Samsung Halts Production of Note 7 After Replacement Phones Explode [Updated]

[DEMinSoCAL]

I've seen in forums that some people are not giving up their Note 7 even the original production. I think it's the same people who happily take their free coupon after being poisoned at Chipotle.

Assuming you have a smartphone (probably an iPhone), can you please explain why you continue to use your smartphone, in light of what is happening to Note 7 owners, knowing that your smartphone has a large Li ion battery in it similar to the Note 7, with the same capability to "explode"? Don't we all take a chance, carrying around smartphones and portable chargers with even larger Li ion batteries, knowing these batteries are highly "explosive", yet we choose to continue to use them?

How is that any different than Note 7 owners that choose to continue to keep theirs? iPhones have caught fire in the past, but people (you?) continue to use them...

 

[TechZeke]

I like how every year some kind of "gate" is placed on the iPhone, but the fandroids are dead silent about these exploding phones.

 

[Rafterman]

That's too bad too, because the Note 7 is actually pretty solid. A nice alternative for those not into the iOS ecosystem.

 

[AxiomaticRubric]

I'd take one for free.

BOOM!!!

 

[sinsin07]

Assuming you have a smartphone (probably an iPhone), can you please explain why you continue to use your smartphone, in light of what is happening to Note 7 owners, knowing that your smartphone has a large Li ion battery in it similar to the Note 7, with the same capability to "explode"? Don't we all take a chance, carrying around smartphones and portable chargers with even larger Li ion batteries, knowing these batteries are highly "explosive", yet we choose to continue to use them?

How is that any different than Note 7 owners that choose to continue to keep theirs? iPhones have caught fire in the past, but people (you?) continue to use them...

Yeah well when iPhones are bursting into flames at the rate of Note 7 then yeah you may have a point.
Otherwise your argument is ridiculous.

 

[JaySoul]

Agreed. I was looking to get one of these too, but it's given me time to reassess and now looking at the One Plus 3. Don't see a point in spending £600+ on a phone that I'll replace in 2 years.

Yep.

Well, luckily I just sourced an S7 Edge for £300!! I was prepared to go up to £450 but the guy was desperate, and all seems OK.

That should definitely do for a while. But I know two people with the OnePlus 3 and it's awesome as a brand new device.

 

[apolloa]

On Monday, an official at a supplier for Samsung informed Korean Yonhap news agency of the decision, which is said to have been made in coordination with consumer safety regulators from South Korea, the United States, and China.

So, out of interest, where are the links from this story to prove these safety regulators told Samsung to cease production?

All I am STILL reading and seeing is a load of unproven hyperbole. We seem to have NO official statement from Samsung, and now safety regulators are involved? Where's the proof? Some un-named person from a factory who apparently leaked the info to a Korean newspaper, that's the only source of this apparent cease of production.

Sums all this hyperbole up... If the media outlets want to run with these stories then at least you can get some credible sources and evidence to back it all up!
Because they have been caught out before by relying on unreliable sources that later turned out to be false..

 

[gixxerfool]

Haha but they have a headphone jack! LOL!

That's an exhaust port.

 

[sinsin07]

I like how every year some kind of "gate" is placed on the iPhone, but the fandroids are dead silent about these exploding phones.

As another poster related the other day, "they are waiting for instructions from corporate."

 

[Brookzy]

I'm seeing far too much sympathy for Samsung here.

This could not have "happened to anyone" as many posters have suggested: this is plainly the result of sheer incompetence and recklessness from Samsung - twice over.

This incompetence and recklessness could have killed people and already has seriously injured people.

People who were asleep. People who were on aeroplanes. Children playing games in the back of a car.

All nearly killed by Samsung's criminal incompetence.

And to add insult to injury we see leaked texts from irreverent Samsung executives.

Forget the compensation and the brand image - these bastards should be behind bars.

And if it was your kid in hospital with smoke inhalation, with burned hands, nearly killed - you'd think so too.

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

Samsung designed the phone, they ordered and specified a battery size and type. If it fails this fast then it's down to Samsung for not testing the materials enough.

As for it could happen to Apple, it did with Macbook Pro batteries supplied by Sony a few years ago.

And, as we know, that ruined the Macbook Pro product line forever just as people predict this is the death knell for the Note/Samsung line!

 

[Recognition]

Take two seconds and read the post I was responding to. It was responding to why people would take glee in such a misfortune.

To answer you directly, I don't care the choice of phone/computer/table that you or any other person makes or has made on here. The behavior I find bizarre is people that find a sense of "pride" and self-worth in a piece of electronic equipment or in a company (Apple, Samsung or any of the others) that does not give one iota about you, other than taking your money.

The exact same could be said about football fans and the teams they support.
They haven't got a clue who you are, yet you pay huge prices for tickets to their games, but their merchandise, cry when they lose, celebrate when they win, yet the team doesn't have a clue who you are and you did nothing to influence the outcome.
But millions of people still do it.
Bizarre.

 

[sinsin07]

So, out of interest, where are the links from this story to prove these safety regulators told Samsung to cease production?

All I am STILL reading and seeing is a load of unproven hyperbole. We seem to have NO official statement from Samsung, and now safety regulators are involved? Where's the proof? Some un-named person from a factory who apparently leaked the info to a Korean newspaper, that's the only source of this apparent cease of production.

Sums all this hyperbole up... If the media outlets want to run with these stories then at least you can get some credible sources and evidence to back it all up!
Because they have been caught out before by relying on unreliable sources that later turned out to be false..

Makes no difference what regulators told Samsung or if Samsung made an "official statement".
Carriers are dropping the firebomb from sales.

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

I'm seeing far too much sympathy for Samsung here.

This could not have "happened to anyone" as many posters have suggested: this is plainly the result of sheer incompetence and recklessness from Samsung - twice over.

This incompetence and recklessness could have killed people and already has seriously injured people.

People who were asleep. People who were on aeroplanes. Children playing games in the back of a car.

All nearly killed by Samsung's criminal incompetence.

And to add insult to injury we see leaked texts from irreverent Samsung executives.

Forgot the compensation and the brand image - these bastards should be behind bars.

And if it was your kid in hospital with smoke inhalation, with burned hands, nearly killed - you'd think so too.

So you're saying that with the notariety and official recall, that Samsung deliberately replaced defective batteries with known defective batteries just to make people feel better knowing full well that phones would continue to "explode"?

 

[DHagan4755]

It's not just Samsung Note 7s that are catching fire...it's Samsung's washing machines that are exploding...
http://www.dallasnews.com/business/...-washing-machine-explodes-plano-residents-say

 

[Brookzy]

So you're saying that with the notariety and official recall, that Samsung deliberately replaced defective batteries with known defective batteries just to make people feel better knowing full well that phones would continue to "explode"?

I said nothing about intent. I said they were criminally incompetent.

 

[Luscious]

Fire in the hole!!!!

 

[apolloa]

Makes no difference what regulators told Samsung or if Samsung made an "official statement".
Carriers are dropping the firebomb from sales.
Game Over

And even these reports have been exaggerated from what I've seen, they have temporarily stopped selling it and that's not every carrier as we are deciding what to do or still selling it.

As I said, not one credible source, just hyperbole. With these matters it's usually best to wait for official statements, but apparently that's not what the news does these days..

 

[Rafterman]

I said nothing about intent. I said they were criminally incompetent.

I'm not so sure dmylrea was incorrect. Saw a story about one of the new phone explode victims where he got a text accidentally sent to him, where Samsung employees were talking about how to stall him and see if he goes through with the complaint. If true that would be criminal.

 

[31 Flavas]

Lmao exactly. At the end of the day, like what you like. It's ridiculous hearing people call Apple buyers "sheep" when the same can be said about buyers of other companies. It's pointless.

Glad Apple isn't having these issues though Lol.

Yea... I don't think that Samsung should mock Apple ever again. Those commercials mocking Apple itself or apple customers rather fall flat in the wake of the IED note 7. For some reason, though, I don't feel that's going to happen.

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

Yeah well when iPhones are bursting into flames at the rate of Note 7 then yeah you may have a point.
Otherwise your argument is ridiculous.

A few Samsung phones out of millions. I'd say the odds are pretty low. People make it sound like half of the Note 7's catch fire. The point is, the risk is there. People evaluate the risk and make a choice. That was my argument to the post I replied to and it makes perfect sense.

If you can show us proof that iPhones are incapable of catching fire, then I will retract my statement.

 

[gnasher729]

You couldn't pay me enough to use one.

You could pay me enough. For a few hundred a day I'm absolutely willing doing my phone calls using asbestos gloves.

 

[Digital_D]

With the failure rate of the Samsung products I owned, I saw something like this coming.

I bought a samsung LCD back in 2008 along. Conveniently, one capacitor swelled causing my tv to click on and off and never turning on just outside the warranty window. Samsung wanted to charge me $500 to fix a $10 problem. Fixed it myself.

I bought a Galaxy s5, the waterproof flap on the charging port fell off a week after buying it rendering it non-waterproof, Samsung said that part is not under warranty. a few months later, I sold my defective phone for a iPhone 6+.

Last purchase was a Note 5, was a great phone but 5 months into it, the camera would over heat and say i couldn't use it till it cool down. Couldn't take videos and they wanted to charge me $70 just to ship it to them to look at it. Traded it in for an iPhone 6s+.

I think i learned my lesson about Samsung products.

 

[sinsin07]

And even these reports have been exaggerated from what I've seen, they have temporarily stopped selling it and that's not every carrier as we are deciding what to do or still selling it.

As I said, not one credible source, just hyperbole. With these matters it's usually best to wait for official statements, but apparently that's not what the news does these days..

There is not "Add to Cart" for the Note 7 on their website.
Not sure when that was removed, but what does that tell you?
Is that "official enough"?

 

[Brookzy]

I'm not so sure dmylrea was incorrect. Saw a story about one of the new phone explode victims where he got a text accidentally sent to him, where Samsung employees were talking about how to stall him and see if he goes through with the complaint. If true that would be criminal.

Dmylrea was arguing that Samsung did not knowingly send out replacement phones that were also dangerous and implied that this somehow exonerated them.

I replied that I was not necessarily arguing there was malicious intent here, but that they were guilty either way.

But with the text you mentioned perhaps there was some malicious intent after all.