> It's perfectly clear to anyone who has watched Samsung > over the years that they're the Burger King of consumer > electronics. They let the market leader do the R&D and > then slavishly imitate their successes.

We may not be watching the same company then : Samsung invests over 6 billion USD per year in R&D, approx. 9% of its revenue (Apple does 2.2%).

Sure, on some markets Samsung acts more as a "fast follower" than as as innovator, but to call it the "Burger King of consumer electronics" is plain ridiculous.