What's a plausible justification for it? Smart phones are ubiquitous now, so why are people still being charged these exorbitant prices as if it's brand spanking new technology?

Laptops have bigger screens, more hard drive space, more RAM, etc, etc and you can do more with them. The only thing smart phones have over them is that their portability is more convenient betwixt the two.

Smart phones being smaller means less materials are being used yet these things cost just as much (or more depending on the brand) than laptops.



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