Variety may be the spice of life, but innovation drives variety. The pervasive taste of Apple would still dominate the smartphone palate if Samsung hadn’t kicked things up a notch.
In fact, the South Korean manufacturer of the iPhone-rivaling Galaxy S III enjoyed its fifth consecutive record-breaking quarter for operating profit in Q4, Financial Times reported Tuesday. Samsung also owes a lot of that success to not-so-high-end devices.
Though Apple hasn’t catered to that segment of the....