Some of us find it unbearable to justify spending more than $500 on upgrading our phones these days. "Blue bubble" iPhone folk will typically resort to looking at older models to make that purchase fit their budget. Flip over to the Android side of things and, to say the least, the market looks completely different. You might be wondering if next year's cheap-ish Android phones will be that much better than this year's. Well, when it comes to comparing spec sheets, we'll take a look at five major components that may not get the update you're hoping for as a result of this higher cost.