Wow, maybe Samsung should stick to making washing machines
I heard rumors that those were exploding too!
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Fire on Plane Caused by Replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7
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I heard rumors that those were exploding too!
Wow, maybe Samsung should stick to making washing machines
Except that it looks like their washing machines are starting to blow up too.
http://qz.com/795460/now-samsung-kr...lowing-up-too-after-the-galaxy-note-7-recall/
Depending on the percentage of phones that will ultimately be affected, this could be a real issue for the Note line of products. If they are forced to completely recall this line of products, it will seriously hamper Samsung's ability to push this line going forward.
Like others have said though, the public have really short memories and unless there is a significant number of products affected, this could unfortunately slip under the history radar. Not because I wish Samsung any bad will (although I am not a fan of how their company operates), it is more because of all of the people who have been affected and could be affected in the future by Samsung's future choices about product quality.
Like others have said though, the public have really short memories and unless there is a significant number of products affected, this could unfortunately slip under the history radar. Not because I wish Samsung any bad will (although I am not a fan of how their company operates), it is more because of all of the people who have been affected and could be affected in the future by Samsung's future choices about product quality.
According to local media, Samsung's response was this:
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Go ahead, Samsung. Keep rubbing salt right in your wound.
Your product catches fire, which it is known to do, but you say there is no evidence it's related to your product that caught fire?
What?
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Go ahead, Samsung. Keep rubbing salt right in your wound.
Your product catches fire, which it is known to do, but you say there is no evidence it's related to your product that caught fire?
What?
The official report I heard was that they stuck too big a battery and that the case was pinching a cable that caused the fire. The thought therefore was to replace it with a smaller battery that would not have the pinch issue. I can only assume that they did not replace with a small enough battery or did a shoddy job of it.
A what?Well, at least it has a headphone jack.
I've been curious about the same thing. Assembling a phone on a rush schedule is one thing, but if the batteries are truly the culprit then we may have seen this same chain of events regardless of a rush schedule.
This is almost definitely an attack from North Korea. Somehow they've managed to shrink their spies and infiltrate them inside of these phones. How do they breathe in there?
I would hate to be a crisis communicator working for Samsung's phone division right now.
"Okay, everyone, I think we can finally put this behind us. What a nightmare, but I think we did the best we could given the nasty situation the engineers WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE REPLACEMENTS ARE EXPLODING??"
"Okay, everyone, I think we can finally put this behind us. What a nightmare, but I think we did the best we could given the nasty situation the engineers WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE REPLACEMENTS ARE EXPLODING??"
No it won't. People who have a note 7 now will replace it and continue using it.
Just look at the picture of the burnt phone from the verge. It looks like the name on it is samsung, but its a bit blurry. It could say, smartass or something else. So Samsung has a point, the evidence is not clear.According to comments on The Verge, a Samsung representative said this in response:
Go ahead, Samsung. Keep rubbing salt right in your wound.
Your product catches fire, which it is known to do, but you say there is no evidence it's related to your product that caught fire?
What?
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As I said, the Note 7 is DONE. They may as well move on to the Note 8. Hell, I'd be too afraid to buy a Note 7 now a days...replacement or not.
Why didn't they replace dangerous models with already-exploded ones? Safety first.
Are you kidding? Not a chance would I ever touch another Note 7 if the replacement exploded. The original phone, fine, they made a mistake. But not being able to fix the mistake with the 'safe' phone. I might stick with Samsung, but not touching another Note 7.
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I think there are a dozen crazies on here secretly hoping that the source of the explosions is the headphone jack.
Whatever. Look how many things are MUCH more important than this that people soon forget. Espionage, political scandal that leads to loss of life etc. etc, and you’re talking about Samsung products.
Cool. Have fun.
I'm pretty sure he knew that, and that was the joke.
I don't think Samsung will ever truly recover from this. The damage to the brand is irreparable.
How about exploding washing machines!Ouch... I wonder how it can get any worse for Samsung
Not good at all. I think Samsung has requested the phone back. Would be really bad PR for ATT if the phone was found to NOT be a replacement....
This is bad for everybody. Samsung is dealing with the brunt of the problem right now, but Apple isn't immune to stuff like this. Even if Samsung was ever so slightly more aggressive in pushing the envelope than Apple is, it just means Apple is only ever so slightly less at risk of something like this.
The fact this happened on a plane is sure to start meaning more scrutiny of personal devices during air travel. That's going to be the long term damage here.
Are you saying that any device that has had Samsung produce some of its insides is potentially dangerous, and you would be STUPID to buy it? Really.. on this forum of all places.. you sir are awesome...