Then there's the bizarre sexist ads, refusing to pay the return flight for bloggers if they don't praise Samsung and other stories.
I wouldn't buy anything from them even if their customer support were great.
Then there's the bizarre sexist ads, refusing to pay the return flight for bloggers if they don't praise Samsung and other stories.
I wouldn't buy anything from them even if their customer support were great.
I'm not sure which 'established players' you think they're copying. They were the first to market a phablet at all...
Not sure about Sony, I've only heard rumors about that.
I also realized that I focused just on copying and forgot about all the other nice things they did - see wikipedia.
What did they copy from Miele?
Nokia effectively disestablished themselves some years ago now so I'm not sure they're relevant any more.
In a lot of tech they are pioneers, I'm not sure it's fair to say their business model is based on copying when they are frequently ahead of the market and even making it (phones). NVMe drives are another area they are leading at the moment.
Got sources for that? Quite interested in learning more.
What matters is profit share, and Apple vacuums up nearly 100% of the profit in the smartphone world, and meanwhile Samsung silently prays that some day it will be within earshot of just breaking even.
I don't give much of a crap if my vendor makes a profit, I care about user experience and app support. A big market share certainly impacts the latter.
Samsung do make profit on their smartphones, by the way, not sure what makes you think otherwise.
( Edit -- 1Q 2016 they reported a profit of around 3.3 billion dollars on their mobile operations, source - http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/28/samsung-has-got-its-mojo-back... )