Opinion post by
Hadlee Simons
I’ve never really been a massive Samsung fan for whatever reason. I guess this can be partially attributed to my love of the underdog, be it in sports, gaming, or the smartphone world.
Of course, Samsung has been anything but the underdog for almost a decade, dating back to 2012 when it first beat Nokia to become the number one smartphone maker in the world. Since then, the company has enjoyed an almost uninterrupted run of success at the top.
Back in those early days of Samsung dominance, I preferred brands like former top player Nokia with its amazing cameras and the now-ailing HTC for classic devices like the HTC One X and HTC One M7. It didn’t help that Samsung was embarking on its “throw stuff at the wall and see what sticks” approach to hardware and software at the time.