They are good at hardware. For starters the S7 Edge is an incredible phone and they had been doing good things with the Note aside from the battery. Further, t

They are good at hardware. For starters the S7 Edge is an incredible phone and they had been doing good things with the Note aside from the battery. Further, they are good at selling hardware and the distribution side in ways Apple isn't. They are also prominent in several other important hardware fields. So yes, I'd say they are objectively pretty good at hardware.