Well, the days of the $800 smartphone are dwindling. Apple isn't even as good as they once were because of the lack of software features, more hardware issues, etc. Even Apple made the SE, which is so unlike them because since when do they offer flagship (their flagship) specs to a cheaper price point? The ZTE Axon and OP3 are disrupting the flagship mobile market.
Let's hope so. As I said in another thread it is beginning to feel like somebody is trying to sell me a $1,500 VHS machine. The technology is no longer new and shouldn't incur bleeding edge prices these days. It would be great one day to have a phone that is easily backed up as todays smartphones are and if you lose it you don't have to contemplate suicide because of the cost of replacing it.
Also it would be easier to jump back and forth between different makers if they were relatively cheaper than the good phones are now.