C. Scott Brown / Android Authority
You’d imagine that the majority of Samsung phones would be made in the company’s home country of South Korea, but you’d be wrong. The second guess would be China, since the country is known as the “world’s factory” and specializes in smartphone manufacturing, but that’s also not correct.
Don’t get me wrong, Samsung phones are made in both of these countries, but the devil is in the details. Samsung focuses on high-end phones in one and low-end models in the other, and it doesn’t even own the manufacturing facilities in one of these countries. But I’m getting ahead of myself here — let’s first talk about what makes Samsung special when it comes to smartphone making.
Where did you think most Samsung phones are made? 185 votes South Korea 13 % China 7 % Vietnam 44 % India 20 % Indonesia 10 % I haven’t really though about this at all 6 %
Giving credit where credit is due
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority
Here’s something the majority of people don’t realize: most smartphone brands don’t actually make their own phones. Sure, they may design them, and they even design the SoC (System on a Chip) in some cases — think Apple and Google — but the individual parts are manufactured by a variety of production partners, and the final assembly is handled by an EMS (Electronics Manufacturing Services) provider like Foxconn. Pixels and iPhones are good examples, both of which are actually made by the same company.
Samsung is different. It’s the most vertically integrated company in the industry, which means it is involved in almost every manufacturing step. Not only does it design the phones — as most companies do — but it also manufactures many of the core parts that go into the devices.
Samsung makes some of the best smartphone displays on the market.
Samsung makes some of the best — if not the best — displays on the market. It also produces memory chips (like DRAM and NAND), Exynos processors, camera sensors, and batteries. All of these are also being sold to its rivals. For example, both the latest iPhones and Pixels use Samsung-made display panels.
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