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For the record HTC made it to where it is because it got partnerships with dell, HP and other companys to make pdas for them..they were not branded HTC in many places until the TP...most carriers used them due to that as they could make their own branded phones...

If you look at the Sprint lineup until owning a TP2..HTC was the only choice of smartphones they ever had...

The top 3 on that list definitely make their own hardware..in samsung's case they are late to the smartphone game but they have a huge market share in the dumbphone market...not to mention its not that hard to make it into the top 10 as you can see ZTE and G'Five in there..its not very competitive as its expensive to produce and hard to secure contracts.

HTC should have fixed the device..I have a dell warranty and a crack after it fell...they fixed the laptop anyways..no one is asking them to fix the cosmetics..but if the mic has a defect they should fix it...

That said HTC will never be the size of samsung..samsung is HUUUUUGE lol (cause south korea lets them be a monoply lol)