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Samsung Halts Galaxy Note 7 Sales Worldwide
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I hope for your sake that was a weak attempt at sarcasm.
Samsung is now shipping fireproof boxes to customers to return their Note 7 phones in. They include special gloves for handling the fire resistant material.
Here's an unboxing:
They are strictly limited to ground transportation, no air shipments.
Here's an unboxing:
They are strictly limited to ground transportation, no air shipments.
Yes. You would be correct.
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It's not a battery issue. IMO, it's a hardware design issue.
A win for Apple, but not for Samsung..
People have choosen to bought a specific brand of phone for a reason, the last think u want to hear is "oh, and by the way {we} think you should return it due to it exploding"
While u may get a free iPhone 7, what if u don't want an iPhone....? I bet some customers will hang on to their Note 7, despite the recall, just because they choose to get it.. It would convert a lot of users, but not everyone..
People have choosen to bought a specific brand of phone for a reason, the last think u want to hear is "oh, and by the way {we} think you should return it due to it exploding"
While u may get a free iPhone 7, what if u don't want an iPhone....? I bet some customers will hang on to their Note 7, despite the recall, just because they choose to get it.. It would convert a lot of users, but not everyone..
According to the CEO of Verizon, most of their customers trading in a Note 7 are staying in the Android family, and choosing either a regular S7 or a Pixel.
Apple has also seen a small boost, he said, but people "aren't flocking away from Samsung."
He says the Note 7 buyers tend to be very loyal to Android. Which makes sense, as a Note buyer would likely tend to be a long time Android user.
If it were an iPhone recall, no doubt their owners would be similarly loyal to Apple.
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I don't think that's a surprise with the Note. The S7/S7 Edge may have been a different story, being more in line with size and functionality of iPhone/iPhone+ but the Note is relatively niche (as evidenced by the 1 million or so sold over the initial 2 weeks).
With that said, even if it was the S7/S7 Edge that failed I would still expect quite a high degree of stickiness
Here we have an excellent example of cheap Chinese manufacturing at its best. You really get what you pay for folks and Samsung has learned the hard way. I almost purchased this nightmare glad I did not. I have been using the S7 Edge for quite a few months now. It is a nice phone but the Google Aidroid OS is nothing more than an Indian run operation with no innovation whatsover which makes it a mostly useless phone. I'm back to iPhone a much better OS and better experience.
-Mike
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Samdung just haven't got a great marketing dept. Change some packaging, call it the "Al Qaeda" edition and Booooooooooom .... Sales blow up all over the world. No ..... thank YOU !!!
Here's what Samsung actually told the customer. From The Telegraph:
' Samsung did neither, and its first priority appeared to be managing the story. When one unlucky owner with bronchitis was rushed to hospital after a burning phone filled his bedroom with smoke, a cordial conversation with the company ended with a mistakenly-sent text message to the customer from a Samsung representative: “I can try and slow him down if we think it will matter, or we just let him do what he keeps threatening to do and see if he does it,” it read. '
Talk about a cluster ****.
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I have a Samsung tv and microwave. Should I replace them? Serious question
No known issues with Samsung TV's and microwave ovens. On the other hand a few of their top load washing machines have blown up lately, with shrapnel piercing the walls around them
Note 7 were made in Korea and Vietnam.
Only the Chinese variant were made in China.
I seriously doubt you have an S7 Edge.
What is bad is having the president of Samsung America produce a video telling its customers that Samsung puts its customers safety first, then Samsung turns around and releases a replacement phone that is still not safe. You think that is the same as what Steve Jobs said about something that was not even remotely about a iPhone safety issue. What is embarrassing is that you don't understand the difference between the two situations or don't care to understand.
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That text message was sent by mistake to the customer when it was suppose to go to another Samsung customer service agent.
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Note 7 is supposed to be a flagship and bigger device. to say that it is exactly the same as 7 edge, then you oversimplified it.
you said it has nothing to do with hardware, then what caused fire? software causes fire? common sense: if Note 7 got fire issue and 7 edge doesn't, then there have to be some hardware difference.
Have not seen this precaution elsewhere but does anyone else realize that if you let the Note 7 run down to the point of a dead battery there won't be enough energy left in the battery to start a fire.
I mean, this should be obvious even to the moron Samsung engineers. This instruction should be included prior to any returns.
And what if during the running down of that battery it starts a fire? The idea is to get that hazard into a controlled environment and get it away from the consumer so they don't get injured or property damaged. Sitting around for a day or so waiting for a hazard to discharge is the act of a moron.
So more people not actually reading what I was replying too. Talk about making the narrative up as you go along.. jeez...
Next up: recalled Galaxy Note 7s purchased by isis for battle purposes...
Seriously though, they could have innovated the crap out of it for all i care, but if it this unstable, you just got yourself a world's most expesive hi-tech barbecue starter.
Aaaand that's exactly why it's gonna become a rare collectible one day. If you're on high school and have some spare cash, get one asap and maybe it will earn you quite enough to pay for your grandchildrens' college.
Seriously though, they could have innovated the crap out of it for all i care, but if it this unstable, you just got yourself a world's most expesive hi-tech barbecue starter.
Aaaand that's exactly why it's gonna become a rare collectible one day. If you're on high school and have some spare cash, get one asap and maybe it will earn you quite enough to pay for your grandchildrens' college.
Yes, I read the OP posts for which you replied to. Maybe you need to go back and look at it again and realize why people, including myself, were reponding to you the way they did.
What controlled environment are you suggesting, the line outside the Samsung store?
Besides won't take anywhere near a day to go dead. Since they go up in smoke regardless if on or off, getting battery to lowest energy state is far more prudent then letting it sit somewhere partially charged. Perhaps in bathtub under several inches of water is safe. I was thinking of the safest way to get it to store to return. But go ahead carry it charged to store, seems far more moronic to me.