"People in the market for an Android phone should steer toward known brands like Samsung, Asus, or OnePlus, which generally have much more reliable quality assurance controls on their inventory."

What is the author thinking? E.g. Samsung TVs comes with malware preinstalled from factory.

I don't know about the phones, but it has been nagging me to approve some "Bixby" and "Samsung Pay" spyware.

I am never buying a Samsung device again ...