No, Samsung wasn't the king of smartphone hill "a few years ago." It was not until after the impressive release of the Galaxy S2 in late 2011 (which sold twice as many as the Galaxy S) that they took the reins officially from HTC. It's amazing how quickly the world changes
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Few years ago falls into the 2011 timeframe when S2 was launching, depending on how you define "a few years" which I consider 3-5 years. Your rebutal is invalid