Samsung Recalls New Galaxy Note7 Due to Exploding Batteries [Updated]

[MRU]

Re: European release which was supposed to be today, Vodafone Ireland have told me that Samsung has collected all its stock and it will be at least October before it returns and that date is tentative.

The website has now removed Note 7 fully from it.

 

[Feenician]

Seems that it's confirmed that all units of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 will be recalled and replaced, due to it exploding with normal use

http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/02/technology/samsung-galaxy-note-7-recall/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom

 

[Abazigal]

http://www.straitstimes.com/tech/smartphones/samsung-galaxy-note-7-out-of-stock-in-all-m1-shops

Sales of the Note 7 in Singapore has also been halted as well.

 

[Feenician]

http://www.straitstimes.com/tech/smartphones/samsung-galaxy-note-7-out-of-stock-in-all-m1-shops

Sales of the Note 7 in Singapore has also been halted as well.

It's everywhere and every unit. I probably don't need to mention why again

Spoiler

It explodes with normal use

 

[Klyster]

It's everywhere and every unit. I probably don't need to mention why again

Spoiler

It explodes with normal use

Two pages ago it was crap....

Captain exaggeration to the rescue!

 

[Feenician]

Two pages ago it was crap....

Captain exaggeration to the rescue!

Two pages ago it was unconfirmed that Samsung would replace all phones. Now it's confirmed that they will replace 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7's, due to their propensity to explode with normal use.

This is an unprecedented failure in the smartphone industry. Quite possibly any high value industry.

 

[Klyster]

Two pages ago it was unconfirmed that Samsung would replace all phones. Now it's confirmed that they will replace 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7's, due to their propensity to explode with normal use.

Hyperbole again! Geez, you just don't stop do you?
I don't think anything Samsung will or can do, would stop you from bitching about them.......up there on your soapbox....

 

[Feenician]

Hyperbole again! Geez, you just don't stop do you?
I don't think anything Samsung will or can do, would stop you from bitching about them.......up there on your soapbox....

There you go with the "soapbox" and "hyperbole" stuff again. Please study chapter 2 in the Samsung schill manual. Chapter 2 covers important talking points such as "Tim Cook is a bean counter", "Steve would never..." and "Scott Forstall was all knowing and all seeing"
[doublepost=1472807145][/doublepost]The good thing here is that 2.5 million phones sold over weeks is an absolutely pathetic number.

 

[Klyster]

I think you're confusing me as you. I don't do hyperbolic rants from a soapbox.

I've told you a million times, don't exaggerate!

 

[kis]

I think they're handling this exceptionally well. I'll be able to use my N7 until the new one arrives at my doorstep, then I'll drop the old one off at my local provider store.

It should never have happened, of course. I still like Apple better than Samsung and will get the 7 Plus as well (the N7 is my work phone), but Samsung isn't some sort of communist evil conglomerate. It's a company like Apple and they both take consumer safety and satisfaction seriously. At least most of the time

 

[Feenician]

I think you're confusing me as you. I don't do hyperbolic rants from a soapbox.

I've told you a million times, don't exaggerate!

You're right, I shouldn't criticise your English skills. I don't know any Korean at all.

I think they're handling this exceptionally well. I'll be able to use my N7 until the new one arrives at my doorstep, then I'll drop the old one off at my local provider store.

What's your source for it being handled this way? In any case, somewhere up the thread in one of the links it seemed the advice was to shut it down and not use it, in case it exploded. Are you not concerned with charging this?

 

[GadgetBen]

Enough bickering. Back to the jokes.

This is explosive news

 

[2ilent8cho]

I don't why but in general most Samsung smartphones batteries suck. My boss has the Note 5 and he had to get the battery replace after 1 year of use. My friend's Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge battery life was TERRIBLE! By mid afternoon his phone would already be at 5% already.

This is the main reason myself and majority of friends and relatives jumped from the Galaxy S range to iPhone. The batteries are shockingly bad after around a year of usage. As well as a string of other reasons.....

 

[Glideslope]

That's because Samsung unlike Apple admits their flaws and cares for their customers

It has more to do with Korean Society vs American Society than simply Samsung vs Apple.

This site has almost zero Apple supporters.

Untrue. You fail to differentiate between non supporters of Apple versus non supporters of Apples Current Executive Team.

 

[Feenician]

You fail to differentiate between non supporters of Apple versus non supporters of Apples Current Executive Team.

Apart from a dead man (not much you can do there) and a man who made everything out of faux felt and refused to apologise for the trainwreck that was the initial release of Maps, it's essentially unchanged.

 

[Glideslope]

What's the time frame on the recall?

When did Samsung stop selling note 7's?

They have said they will when they have more information for their customers.

Name a recall that wasn't food that came into immediate effect, this news isn't even 24 hours old and some here expect Samsung to start recalling product within that period? Get a life, that's not how things work, even when lives are in danger, look at car manufacturers, recalls take months to replace potentially lethal components.

I understand some want to stand on a pedestal and rant about evil Samsung but you have to be realistic, they said they will recall devices, they haven't given a time frame, calling them out for not doing it immediately is just ignorant or opportunistic, which ever way you look at it.

Where are the other examples of companies recalling dangerous products immediately?

Initial run of 2016 Honda Civic's with the 2.0L I4. A run of engines had faulty bearing caps. Sales were stopped immediately. Some customers had their transactions stopped in process.

 

[mdlooker]

There's no recall (yet). If you're the (supposedly) 0.1% with an explosive battery Samsung have neither recalled.nor informed anyone of the potential for injury to you, your family, or your property. Not that you'd know it to read read this thread with the apologists here trying to make they're Good Guy Samsung

Just wanted to give you a few options...

Samsung is recalling the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone worldwide
Samsung recalls the Galaxy Note 7 amid battery fears - Engadget
Samsung suspends sales of Galaxy Note 7 after smartphones catch ...
Samsung recalls Note 7 flagship over explosive batteries - BBC News

When there's an issue of a "known" life-threatening problem, juuuust about identical to the hoover board, they'd be foolish not to recall. the level of liability lawsuits would be immeasurable.

 

[Feenician]

Just wanted to give you a few options...

Samsung is recalling the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone worldwide
Samsung recalls the Galaxy Note 7 amid battery fears - Engadget
Samsung suspends sales of Galaxy Note 7 after smartphones catch ...
Samsung recalls Note 7 flagship over explosive batteries - BBC News

When there's an issue of a "known" life-threatening problem, juuuust about identical to the hoover board, they'd be foolish not to recall. the level of liability lawsuits would be immeasurable.

You're aware of the concept of the passage of time, right? There was no confirmation of recall when i posted that.

 

[Klyster]

You're right, I shouldn't criticise your English skills. I don't know any Korean at all.


What's your source for it being handled this way? In any case, somewhere up the thread in one of the links it seemed the advice was to shut it down and not use it, in case it exploded. Are you not concerned with charging this?

Haha, I wish I were Korean sometimes but I'm 100 percent mongrel and looking at your punctuation, I wouldn't be to quick to judge, I'm not even trying. But racist much?

Asking for sources is pretty lame as you've been making exaggerated assertions from the get go.

 

[Abazigal]

Well, the ball is in Apple's court now. Let's see what they have in store for us next week.

And to think that this was supposed to be Apple's off year.

 

[Klyster]

Just wanted to give you a few options...

Samsung is recalling the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone worldwide
Samsung recalls the Galaxy Note 7 amid battery fears - Engadget
Samsung suspends sales of Galaxy Note 7 after smartphones catch ...
Samsung recalls Note 7 flagship over explosive batteries - BBC News

When there's an issue of a "known" life-threatening problem, juuuust about identical to the hoover board, they'd be foolish not to recall. the level of liability lawsuits would be immeasurable.

You're aware of the concept of the passage of time, right? There was no confirmation of recall when i posted that.

But we're talking hours here, not days, and you were trumpeting away all the same...

 

[Feenician]

Haha, I wish I were Korean sometimes but I'm 100 percent mongrel and looking at your punctuation, I wouldn't be to quick to judge, I'm not even trying. But racist much?

What was the issue with my punctuation, specifically? It can be hard to punctuate from my soapbox.

Asking for sources is pretty lame as you've been making exaggerated assertions from the get go.

What exaggerated claims would these be?

 

[bobob]

You know Samsung fans are going into full panic mode when every other post attempts to deflect the topic by referring to a problem that affects some 2 year old iPhones.

 

[Feenician]

But we're talking hours here, not days, and you were trumpeting away all the same...

And? Should I have time travelled into the future to see if a recall was made? What point are you trying to make?

 

[Klyster]

You should temper your comments until you know the facts (don't expect everyone else to educate you) and try not be such a blowhard maybe? Might help a bit...