There's no real reason for Samsung's success, though, other than lucky timing, some good pricing, and more recently, name recognition. Samsung makes decent pho

There's no real reason for Samsung's success, though, other than lucky timing, some good pricing, and more recently, name recognition. Samsung makes decent phones but they're not particularly better than anybody else, and there are tons of other good Android phone manufacturers; Samsung could very easily be supplanted. Moreover, Samsung has never been great at software. If they take over the bulk of their OS development, that may not bode well for the quality of the result. If Samsung decides to strike out on their own without the support of the Android ecosystem, they could be in for a very rude awakening...