kdarling
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Yeah, Samsung needs to put out an official statement, instead of letting sites do the usual click bait headline thing.
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Samsung Recalls New Galaxy Note7 Due to Exploding Batteries [Updated]
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Yeah, Samsung needs to put out an official statement, instead of letting sites do the usual click bait headline thing.
Feenician
macrumors 603
No doubt there will be plenty of spin and obfuscation about where exploding flagships are or aren't being sold. I'm sure it'll shake out I'm the coming days. Anandtech says it was first reported to be only South Korea, then "other markets" and then some sources saying there may be a complete recall. In any case does it make it ok if the phones haven't been recalled in Korea? Is it OK if they die or get injured? It was you that pointed out to me there is no recall yet btw.
As for the numbers I was perfectly transparent about them being a guess. If Apple sell 10 million flagship iPhones in their opening weekend can Samsung not manage 30 million in weeks? Show me numbers and I'll revise the calculation.
Feenician
macrumors 603
Cool. Another single instance. I have no idea what you think this proves. It reeks of desperation quite frankly.
1041958
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Every single person who has a bent iPhone got a new one from Apple. So please explain how this is remotely similar.
Desperation? No. Just proving you wrong that you think this hasn't happened to Apple. But as Jack said....
And don't bother replying, I have nothing further to respond to you on.
JayIsAwesome
macrumors 68000
That's just it. Who cares if they bash Apple. A lot of y'all that complain about Apple being bashed, are the same ones who bash Samsung and Microsoft and very opportunity. At the end of the day, does it really matter? Like I always say, it ain't that serious. Bash Apple, all you want. It's not gonna make throw my iPhone away lol. Hell bash Samsung, it's not gonna make me toss out my Tab S. Bash Sony...my PS4 will still be in room. Some of y'all just take this stuff too personally. Takes the fun out of these forums, tbh
Flow39
macrumors 68000
Feenician
macrumors 603
Except for you know, the people it happened too. I suppose it was manufactured by them as well? And no, this isn't a "scandal"....
Flow39
macrumors 68000
As evidenced by this thread, I think I was right in my reasoning. Not everyone here is like this but a large share here is.
JayIsAwesome
macrumors 68000
While I do give Sammy props for addressing the issue, it's still crazy and even scary that this stuff happens. One minute you're on the phone, next minute your face looks like Gus Fring after the explosion
Phoenixx
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This is probably because there are a lot of people who WERE fans of what Apple produced in the Jobs era who have gone from supporting Apple to despising them, due to what Apple has been doing. Almost every product they have brought out in the last 4-5 years has been a gigantic disappointment, and this seems to be getting worse.
There were reports of people who were told they wouldn't get a replacement as well.
Flow39
macrumors 68000
The media blew this out of proportion, and everyone that did have an issue simply walked into an Apple Store, was issued a replacement, and then walked out 15-30 minutes later. Because it is Apple, the media did overblow it, kind of like most things Apple does, both good and bad.
1041958
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You're so far off it's not even funny. There's a reason Samsung stopped reporting sales numbers years ago - because they suck in comparison to the iPhone.
I bet they haven't even hit 2-3 million Note 7 sales. Even the S7 was reported to have only hit 26 million in the first 3 months after it launched. And the Note has never sold anywhere near as many as the Galaxy S phones.
This is actually bad for Samsung. If they sold 30 million then one could claim the issues are normal with that many devices out there. If they sold far less, then it's no longer normal.
Feenician
macrumors 603
Why do people keep saying this? They haven't done anything to address it all. Nothing
Flow39
macrumors 68000
Go read this thread, then look at the top comments of any article about the iPhone 7 or the Note, and nearly all of them will be against Apple and in favor of Samsung.
Feenician
macrumors 603
Well I keep hearing here how tremendously successful they are and how great the Edge and Note are. I guess they're still propped up with the 3rd world sales of the kind of units you'd find in cereal boxes here
Oh look...another troll for the ignore list.
Apple replaced bent phones immediately, FYI.
No, the media really didn't outside of tech related sites, not everyone got a replacement and some were told no, they wouldn't replace it but you keep thinking you know what everyone got. Anyone, I've got better things to do.
1041958
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Your bias is coming through. You think people who get upset at someone bashing have a problem. I'd say people who go online simply to bash also have a problem. You can't claim one is bad and another isn't. In fact, I'd say the fault lies more with the people doing the bashing as I consider it a symptom of a mental health issue. Why would a person feel the need to constantly **** on every thread out there about a specific company? The people getting upset are the ones who want to have a normal conversation and are sick of garbage littering discussion threads. So it makes sense for them to get angry. Far more sense than it does for people to post the same stupid comments over and over.