Eli5: how did we get to the point where laptops and phones are in the same price range ?

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Eli5: how did we get to the point where laptops and phones are in the same price range ?

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Answer 1

It is mostly because they are essentially the same product nowadays. A phone is just a smaller laptop with no keyboard. The only thing that really makes them a little bit more expensive than a laptop with the same power is the fact that they have to be so much smaller.