I doubt it has anything to do with costing money, and everything to do with just intentionally manufacturing an inferior device to prevent cannabalizing more-expensive products.
It’s the same reason they neuter otherwise-powerful products with 8GB RAM and 256GB of storage. It would cost a few bucks to add more RAM and storage but then why would anyone buy the more expensive products? Is it more expensive to R&D and manufacture a less-expensive processor or just kneecap it somehow to make that powerful processor near-useless?
It’s a budget phone. Rare earth magnets and fast wireless charging cost money.
I doubt it has anything to do with costing money, and everything to do with just intentionally manufacturing an inferior device to prevent cannabalizing more-expensive products.
It’s the same reason they neuter otherwise-powerful products with 8GB RAM and 256GB of storage. It would cost a few bucks to add more RAM and storage but then why would anyone buy the more expensive products? Is it more expensive to R&D and manufacture a less-expensive processor or just kneecap it somehow to make that powerful processor near-useless?