The goal for this thread was not being money wise, rather I want to tackle how "worth it" are phones on the higher end of the consumer spectrum. And this was not about me wanting to dev for either mobile OS giants. I just mentioned those points, because as I said, if I can make money out of it, I will consider it as an investment. If I can make money 5x the amount of I paid for the phone, then it's worth it.
If your last statement is a question, then I think you pretty much answered it on your 1st first. 6 digits can cover it. And yes, I can attest that with my colleagues as well. So go for it! I think it will be worth your effort if this work is your passion.
OT: In my experience, once you say "mobile development", you just can't go android only, or ios only. On my old company, 80 percent of the time, our clients would ask for both. And it's a big turn off for them if you say you can only cater one at a time. Because, as far as marketing goes, I think it would be a bigger advantage for them to have a bigger user base. The more, the many-er, right? Well, that's just my experience.
On a customer perspective, when you say mobile, it can be any mobile platform. So yes turn off nga.
But in the development perspective, my opinion is that yes, you can do both. But is just more advantageous for a company to invest on 2 employees that focuses on each. However, imagine yourself getting a client that wants both, and you are the only one doing it.. So it's on you kung gagawin mo pareho. Sa tingin ko sugal sa client na pag alam niyang isang tao lang ang gagawa sa parehong platforms
I can't speak for yourself or other companies. But in my team, it takes weeks just to develop and configure a single app on a single platform.
Pero why not both nga naman. Mas pogi naman talaga if kaya mo mag gitara, tapos drums tapos kumanta.
Kung kaya mo pareho, sigurado ako bawi mo yan. Oras lang kalaban at reklamo ni client.
Now on the purpose of this thread, my answer is yes worth it ang high end phone on a consumer spectrum. Detailed explanation on my 1st post of this thread.