Yep. Which is why I'm more angry at Verizon. They are more worried about someone bitching about their phone service than getting set on fire. Really? How about a compromise. Work with Samsung to issue a charging update similar to the UK now and come Jan 1, a full shut down. And then issue warnings to all users that that is what is going to happen so if you don't like it, get your butt to a verizon store to get a new phone (waived activation fees, full trade in etc).
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You missed the part about Samsung issuing a full safety recall. That means legally they have to consider every unit as having the same safety risk. So 70K not 70. It's how the game is played.
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I'm curious where you got that info from cause I was taught in multiple chemistry classes to never use water on a material that is reactive with oxygen (such as lithium) because it actually increases the reaction.
Well, I guess I'm more interested in reality than being sensational.
Bricking 70,000 phones because LESS than 70 are estimated to be bad, even though the owners have been given repeated warnings for months and ample opportunity to return is simply out of proportion to precedence given that the threat is extremely easy to mitigate, as shown in the UK.
charlituna, 69Mustang said in a post yesterday "The percentage of defective devices relative to the total number of devices that were in the wild was completely unacceptable." The percent of phones that are bad is:
Less than .01%. If less than .01% (70 out of 70,000) is absolutely unacceptable, even though the owners have accepted the risk, it is a product CAN be used without health risk (even IF it catches fire, they get hot first. They don't burst into flames. If it gets hot, you laugh and throw it on the ground), even though there is NO precedence for this then OK.
We agree to disagree.
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Bad comparison. Those Ford and GM products had fixes. Ford and GM also knew what the problem was. Samsung has no fix and they don't even know what causes the problem.
The fix in no way alleviated the danger to life! The point was Ford tires killed, GM Ignitions killed, the bad Air Bags killed, no one ever forced people to stop using the product!
EDIT: Those car with bad air bags are still on the road. everyone know which cars they are, did anyone go brick those? 11 dead, 134 injuries reported. (Car and Driver 12/12/2016). There is a fix, and that helps how?
EDIT: According to Car and Driver (12/12/2016) There have been 134 injuries and 11 deaths report due to the Takata Air bags. Those cars are still on the road.
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So let me get this "righter" for you. The percentage of defective devices relative to the total number of devices that were in the wild was completely unacceptable.
The percent of phones that are bad is:
Less than .01%. If less than .01% (70 out of 70,000) is absolutely unacceptable, even though the owners have accepted the risk, it is a product CAN be used without health risk (even IF it catches fire, they get hot first. They don't burst into flames. If it gets hot, you laugh and throw it on the ground), even though there is NO precedence for this then OK.
We agree to disagree.
EDIT: Opps, I said .1%.... It is .01% 35 reported cases world wide (CNET)
https://www.cnet.com/news/why-is-samsung-galaxy-note-7-exploding-overheating/