So much hate. I love my Note 7 and think it is still the best Android phone available. I bet nearly every person smack talking how terrible the phone is has never even used it.
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Fire on Plane Caused by Replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7
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So does anyone know if there have been other cases of replacements "exploding"? I don't really want to wade through 20+ pages to find out if that has been posted
One of the most pro-samsung/Android posters said "2 or 3"
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Whether or not you like it (many people like it and I'm sure it has merit. I really like the way it looks and feels from a short in-store handling of it) hardly seems relevant to the discussion of it going on fire, being recalled and still going on fire.
What does that have to do with this issue?
Was hoping for a better source than just someone on the forums say that :/.
The reality is most people who have issues with a device would just report it to their carrier or manufacturer. We would never know true numbers of reported incidents only those that make their way into news blogs. This applies to any manufacturer and device btw, but it does mean the problem asking for accurate figures is that they are impossible to provide.
It will take some time for that information to surface I think. 3 in a million spontaneous combustions, over the course of a couple of weeks, from "safe" phones is considered a low number apparently.
True, but that assumes that devices would only be returned or reported after its reached that point.
There were reports of replacement devices overheating, perhaps they were returned or reported before they ever got to the stage of battery failing.
If catching fire was the final end-point, some devices could have been returned before reaching that end point after displaying other symptoms.
Hence we will never truly know ...
The CSPC will be investigating this publicised incident and a statement will be published sooner or later in regards to the cause of this incident and the possible repercussions or impact it could mean to the product as a whole.
3 in a million spontaneous combustions, over the course of a couple of weeks, from "safe" phones is considered a low number apparently.
Yeah, I'd kind of think that would be considered a "Never Event"...
Maybe not never. Lithium batteries certainly can fail spectacularly without much or any provocation. But 3 over the course of a couple of weeks in devices that have already been recalled and replaced sure seems like a red flag to me.
I doubt he bent it given jerryrig's bend test which showed it's a very sturdy device under extreme bending.
But it's not without possibility that some modicum of pressure caused it, but from the inside out.
If the problem is a design flaw, being too large a capacity battery for limited chassis space, the day to day natural expansion of the devices battery could have created the pressure from the chassis limited space (it could not accommodate and expansion) itself and triggered the same results as reported in the lab pressure tests.
One event on board an aircraft is significant. Only took one shoe bomber. Only took one underwater bomber. And that's out of 100s of millions of flyers.
Wow. They had to get a hazardous materials permit to ship the phones back in packaging to contain fire or smoke
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/10/06...rmit-to-ship-faulty-galaxy-note-7-units-back/
and now in the UK the Royal Mail and possibly other carriers are refusing to ship them at all
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/10/06...fusing-packages-containing-the-galaxy-note-7/
Honestly, it's done at this point. Take them all back (somehow) and go work on the Note 8
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/10/06...rmit-to-ship-faulty-galaxy-note-7-units-back/
and now in the UK the Royal Mail and possibly other carriers are refusing to ship them at all
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/10/06...fusing-packages-containing-the-galaxy-note-7/
Honestly, it's done at this point. Take them all back (somehow) and go work on the Note 8
Was on the plane to Tokyo a couple of days ago and during the safety procedures they said if you have a Samsung turn it off and leave it off for the duration of the flight lol
Ouch.
Ouch.
That was my first thought. I suspect it's the same reason why iPhones have caught fire on planes.
It will take some time for that information to surface I think. 3 in a million spontaneous combustions, over the course of a couple of weeks, from "safe" phones is considered a low number apparently.
Three reported over a million is not much for a device directly in the news eye, which means all reports, real or fake, would be reported on. Otherwise probably nobody would ever hear about them.
Where were the three, btw? Are you including Chinese claims?
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I said where it came from earlier. Appoloa, one of the staunchest Samsung supporters on this forum, posted earlier in this thread. Where he or she got it from, you'd have to ask them.
What evidence do you have that the Chinese claims are bogus btw?
Just been through Hong Kong International, all airlines stating that the Note 7 must be off and not charged during flights, same repeated systematically over the PA. Ironically you can buy a Note 7 with 22% discount at the airport
although it`s very likely the Note 7 is done already given the press coverage. Pity the Note 7 is, was a nice device.As a frequent flyer I have no issue with this decision.
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Of course there's a logical explanation. It's Apple.
Why am I not surprised? Oh, and don't hold the phone that way either.
I agree. He sounds just as silly as that guy who said he'd "sell his iPhone 7 because of embarrassing users".
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So why did Samsung admit to a faulty construction in first place? Poor marketing?
I agree. He sounds just as silly as that guy who said he'd "sell his iPhone 7 because of embarrassing users".
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So why did Samsung admit to a faulty construction in first place? Poor marketing?
Samsung had faulty construction. Apple had isolated incidents.
Just been through Hong Kong International, all airlines stating that the Note 7 must be off and not charged during flights, same repeated systematically over the PA. Ironically you can buy a Note 7 with 22% discount at the airport
As a frequent flyer I have no issue with this decision.
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If they reduce the price of the Note 7 because of all these incidents I may considering buying one...for my dog. Seriously, I'm glad that all these phones have taken fire. Its a good thing for us- the customers, since many companies, after many years of success may reduce the qualify control and care given when designing the thing they are selling to us. After this kind of incident, additional qualify controls and considerations are put in place to avoid anything similar in the future, which is good in a long-term.
You dont find the fact that he immediately bought an iPhone 7 immediately after too convenient?
I assume he was being sarcastic? Anyway, I personally would not have accepted a replacement unit and would have switched after a recall. Why risk it.