The Galaxy S26 has helped cement Samsung’s place in your heart

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Trade in an eligible device and save up to $1,000 on the new foldable phone from Samsung. With its refined design and large cover screen, the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra is a top pick for foldable phone fans. You can alternatively get a $200 Samsung credit if you don't trade in a device.

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The Galaxy Z Fold 8 is Samsung's first foldable phone with a passport design. Right now, you can grab it with a $1,000 maximum trade-in discount. Alternatively, you get $200 Samsung credit without a trade-in.

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Samsung, the world’s top smartphone vendor

Currently, Samsung is in the lead globally for the most number of smartphone shipments each year. Its hold over the worldwide smartphone market is around about 22 percent, with millions and millions of flagship and mid-range smartphones being sold around the globe annually.

As Samsung launches a credit card in pursuit of higher ambitions following its staggering success, we asked you whether Samsung deserved to be the top smartphone vendor of the world that it is.

As it turns out, over 44 percent of you think yes, simply because the Galaxy S26 series has continued the company’s trend of excellent flagship phones every year.

Some of you don’t think so highly of the Galaxy phones

Almost 19 percent of respondents, on the other hand, feel that Samsung’s spot in the smartphone industry is undeserved as there are other Android brands that make better phones. This is especially true if you want an Android flagship with the best cameras or the largest battery.

A little over 12 percent of voters, however, said that Samsung deserves that spot because of its excellent and cost-effective Galaxy A-series mid-range phones. Meanwhile, a little over 11 percent of you said that the iPhone was better and that Samsung’s position did not make sense.

Alternative views on Samsung

For almost nine percent of participants, Samsung deserves to be the top smartphone vendor in the world because of its foldables. Foldable smartphones were popularized by Samsung and have come a long way since, especially now with the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra.

Lastly, around 4.5 percent of voters said that Samsung doesn’t deserve its fame and success simply because iPhone prices haven’t gone up as much as they could have just yet. This is, unfortunately, very likely to change with the iPhone 18 series.

How do you feel about Samsung’s success?

Enjoy the spotlight, Samsung

While I might disagree with some of Samsung’s design and business practices, I can’t deny the effect that the company has had on smartphones around the world. In my opinion, Samsung has most definitely earned the status that it enjoys today, so it should bask in the spotlight proudly and for as long as it can.