They were mostly likely told no because of some other factor, like a triggered water sensor, broken screen, and signs of intentional damage. I know there were a few cases reported like this on these forums. Same, enjoy your day.
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Samsung Recalls New Galaxy Note7 Due to Exploding Batteries [Updated]
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Sure, in the first few days that followed. I doubt you could find anyone who was denied a replacement in the last 2 years (outside of the first few days when store staff didn't know what to do about the issue).
Break the iPhone down by individual models and you fall flat on your face. Apple doesn't sell anymore than Samsung.
Getting a bad batch of batteries from a supplier, and stopping shipments of those units to stores, is not a "scandal".
A "scandal" would be if the manufacturer continued shipping units with a known problem, just to rack up more sales numbers.
Failing to recall an unspecified number of potentially fatally flawed devices is not a scandal.
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You've left all reason and logic behind at this point
Well, maybe someone already posted something similar, but… You know, as Steve used to say, “BOOM!”. 
Reminder that Samsung have left thousands of potentially lethal devices in the hands of users and that the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 explodes with normal use
Safety first, everything else second. Way to go Samsung, this is how you take care of something like this.
Not yet, no. It's only been a couple of days.
Samsung stopped shipments on what, Wednesday?, to figure out what was happening.
One day later, they said they figured it out to be a bad batch of batteries, and would be coordinating a recall with the affected carriers within the next week.
Since multiple media forms in Korea are apparently covering the battery problem, owners there should already be aware.
Do you think "owners there should already be aware" is sufficient effort to protect human life?
There was a time not so long ago when Mac users were the outliers. Not just because Apple was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, but also they were using products which were literally in a world of their own in terms of product and ecosystem support. It was literally this small group of Apple users vs the rest of the world.
And not for one moment did the world let up in letting us know just what they thought of Apple and their users, and it wasn't pretty (just look at sites like Cnet many years ago to get a good idea of the acrimony we could be subject so. In a thread about an Apple product).
When it seems like the whole world is against you and threatening the product you love, it makes sense to fight back. When you see so much BS being levelled against Apple, many of which you know to be patently and objectively false, why wouldn't you want to speak up and clarify things and set the record straight? And maybe in the process, shut those trolls and critics up once and for all and make the world just that little bit better for Apple users around the world?
The world doesn't own us Apple users a safe haven of our own, nor does it automatically guarantee one. You want a paradise to call your own? The only way is to fight for one and carve out your own territory that you can call your own. And be prepared to defend it tooth and nail, because the critics and the trolls are never going to let up or stop coming.
It's about the only way to handle this type of failure. Most of the time a company goes into Denial/Damage control which stretches the amount of time that failures are highlighted and the company keeps getting asked questions about IF there is a problem, even though the people asking that are reporting there is, and WHEN they are going to do something about it. After that, even if they admit there is/was a problem no one is going to believe what they say about it for a while. In the case of a phone, it may have taken until the next model was released and even then there would have been flashback stories to this problem. It's not going to completely erase the PR problem and sales will still suffer, but it's the best answer both short and long term.
Mac and iOS users are still the outliers. Only briefly was it not true of iOS
They haven't done anything other than halt sales of new devices and issue a vague proposal to maybe at some point do a recall. Devices already sold may kill or maim
Nope, sorry, the webserver can't tell the mood of the person who clicked on the article, was served ads, and proceeded to click through to the forum - receiving more ads - and then posted many comments, receiving still more ads. It all looks like website activity to the webserver. And it all results in ad revenue. It feels good to think that they're sitting there going, "before we post this article, did Sonmi451 like the last such article?" But that's not happening. If they get negative feedback in the form of you (and thousands of others) sending email (not forum comments) saying you're unhappy, along with you (and thousands of others) ceasing to click on articles, thus measurably dropping ad revenue, then that will get their attention. But don't kid yourself that simply complaining here in the comments (something I definitely do as well) will have any substantial effect on the content of the website. It doesn't seem to even have much effect on the hordes of Apple Haters (sure, maybe some of them are merely disgruntled semi-former Apple Likers) who gather here each day with their torches and pitchforks in order to complain negatively about anything Apple does or doesn't do (seriously, there could be a story that "Tim Cook cures cancer and announces he likes puppies" and people would complain bitterly) - and they're all still generating ad revenue while yelling for Tim Cook's head on a pike.
For the record, I can't recall an article here on MacRumors that I've actively disliked - it's easy enough to skim the headlines and skip past the ones that don't interest me, and they all seem to present something of some level of interest to folks involved with Apple products (otherwise I wouldn't be coming back), but the comments - lately (past few months in particular) - have me wondering if it's worth chewing through the leather straps each morning.
I've had several cars recalled for repairs of items that could burn me up or cause a crash. And no, the recall didn't happen in only two days after the problem was found.
Are you talking about numbers of sold phones totally or are you talking about the $600+ phones, where the actually money is?
Because Samsung is not even close to apple when it comes to sales in $600+/phones.
That: -
a) did not answer the question. Do you or do you not regard Samsung action of hoping that users have seen news telling them that their phone is potentially fatal sufficient effort to protect human life
b) does not justify Samsung's actions. "Totoya did it so it's ok for Samsung to do it" is... specious
c) should tell you not to buy further vehicles from the companies in question
1) That dude at samsung is totally fired. This is a ridiculous blunder and a quality mishap that never shouldn't even been allowed. Ridiculous from a billion dollar company.
2) The note 7 could have killed 10 people and it wouldn't get the same attention as the ridiculous antenna gate and bend gate fiasco. I hope everyone is hammering hard on samsung but it's bull crap that Apple's issues so stupid and yet gets so much more attention.
Not trying to be a fanboy here but it's a double standard.
2) The note 7 could have killed 10 people and it wouldn't get the same attention as the ridiculous antenna gate and bend gate fiasco. I hope everyone is hammering hard on samsung but it's bull crap that Apple's issues so stupid and yet gets so much more attention.
Not trying to be a fanboy here but it's a double standard.
I picture this:
The next meeting of the Samsung Defence Force after Chairman Lee Kun-Hee pushes the button.