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ubizmo Yes and no. Specs are the way to market flagship devices, since specs are what differentiate them from the mid-range ones. And it's true that poor specs make for a poor software experience.
But it's also true that more and more people are choosing mid-range phones instead of flagships, because the difference in specs doesn't make enough of a difference in user experience to warrant the added cost (for many). The herd is gradually learning. There will always be those who will pay the highest price to get the best specs available, but this group is shrinking. The rest are waking up to the fact that their two year-old phone, with it's two year-old specs, is doing all the things they need it to do, and doing them well. So maybe they decide to keep it another six months or a year. Then when they do decide to buy a new phone, the now mid-range devices perform at least as well as or better than their old phone.
In short, as in every other product category, as the market matures and novelty wears off, people pay more attention to value for their money and less attention to the cutting edge.