Samsung to Sell Refurbished Note7 Phones 'to Minimize Environmental Impact' of Recall

[adamjackson]

I don't see how this is a huge deal. Consumers deserve to know they're receiving / buying refurbished phones but if the issue was determined to be related to 2-3 components and those were swapped and now the phones are being sold at a discount to customers who want them instead of going to land-fills, this is a good thing.

Samsung makes good with shareholders, the environment and customers who want a cutting-edge phone at a lower price w/ the issues resolved.

Now, if these things blow up, then i'll eat an egg sandwich.

 

[Robert.Walter]

True, there's the Samsung we all know...besides they should be totally recyclable by design like Apple's phones. Samsung shouldn't need to sell them for environmental reasons, should they?

Apple's phones are far from totally recyclable.

 

[symphara]

If the price of the refurbs was good (I suspect not, given Samsung's pricing history), these might actually be a success. The Note 7 was a really nice phone otherwise.

If they sell them in Europe for anything resembling reasonable money I'd get one.

 

[fitshaced]

Translation: not even an ewaste company want to touch these things.

 

[npolly0212]

I wanna know how much they will be charging for one of these.

 

[xero9]

Apple's phones are far from totally recyclable.

Are you telling me that Apple lied to us??

 

[manu chao]

How can they expect any sane person to buy this phone?

Look at all the sane persons who refused to send their Note 7 back.

 

[Radon87000]

For $100 I would pick one up to play around with it.

Not gonna happen. That hardware is worth 600 which is what I am sure it's going to sell at
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How can they expect any sane person to buy this phone?

"Hey we know our devices caught fire, as well as the replacement units but hey 3rd times the charm"..

I would buy it if I could afford it

 

[I7guy]

Not gonna happen. That hardware is worth 600 which is what I am sure it's going to sell at
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I would buy it if I could afford it

That's all it's worth to me to play around with.

 

[Rshill]

they've had enough time to find and fix the problem.

You realize they've said this before and they still exploded. Do you really want to risk your home, and potentially your life on this?

 

[PBG4 Dude]

Great !!! they will not be sold in India, well good luck for other's.Hope Samsung don't get in trouble for third time

Maybe someone who doesn't really like their house or car anymore?

 

[Juan007]

This will be the top selling phone in the Islamic state.

 

[HEK]

Just realize you still won't be allowed to take it onboard a commercial aircraft.

But...but...it's a refurb........NO

 

[NT1440]

I have no problem with them selling the gimped battery version of the phone, but I find the propaganda line on why they're doing it to be hilarious.

 

[Nr123*123]

You realize they've said this before and they still exploded. Do you really want to risk your home, and potentially your life on this?

I mean you can make your own choice but I think it'll be fine. As long as they demonstrate what they've changed I can make my own mind up.

The last time they were really pressured to come up with an answer. This time around they've had ample time to think it through and do thorough testing.

 

[Rainshadow]

They couldn't take another risk at this stage. They probably used a smaller battery.

Simply selling them is another risk! Even if they are safe and fixed... there is still a standard background chance it will burn up if people use poor charging cables etc.

They just need one story like that, or some prankster to claim his started on fire who creates a fake video of it.

Truly foolish in my opinion. It "was a great phone" - if it didn't blow up.

 

[44267547]

Apple's phones are far from totally recyclable.

However, a lot of the major components are recyclable. And Apple is continually open about the environment and their combative efforts to aid in the better cause.

Last year, Project Liam launched. Fairly interesting topic and a great step regarding recycling efficiently.

http://www.cultofmac.com/425650/liam-iphone-recycling-robot-apple/

 

[zhang96]

In other words: "Get some cash back with those unexploded phones"

 

[symphara]

How can they expect any sane person to buy this phone?

"Hey we know our devices caught fire, as well as the replacement units but hey 3rd times the charm"..

Very few (as in tens, vs millions sold) had a problem to begin with, so the odds were tiny.

Now Samsung seems to have gotten to the bottom of it, they have very comprehensive research on the topic, so it's reasonable to believe that refurbished units will use a different battery design with no problems.

The Note 7 was an excellent phone (best-in-class screen, camera, excellent processor, stylus etc), it remains to be seen if Samsung will sell these refurbished units at a price reflecting both the bad reputation of the device (mostly hysterical, but bad nonetheless) and the fact that probably they won't receive any software update or any significant one (I imagine, given their poor update policy in general, they won't spend a minute developing more software for the Note 7).

You realize they've said this before and they still exploded. Do you really want to risk your home, and potentially your life on this?

Literally none of them exploded. A few overheated badly.

 

[duervo]

"Minimize environmental impact" ... haha. Like they give that much of a crap about that. Marketing.

This is the real reason: "Minimize financial loss from the two recalls."

 

[2010mini]

Interesting.....

Lithium batteries are already classified as Dangerous Goods. And since no airline or cargo company can be forced to transport DGs....I wonder if they will charge Samsung extra because of the reputation of the Note 7?

 

[atlas_0]

Inb4recall#3

 

[Pipper99]

Maybe someone who doesn't really like their house or car anymore?

or their office

 

[Steve.P.JobsFan]

I'd love to buy one, too bad they're not going on sale in the United States.

I'd much rather a Note7 with a smaller battery over the Galaxy S7 Edge I have right now... I just don't like the curved display.

 

[miknos]

Environment impact? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha