Comment by cush

You didn’t ask “what was the price of the original iPhone”. Your questions were…

> So what influence are they exerting exactly? Why is it so pernicious?

Which are both answered in the document.

Almost the entire document is defining the performance smartphone market. It’s mentioned in the document 88 times. The definition isn’t “phones over $400” because it’s defined by the market forces that Apple creates - there’s a feedback loop