The level I'm speaking of is open-source involvement, with great smartphone hardware, world-compatible, at an affordable price. It is difficult to find a phone

The level I'm speaking of is open-source involvement, with great smartphone hardware, world-compatible, at an affordable price. It is difficult to find a phone with two of those qualities, much less all four. My first hardware advantage was that they make Apple's chips, learn from Apple, and they save by letting Apple take much of the R&D cost. Apple is concerned about this and will likely be taking their chip production elsewhere. [1] Let's be realistic: Apple hardware is always more expensive. I'm not talking single-unit profit, Apple is well-known for their high markups. I'm talking overall market dominance. The Galaxy S II is already outselling the iPhone 4 in the UK. [2] The preorders in Korea for the Galaxy S II are much higher than the iPhone 4 release. [3] The first Galaxy S is outselling the iPhone 4 in Japan! [4] Software sales are not the software advantage, involving quality devs from the community is the advantage. Samsung doesn't need to spend as much on marketing and software dev because the community is already helping them. Just look at the ridiculous amount of free press that one move has given them, and the CM port isn't even to beta yet! [5] My second hardware advantage is absolutely their AMOLED tech. They are by far the leaders in OLED, Sony is the only other major player and they are looking at combining with Toshiba's LCD division in order to keep up. [6] If you are a consumer who prefers an OLED smartphone (as I do), the Galaxy S is the only choice. Again, Samsung manufacturers their own screens, simplifying the process. Googling 'best smartphone display' does not reflect any advantage besides Apple's giant marketing machine. If you have evidence to the contrary, I'd love to read it! But I think Samsung is the clear winner. [1] http://www.macstories.net/news/apple-to-outsource-a4-and-a5-production-ipad-2-with-enhanced-a4/ http://www.macstories.net/news/apple-to-outsource-a4-and-a5-... [2] http://www.mynextfone.co.uk/news/article/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-tops-iphone-4-sales-in-uk- http://www.mynextfone.co.uk/news/article/samsung-galaxy-s-ii... [3] http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/03/galaxy-s-ii-beats-iphone-4/ http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/03/galaxy-s-ii-beats-iphone-4... [4] http://www.redmondpie.com/samsung-galaxy-s-outsells-iphone-4-in-japan-for-q1-2011/ http://www.redmondpie.com/samsung-galaxy-s-outsells-iphone-4... [5] http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=galaxy+s+ii+cyanogenmod http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&#3... [6] http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/06/08/sony-and-toshiba-to-merge-oled-and-lcd-businesses/ http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/06/08/sony-and-toshiba-to-mer...