Not all smartphones are created equally, nor do they all sell for similar prices. The average iPhone purchased without a contract sold for $635 in Q3 of 2013, while the average Android sold for $268 in the same quarter.
Statista‘s chart, below, compares the average selling prices of various smartphones by operating system, from iOS to BlackBerry to Windows Phone to Android in Q3 of 2012 and 2013.
The only device that has gotten more expensive since 2012 is BlackBerry, which sold for $62 more on average in Q3 of 2013 than Q3 in 2012.
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source: http://mashable.com/2013/11/19/smartphone-costs-chart/