As a Sony ex-fanboi: another fail was the painful bare achievement of stated specs. Sure product did X, but did so relying on weird tech stacks, or not X.00001, or cut corners in presumed but not actually stated specs. Result was that when pushed to a reasonable limit, it often either hit a brick wall or fell off a cliff, to painful results.
Variant: UI is all too often painful. Extra steps, easy invocation of dangerous mistakes.
Finally, the sense of abandonment. You bought it, WTF do you think you are - you want updates for years, or compatibility with other devices?
Vs...
Apple doesn't give much re: specs because they're mostly irrelevant in use. UI is nuanced. And everything is built to keep you smoothly progressing deeper into the ecosystem.
Variant: UI is all too often painful. Extra steps, easy invocation of dangerous mistakes.
Finally, the sense of abandonment. You bought it, WTF do you think you are - you want updates for years, or compatibility with other devices?
Vs...
Apple doesn't give much re: specs because they're mostly irrelevant in use. UI is nuanced. And everything is built to keep you smoothly progressing deeper into the ecosystem.