The same quote also mean just quality, since you get better phone for the same money you want to spend ;) I understood that HTC is from the US banned until the

The same quote also mean just quality, since you get better phone for the same money you want to spend ;) I understood that HTC is from the US banned until they change their product, but you may be right. Anyways, it's much harder for any non US company to compete with Apple (and Motorola) on US market. Take an example of Nokia which was absolute smartphone leader everywhere in the world excluding US. HTC and Samsung are in the similar position.