Correct we have no idea how Apple will respond in the future to some unknown issue, but we do have a fairly lengthy history to draw on, including long denials of problems, such at the dGPU problems and only then a class action suit forced them to action. More recently we have the display coating flaking off the MBPs and it took a lot (I forget it there was a class action suit) for apple to stop denying, or marginalizing the issue and institute a repair program.
I'm not dumping on apple, just highlighting their past behavior. That's really not even my point which I think is getting lost in the Apple Vs. Samsung chatter. People seem to get their ire raised when people praise a competitor and/or criticize apple.
My point is, that when a company owns up to a problem they tend to fare better at moving beyond the controversy. Its too soon to say that Samsung has recovered, there's a lot of mistrust and bad will when it comes to phones catching on fire. This is a step in the direct direction however.
Let me finish and restate that I don't own, nor did I ever own a Galaxy phone, and I'm on an iPhone right now, but being an iPhone owner doesn't mean I should take a blind eye to Apple's missteps