In recent weeks, Samsung has defended the plastic design of the Galaxy S5 in interviews and in blog posts on its own site, explaining that the phone packs less bloatware than previous flagship devices, and releasing ads that send a “Galaxy S5 is cool” message. All this happened while Samsung also had to defend itself yet again against Apple’s copycat allegations in a second trial it eventually lost. Despite these marketing attempts to create further buzz around the phone and dispel criticism for plastic design policy, Samsung isn’t happy with its own choices, as it has just removed its head of mobile design from his position, somewhat contradicting its design rhetoric. However, the person appointed to replace him also had an
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