There were no manufacturing issues regarding iPhones catching on fire.
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?
Says basically every article I read on MacRumors, 9to5Mac, 9to5Google, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and everywhere else. This is literally the first time I'm hearing your so-called issue.Says who? Tim Cook?
iPhones burning = user's fault (*)
Samsung phones burning = evil Koreans fault
(*) Although, the US media teaches us that Apple users are smarter, richer, more attractive than lowly Android and Windows users...
Good question.
Samsung is the company who spend more money in advertising (even more than Coke). Thats why you don't see the media bashing the company. Would you say bad things about your best client?
Samsung Note 8. Stylus doubles as fire extinguisher.
iPhone 8. Comes with wireless fire extinguisher
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I think it's silly to get involved with the tech firm rivalries when you don't work for either.
Sort of like sports teams. Rooting for one over other even though you don't work for them. And the teams are made up of individuals from all over the world,not local talent to that city. Sorta silly like that?Samsung Note 8. Stylus doubles as fire extinguisher.
iPhone 8. Comes with wireless fire extinguisher
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I think it's silly to get involved with the tech firm rivalries when you don't work for either.
What we need is stronger effort on implementing the newer safer coated LI Ion technologies. Spend the money, make them safer and will also increase run time. Look em up, several universities have made breakthroughs. Just need to get into mass production $$$.This is bad news for longtime iPhone fans like myself. Apple need strong competition to keep them on their toes - case in point the iPhone 7 - a design that is at best phoning it in, at worst outright user-hostile. I am still shaking my head about them restricting the double camera to the plus and removing the headphone jack.
And here weeeee gooooo.The Note 7 was on its normal release schedule. There is no guarantee that extra time (in the "lab" would have revealed this issue). And you could say the same thing about so many OEMs (including Apple). Having an issue is not automatically an indication that something was rushed. But keep on believing that.
Oh there's evidence? Where is it? How do you know that it exists? Have you seen it? Do you work for Samsung?
What? Racism? Oh I get it the yellowing screens........In other news today four people were injured, thankfully only mentally, when their phone screens turned yellow. Manufacturers are sending out blue tinted glasses to rectify the over yellow. Meanwhile in Asian markets phone sales took a dive as consumers said their screens were too white.The pro-Apple media is at it again. Or rather anti-Samsung. I made my mother ditch the stupid iPhone for a Note and I told her not to worry and just use her phone. Apple has way more problems with their inferior iPhone. Every year it's something. Yellow screens, bending, antenna, faulty buttons, touch disease. Apple's legendary design is a myth. As is their "custom" chip design. Inferior to my superior Samsung chip. Enjoy your dumb 3D Touch, iPhone users. I'll enjoy genuine features of my Galaxy.
This Note situation is really just racism against Koreans.
If you don't think Samsung, Apple and all other manufacturers don't push their suppliers and the suppliers push the sub suppliers to rush, well you must never have worked in a manufacturing just in time environment. Sorry Samsung you will have delay releasing your new phone because our part did not meet all safety concerns. No way Jose, just sign the certification and ship those parts.I don't think that's necc true either. Things can get by QA even when done properly.
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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.
If you don't know think Samsung, Apple and all other manufacturers don't push their suppliers and the suppliers push the sub suppliers to rush, well you must never have worked in a manufacturing just in time environment.
Man admitted to hospital today moaning about head phone jacks. Investigators believe the over polluting Audi diesel he was driving crashed when the Samsung phone exploded in his hands as he was fiddling with it trying to insert head phone jack while distracted driving. The Takata air bag over exploded upon crashing driving the burning Samsun Note 7 into his skull. Surgeons feel they have a good chance of saving him once they remove the burned phone and air bag shrapenl from his brain.Who needs a headphone jack??
Exactly, but I also bet Apple is double and triple checking all of their batteries before shipping right now, as is every other manufacturer out there.Needless to say, Apple -- behind the scenes -- is working overtime on promoting and hyping this story.
If you think otherwise, you are naive and need to re-read the report on "Apple media control" by Mark Gurman.
You do remember this story, right?Small children being burned badly by an exploding phone that has not been issued a mandatory recall... I don't think anyone needs to 'hype' it.
Exactly, but I also bet Apple is double and triple checking all of their batteries before shipping right now, as is every other manufacturer out there.
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You do remember this story, right?
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/French-Teenager-iPhone-shatter-explode,news-4435.html
Or this one:
http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/08/13/exploding-iphone-5-allegedly-injures-chinese-womans-eye/
No? how about this one:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...ned-exploding-iphone-lawyer-article-1.2131869
Or this one:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/iphone-explodes-8th-grader-back-pocket-article-1.1599058
There are many others out there as well. Is it sad that it happens? Absolutely, but is this a problem that is exclusive to Samsung? Absolutely not, the fact is we are cramming more and more power into smaller and smaller places and it is actually amazing that this doesn't happen more often.
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Edit : If you can differentiate between these incidents I would suggest calling your local consumer protection office to file a complaint about it. I am sure they can explain the difference.
You obviously didn't read his post either...The only difference is that one is a US company under the protection of the US government, and the other one is one of Apple's last remaining non-US competitors. Not hard to see what is going on. Thus the involvement of the FAA.
Spotify is next!!
Exactly, but I also bet Apple is double and triple checking all of their batteries before shipping right now, as is every other manufacturer out there.
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You do remember this story, right?
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/French-Teenager-iPhone-shatter-explode,news-4435.html
Or this one:
http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/08/13/exploding-iphone-5-allegedly-injures-chinese-womans-eye/
No? how about this one:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...ned-exploding-iphone-lawyer-article-1.2131869
Or this one:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/iphone-explodes-8th-grader-back-pocket-article-1.1599058
There are many others out there as well. Is it sad that it happens? Absolutely, but is this a problem that is exclusive to Samsung? Absolutely not, the fact is we are cramming more and more power into smaller and smaller places and it is actually amazing that this doesn't happen more often.
Waterproof but not fireproof it seems. Maybe that's a feature they could add to next years model.
And people that are saying that it's not Samsung's fault but the battery manufacturers are complete idiots, it's clear that Samsung wanted to outsell the iPhone and rushed the manufacturing -
Unfortunately, it's not even good at that...
http://www.consumerreports.org/smar...fails-consumer-reports-water-resistance-test/
Meaningless. All companies have the occasional battery fire. Apple and Samsung included.
The Note 7 is several orders of magnitude worse than the iPhone or any other smartphone. That's why this is a serious issue for Samsung. Let me know when you can link to 20,000 articles of iPhones catching fire. Because that's how many you'd have to find to be comparable to the Note 7.
BTW, there's now been 70 incidents in the US of Note 7 fires. Now who keeps yapping there's only been 35, as if they stopped exploding on Sept 1st?
"20,000 articles"... and they keep saying Apple media control is not real...
"70 incidents" in the US. So? How many of these are even real? How many of them are deliberately caused by Apple fanatics and/or US/Chinese nationalists?
Interesting to note how the US media writes about "fires" in the case of Apple, but in case of Samsung they write "explosions".
Not from what Ive seen. The reason Samsung is being treated differently in this case is the number within such a short peroid of time. Plus you cant compare 70 out of hundreds of millions of devices compared to 35 out of 1.4million devices that made it into peoples hands"20,000 articles"... and they keep saying Apple media control is not real...
"70 incidents" in the US. So? How many of these are even real? How many of them are deliberately caused by Apple fanatics and/or US/Chinese nationalists?
Interesting to note how the US media writes about "fires" in the case of Apple, but in case of Samsung they write "explosions".
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.
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.