Samsung Shares Plummet After FAA Warns Passengers of Note 7 Dangers

[jasonklee]

Riiiiiiight. It's all just "racism". It's not the fact that their product is poorly made, exploding, and hurting children.

Yup. If it were Apple, everyone would be mitigating this "issue." But it's Samsung, a Korean company that makes superior designed products than Apple's multicultural crap, so people are blowing this out of proportion.

This isn't an issue. It's only a small percentage affected of the vast millions of the incredible Note 7 sold. iPhones have greater failure rates but the commentariat is silent.

Apple creates 3D Touch, a useless feature that allows an extra dimension of UI interactivity, and everyone goes crazy. Samsung creates genuine features like Smart Scroll and no one cares. Bias, pure and simple.

 

[samcraig]

I think all you need do is replace 'rushed' with 'didn't do proper QA before releasing to market'. It's clear that happened or the issues would not be present.

I don't think that's necc true either. Things can get by QA even when done properly.
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Except what the OP speculated to is evidence when you denied it being such.

No.. it's not. There's no evidence anything was rushed. There is evidence that there was an issue with production. ONE possibly reason COULD be that it was rushed. But having an issue is not evidence of something being rushed.

 

[melendezest]

What a shame.

The Note series is somewhat unique in the market, and a kickass device (I love my Note5).

What impossibly good timing for this to happen (from Apple's perspective).

I believe iPhone sales will benefit greatly.

 

[kissmo]

As much as I am impressed on the HW and disgusted on the SW on Samsung phones, I still prefer iPhones.
Still, I do not wish for any company and even more to the buyers such problems.

This sucks. One day my child may use one phone that explodes.

Besides, company recalling products it's always a bad thing.... I prefer users not linking the products and seeing it for what it is rather than having burnt faces and seeing loss of billions.

However previous comments do apply... this is what happens when you rush to take out products on the market.
Apple is also in this race to do a yearly thing....
I am sure they are more responsible but it can happen to them too... I hope not though...

 

[alexgowers]

I don't think that's necc true either. Things can get by QA even when done properly.

QA/incorrect manufacturing, semantics. The issue is real, it only happened in factories outside china so the process or machine that made them was faulty. More effort should have been invested in avoiding it.

 

[sinsin07]

Luckily it's water-resistant...

It needed to be fire resistant.

 

[1041958]

You are confused. Merely pointing out the inherent bias against Samsung. If this were Apple, everyone would be talking about how small this problem is and how it's not a big deal. But since it's Samsung, the language is harsher and hyperbole greater.

What a load of crap. It's Apple that has little problems blown out of proportion and countless class actions lawsuits over them.

 

[jasonklee]

All I see is Samsung displaying true courage by not issuing a recall and instead opting for an exchange program. That's courage, Apple. Not removing the headphone jack.

 

[AdonisSMU]

Samsung is now being taken to court over their exploding phones.

http://www.gsmarena.com/now_samsung...e_causing_severe_burns_to_user-blog-20460.php

 

[MrX8503]

Articles get written all the time. I love when people post about consumer reports in here. Not you specifically - but it seems that half the time people say CR is irrelevant (when it suits them) and they quote them when it serves their argument.


The article doesn't indicate a lack of responsibility.

How long did it take Samsung to make an official recall? For exploding phones it seemed way too long.

 

[1041958]

What is the big Deal.....2 million sold 35 have issues......I love my note 7. I will use it until I exchange it...I will not ever buy a IPhone... i dont wanted a phone made from Chinese parts makes up to a ridiculous price because of branding........No thanks...Android software for me.

It was 35 as of Sept 1st. We have no idea how many since then, unless the person posts it online (and I haven't seen anywhere near 35 different stories, so most people are returning devices and dealing with Samsung instead of reporting it on some tech blog).

And it was 35 out of roughly 1.4 million devices in users hands. Not all Note 7's were sold and many were in transit, in warehouses or stock on retailers shelves.

BTW, if the iPhone had a failure rate as high as the Note 7 we'd have over 20,000 burned iPhones by now. Shows you just how bad this is.
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All I see is Samsung displaying true courage by not issuing a recall and instead opting for an exchange program. That's courage, Apple. Not removing the headphone jack.

All I see is a fan apologizing and rationalizing for Samsung. The Note 7 is a massive failure. Slower than the year old iPhone 6S and prone to exploding.

 

[samcraig]

How long did it take Samsung to make an official recall? For exploding phones it seemed way too long.

Seemed? As opposed to what? Is there an industry standard? I'm not aware of one so genuinely asking

 

[jasonklee]

It was 35 as of Sept 1st. We have no idea how many since then, unless the person posts it online (and I haven't seen anywhere near 35 different stories, so most people are returning devices and dealing with Samsung instead of reporting it on some tech blog).

And it was 35 out of roughly 1.4 million devices in users hands. Not all Note 7's were sold and many were in transit, in warehouses or stock on retailers shelves.

BTW, if the iPhone had a failure rate as high as the Note 7 we'd have over 20,000 burned iPhones by now. Shows you just how bad this is.
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All I see is a fan apologizing and rationalizing for Samsung. The Note 7 is a massive failure. Slower than the year old iPhone 6S and prone to exploding.

Samsung has more cores, more RAM. iPhone has fewer cores and less RAM. Not hard to know that Samsung is superior despite Apple's unimpressive custom designs. And benchmark reviews are from pro-Apple websites. Consumer Reports correctly states that Samsung has more RAM and cores making it superior than any iPhone. It has better multitasking and battery life. They know what they're talking about. iPhone is just for status symbol.

And the recall is voluntary, suggesting this is overblown. If it was Apple you all would just shrug but since it's Samsung, everyone overreacts.

 

[sinsin07]

And that is certainly your choice to make. I sincerely hope your prized Galaxy doesn't go all super nova on you.

Maybe that was what Samsung intended all along, create another "galaxy", sort of a mini "big bang".

 

[muadibe]

Maybe that was what Samsung intended all along, create another "galaxy", sort of a mini "big bang".

All in the palm of your hand - truly magical.

 

[BlueMoon63]

This is not a joke when your safety depends on it. This is what i saw when booking a flight and in the airport they checked what phone i have when i was going through security.

Wow, this is really sad to read and I am not a fan of Samsung other than the look. I feel sorry for them as this will kills sales and really increase apples sales - even with no headphone jack.

 

[MrX8503]

Seemed? As opposed to what? Is there an industry standard? I'm not aware of one so genuinely asking

No there's no industry standard. They lead the public/media on that they made an official recall when that was not the case. An official recall was made over a week later.

Samsung has more cores, more RAM. iPhone has fewer cores and less RAM. Not hard to know that Samsung is superior despite Apple's unimpressive custom designs. And benchmark reviews are from pro-Apple websites. Consumer Reports correctly states that Samsung has more RAM and cores making it superior than any iPhone. It has better multitasking and battery life. They know what they're talking about. iPhone is just for status symbol.

*facepalm*

So the AMD Phenom 6 core CPU is better than Intel's Core i7 Quad core?

 

[BlueMoon63]

Do you sleep with samsung? because it feels like it's the case.

He's a huge Samsung fan and there isn't much you can do to defend right now so you try and look for posts that you can defend. I think I would do the same if this happened to Apple. This is probably the largest disaster for Samsung.

The Apple Bendgate got more press than this disaster.

 

[ComputerMan]

Even if they fix the very serious issue, it would be completely imbecilic to bring the Note 7 back onto the market. The public perception of the phone is abysmal, and that won't change. Carriers are better off not having this almost literal bomb in their store catalog.

THis karma was due to them skipping the Note 6!

 

[jasonklee]

No there's no industry standard. They lead the public/media on that they made an official recall when that was not the case. An official recall was made over a week later.



*facepalm*

So the AMD Phenom 6 core CPU is better than Intel's Core i7 Quad core?

I don't know. Maybe? What I do know is the S Pen is a greater innovation than 3D Touch. No one needs another level of UI interactivity.

 

[1041958]

I don't know. Maybe? What I do know is the S Pen is a greater innovation than 3D Touch. No one needs another level of UI interactivity.

Get a one button mouse for your Windows PC and let me know how long before you miss right click.

 

[ksnell]

Luckily it's water-resistant...

But does it have a headphone jack?

 

[maxsix]

Apple has enough character to not kick a man when he is down.

Too bad the same can't be said about Apple customers, as demonstrated in this forum.

 

[ksnell]

I still don't see much major news covering this, if it had happened to an iPhone it would be running non-stop in the headlines..
Is it the fast charging or the battery that is the problem?

I believe it is either battery or charging controller. I think I read somewhere that it does not stop after fully charged and then goes into an overcharging state and sends the battery into something called "thermal runaway" which makes it explode. Crazy stuff.

 

[BlueMoon63]

All I see is Samsung displaying true courage by not issuing a recall and instead opting for an exchange program. That's courage, Apple. Not removing the headphone jack.

This is not a case of courage. The phones explode. So far, only 35 have exploded. They aren't telling people to check serial numbers and only those are at risk. They want all phones shut off. This is serious and you need to replace as yours could explode.

Stop the courage comments. This isn't courage, this is possible death if ignored. Apple would not ignore this or downplay.