rofl 
Slowly rising. LG is growing slowly, unlike other brands. But surprisingly, Nexus 4 is a doing well here

I was using Xiaomi M1s and M2 ..... Build quality , comparable with other manufacturers like samsung , htc . In fact , I find M2 better built then SGS3 . Warranty wise , as long as in China is easy but not here .

Few years back before the smartphone era, LG was the one that kept advertising meaningless things. Seriously.

1 extremely minor cosmetic change, 1 massive marketing blast; TV, print etc. WTF.

At least Samsung is just showing you product pics for most of the mid-to-low range, and only focus on useful feature marketing on the high end. So with all these customer touchpoints, Samsung becomes the first thing you think of.

crapple with its "We invented panorama photo taking" ad was extremely laughable 

Hire a correct person/team do advertisement is important too 
Samsung is very well done in advertising I must say.

Whose advertising? like? 
BTW all, some guy's sig from XDA:

If you're a smart soldier, you would not use a rifle without a removable magazine.
Then if you're a smart person, why would you want to use a phone without removable battery?

Android market in china hard 2 penetrate for other brands due to their china made phones r so much cheaper . Not those un-named makers but from reputable makers like Zoppo , Xiaomi , etc ..... Only iphone is surviving and can keep their pricing since there's no competition . Samsung tried but making China only phones for them but pricing wise is crazy . N7102 is selling like RM2.5k there in China , RMB5k .

Nice one. Actually quite brilliant, your sentence just gave me a brainwave, thinking a little broader about the so-called "pebble" shaped design and using "designed for humans".

Our early ancestors used smooth pebbles for tool making    so Samsung has a direct lineage for their product line !!!!!