship. Please stop using the word like this.