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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.
 
According to local media, Samsung's response was this:

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"There is no evidence that this incident is related to the new Note7. We are working with the authorities and Southwest now to recover the device and confirm the cause."


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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I'm no fan of Samsung, but this is awful for them, and I feel bad for people whose property has been destroyed or who have been injured by these devices. I think this will forever go down as the worst phone ever made.

That being said--we haven't been given much REAL concrete information on exactly WHAT is causing this defect other then the "rushed to market" stories. I'm curious to find out what the whole story behind the exploding batteries is. We will find out the real truth in a year or two.
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.
 
I'm no fan of Samsung, but this is awful for them, and I feel bad for people whose property has been destroyed or who have been injured by these devices. I think this will forever go down as the worst phone ever made.

That being said--we haven't been given much REAL concrete information on exactly WHAT is causing this defect other then the "rushed to market" stories. I'm curious to find out what the whole story behind the exploding batteries is. We will find out the real truth in a year or two.

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.
 
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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?

jiFfM.jpg
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.

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No it won't. People who have a note 7 now will replace it and continue using it.

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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...in your opinion. I will never ever buy a Samsung product.
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. :D
 
Knee jerk reaction is to blame Samsung but more information is needed because this is the first report of a powered down Note 7 that exploded.
 
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THIS will forever tarnish the Samsung brand and could not have come at a better time for Apple.
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.
 
From now on, if I see ANYONE with ANY Samsung device, I'm telling them to GTFA from me!

And ANYONE who is, bluntly, STUPID ENOUGH, to buy another Samsung Note 7, replacement or not, deserves to get burnt, literally!
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...
 
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