samsung low end models really do give samsung a bad name, I cant reccomend a low end samsung phone in good conscience, performs significantly worse than say a moto e or g and they are hardly if at all get their software updated. I'm not even sure I would agree that they make midrange devices at all. The closest thing would probably be the galaxy alpha, but thats moreso a high end compact device for me.
They must have it figured out that they make more money with all these models, but I dont understand it. People must be buying them though, because samsung sure has volume
you can call samsung a midtier brand i guess, but their flagships have tip top bleeding edge hardware
as far as macbooks in coffee shops, dont know what to tell you, coffee shops have the kind of people that are apples target demographic. If they are going to pay extra for a cup of coffee every day, they probably will pay extra for their computers too. Go in dunkin donuts or mcdonalds and I doubt youll see many macbooks
I have a windows laptop, but I never do work in coffee shops and at this point the only reason i use a PC over phone/tablet is work