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Without Samsung, Android would be about as relevant as Windows Phone OS.


Android was gaining significant market share before Samsung emerged as the clear leader (see Motorola Droid, HTC Incredible, etc). There's tons of budget consumers carrying around sub $100 Android phones from Cricket, etc, many of which aren't Samsung devices. (I see probably 100 of those for every 1 Windows phone I see in the wild) Also, since you didn't delineate that you're referring to phones alone, I'm sure the tablets sold by Amazon and B&N are quite relevant.


The fact that I'm a Linux user makes me irrelevant because of the low market share? Tell that to Valve.


Valve doesn't give a shit about you, the Linux user. They are hedging their bets against Microsoft and Xbox.




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