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

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.
 
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.
 
I7guy said:
For $100 I would pick one up to play around with it.
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Not gonna happen. That hardware is worth 600 which is what I am sure it's going to sell at
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spherox said:
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"..
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I would buy it if I could afford it
 
Rshill said:
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?
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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.
 
apppen1 said:
They couldn't take another risk at this stage. They probably used a smaller battery.
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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.
 
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spherox said:
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"..
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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).

Rshill said:
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?
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Literally none of them exploded. A few overheated badly.
 
"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."
 
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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?
 
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.
 
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