Frankly this post is a pile of crap.
"most notably that the company is still desperately chasing Samsung."
Yeah... By offering a far far far superior mobile OS and features that actually work and are not crippled by operators malware / manufacturers (poorly coded and even worse designed) ideas of "enhanced user experience and market differentiator".
I get it, piling shit on Apple is fashionable, but it's both foolish and rather ignorant. I would LOVE to see Android based devices approaching a tenth of software and ecosystem maturity, but I'm not holding my breath.
Kids will like cheap plastic toys. For some of us things that actually work are important.