Despite smartphones like the Oppo Find X8 Pro, Apple iPhone 16 Pro, and Galaxy S25 Ultra costing more, the $1,000 price point has still proven to be the ultimate fighting challenge of the smartphone industry.
While some companies offer smartphones above this price, these are dubbed as ultra-premium flagship smartphones, and the flagship smartphone market is determined by the best that a company can offer at, or lower than, the magical $1,000 price point.
Two companies that have excellent offerings at this price are Samsung and OnePlus. The latter launched the OnePlus 13 a few weeks ago, and last week, Samsung unveiled its answer: the Galaxy S25 Plus. However, while the OnePlus 13 features several improvements over last year’s OmePlus 13, Samsung’s latest smartphone is…