Samsung problem is lack of a design team, or one that gets overriden, We all agree that the Galaxy looked like the iPhone, which incidentally was manufactured by Samsung. 

Then there is this Samsung touch phone that had 8, or is it 9 phycial buttons with no backlight - this is what they end up with when not copying Apple. 

anyway, they are #2 in the world, but watch for the rising and more original HTC. Hope Samsung wont start copying their designs