One in three: Here’s why Samsung is the king of Android

There are a lot of Android phone manufacturers out there. Counterpoint Research, for example, tracks more than 140 brands in its quarterly smartphone market-share reports.

Yet despite all that choice, Samsung remains the undisputed king of Android. Its global market share among Android makers exceeds 30%. In other words, almost one in three people who buy an Android phone end up choosing Samsung.

So how is it possible that in a market with so many options, a single company…