By 2013 Samsung was one of the largest smartphone manufacturers in the world, but it had a reputation of building plastic phones at a time when Apple, HTC, Sony and others were pushing metal as the material of choice for flagships. Samsung was also at the forefront of a trend it started, that of extra large screens. The large, plastic Galaxys had little overlap with the small, metal iPhones. Remember that the iPhone 5s had a 4.0" screen compared to Galaxy S5's 5.1" screen (not to mention the Galaxy Note, Mega and other jumbo-sized phones). This sets the stage for the Samsung Galaxy...
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