Clark W. Griswold, Jr. wrote:
My rule of thumb is to go for the mid or mid-upper-range unit. Avoid
the budget line as those are built to an extreme price point and
pennies are shaved everywhere. Avoid the top end, because its a
marketing truism that those are aimed at people who believe that
spending more gets you a "better" unit and money isn't as important
to them.

I have found that nowadays most U.S. headquarted consumer companies are
shaving pennies everywhere, regardless of the price point of the product
to be sold. Such is the nature of a price-sensitive hardgoods
marketplace.