a5cent
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however Samsung is so savvy that they have dual cores matching the competitors low end devices.
I care nothing about core count. I care only about the user experience (measurements, not conjecture) and price.
In regard to being savvy ... No. Samsung isn't more savvy than anyone else. Their advantage over other Android OEM's stems from the following:
?better economic scaling due to higher volume (leads to higher margins or lower prices).
?much larger software budget that they invest into better hardware/software integration and QA (reliability and performance).
?comparatively huge marketing investments (public image).
Freestaterocker is absolutely correct about the point I'm trying to get across. It's all about the software.
Hardware engineering isn't an area in which Samsung's mobile division outshines everyone else (build quality is debatable, but I'm talking only about their devices core hardware)
Although Samsung does well in the software/hardware integration department, what they can achieve with Android is child's play compared to what Apple and Microsoft have done. No amount of savvyness can compensate for the advantages offered by standardized hardware. What can compensate for Android's disadvantage is more powerful hardware, but that isn't available at the low end.
Apple appears unwilling to compete at the low end, which leaves a hole for WP to exploit. That has been my point all along.
Samsung also makes non smartphones too(They quietly killed Bada).
While true, I really don't care. My interest is only with the smartphone market and it's developments. I'm not in the business of routing for any particular OEM.