I am not talking about specs per dollar jere. I am talking about upgrades in comparison to price to the manufacturer, and then the change that the consumer sees or doesn't see. So yes, you have been missing the point. And I stick with what I said earlier.
Fact: Nexus 5 saw some decent hardware upgrades to bring it to this year's standard
Fact: It comes at no additional price to the consumer.
Fact: GS4 saw some decent hardware upgrades to bring it to this year's standard
Fact: It comes at no additional price to the consumer.
Nah, I haven't missed your point at all, I just think it's not very relevant or important. Buying a GS4 is twice the price of buying a N5, with virtually the same specs give or take across the two. You can pick the 2 apart and focus on minutiae, or you can step back and look at the bigger picture and that's how consumers will view the 2 phones in terms of what specs they get and how much they have to pay for that phone. Of course that doesn't include marketing which Samsung is a juggernaut at, but then again the N5 will be available for consumers eyeballs in various brick and mortar stores.
I understand your "factual" points that the GS3 to GS4 upgrade is equivalent to the N4 to N5 upgrade, even though that is debatable and more up to consumers opinion, but still that wasn't the focus of my discussion. I was initially sparking up the discussion by offering my own opinion that pricing alone was a worth "upgrade" to myself and possibly to many consumers.