Any option in the new smartphone market? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Using the phone arena finder tool i noticed that every year Smartphones are getting everyday more expensive but specs still the same, today there's 0 phone comparable to, for example, the Xiaomi MI A1 in terms of specs/price...
Or even, the Moto G on its launch
The MI A3 has similar hardware with minor generational improvements, but it cost almost $100 more...
Is there any option these days for poor guys who wants a decent multimedia device? or is the market just getting more expensive with no improvements on specs compared to previous years? :crying:
Are end users really wanting to pay more for the same? Or are tech influencers moving the market to the wrong place?
(I understand that those last 2 questions are too sentimental, feel free to discuss the first ones which are more productive IMO )

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@spannerwindalayer
My POV:
Buyers are not primarily interested in buying a high-end technical product. They want to have the coolest current device. Manufacturers have recognised this and are consciously strengthening their brand with the aim of increasing customer demand and thus the profit margin for the same (and equally expensive) smartphone technology.
With regards to a smartphone's hardware:
Probably the areas of particular interest are screen technology, time of flight sensor, cameras and image sensors, power management, and radio frequency componentry.
In 2015 this chart was published in a German tech magazine
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It shows not only the low manufacturing costs of a smartphone, but also that certain components cost noticeably more than others.
The biggest cost factors that do not appear in the upper chart are only indirectly reflected in the smartphones:
One of the most expensive is certainly R&D. Large sums of the margin are also sunk into this block, if one includes patents and licenses.
An equally large block is marketing, which, especially in the case of Apple and Samsung, consists of contracts with providers, television and other advertising, presence at public or own trade fairs, and even the construction of own marketing properties. Everything to increase or maintain the value of the brand.
Wrap-up:
The only influence consumers have over smartphone makers is in their decisions about which phones to buy. My advice is to buy Chinese phones: they have the best price-performance ratio.