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this episode of Android Q&A is brought to you by Citrix go to assist the number one global market leader in remote support so the public spat between mobile executives has been heating up as of late an HTC executive claimed that Samsung is not in this game to make the world a better place through mobile technology now he claims that they're only in it for the money can you see it a young Korean executive sitting at his desk shouting the Mobile World Congress 2015 arguably saw a complete role reversal from Samsung and HTC with HTC doing little in terms of design while Samsung brought its a game melding glass and metal into unibody design that is undeniably more attractive to most than the previous galaxy s iterations so what does HTC think about all this while far from a corporate statement HTC chief marketing officer Andres moti recently expressed his opinion in an interview stating that Samsung is essentially in this game only for the money in the interview moti was asked about HTC's position in the premium market a space that is dominated by Apple and Samsung moti said it is important to create a connection between products and the individual something HTC strives for as for the competition the exact praised Apple saying the company has been very successful in connecting people to something that's bigger than just an electronics company further the exec says that Apple stands for something bigger than just a brand on the other hand Samsung is a massive brand enterprise that doesn't stand for anything except profit or going to go good now of course every company is in it for the profit but the root point that the executive is trying to make is that HTC and Apple have a certain consumer in mind a certain philosophy that drives them for Apple this philosophy and consumer base has helped push them to the top for HTC they have a loyal fan base even if their market share is minuscule does this same approach hold true for samsung while the company certainly has made changes to improve its mass appeal with the galaxy s6 that may have an alienated some of their original fan base no microSD card slot no removable battery for example now personally I think he's right what does samsung stand for no one really knows now I know Samsung is polarizing for many of you some of you are hardcore Samsung fans and some of you are really anti samsung but think about it dispassionately Samsung does not own a product in the mind yet I mean they're spattered all over the place but the HTC executive was not just taking aim at Samsung they also spoke about Xiaomi a lot of people talk about Xiaomi it's not really our competitor I don't think they'll ever make it to the US for a million reasons we all know and I think their business model has a very short lifespan so what do you guys think is he full of it is he bang on I'll make this prediction in the next five years most people who are going to buy a phone that sub $350 is going to be a Chinese manufacturer you heard it here I know something about you you're a geek because you watch youtube videos about mobile operating systems and therefore have a responsibility to help your co-workers with ongoing tech support so you need a tool to help you do that a lot better with go to assist remote support you can provide live or unattended support to any computer or mobile device screen share with employees to diagnose and fix their support problems faster and more effectively and use go to assist apps to deliver support anywhere anytime from your Android phone iPhone iPad or any Android device sign up today for a 30-day free trial no contract no credit card required visit go to assist calm and click on the try it free button now and if you purchase a go to assist annual plan before march 31st you will get a free samsung galaxy tab for as well thanks for watching guys my name is Jace I'd love to connect with you right here on Google+ or Twitter this is my last show for this week but I will be back next Sunday but you can watch my brothers and Android right here who are your source for all things Android