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Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone

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Re: Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone

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For folks who can't get past the WSJ paywall:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/12/business/international/sam...

> SEOUL — Samsung Electronics is terminating production of its troubled Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, according to a person familiar with the decision, in a major and embarrassing about-face for the South Korean electronics giant.

> In a statement filed with the country’s stock exchange late Tuesday, Samsung said it had made a “final decision” to stop production. That means the company will no longer produce or market the smartphone, said the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because Samsung did not publicly disclose further information about the decision.

Re: Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone

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danso wrote: post #2

For folks who can't get past the WSJ paywall: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/12/business/international/sam... > SEOUL — Samsung Electronics is terminating production of its troubled Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, according to a person familiar with the decision, in a major and embarrassing about-face for the South Korean electronics giant. > In a statement filed with the country’s stock exchange late Tuesday, Samsung said…

FYI: HN has a recent feature where there's a link labeled "web" under the article link, which brings you to a web search.

Clicking the first result will bypass the paywall.

Re: Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone

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minikites wrote: post #4

Now the question is, will they just re-release the same thing as the "Galaxy Note 8"?

Even if they can figure out the problem and fix it to the point that they can offer refurbished Note 7s, seems risky. Unless they decide to actively brick existing Notes, there's the likelihood that some existing users will just hold on to their unfixed Note 7s. If these unfixed phones were to explode, it'd take days for authorities to confirm that they weren't the refurbished/fixed versions, and we'd have the same cycle of confusion and negative PR that Samsung is currently undergoing.

Re: Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone

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kenny_r wrote: post #6
danso wrote: post #2

For folks who can't get past the WSJ paywall: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/12/business/international/sam... > SEOUL — Samsung Electronics is terminating production of its troubled Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, according to a person familiar with the decision, in a major and embarrassing about-face for the South Korean electronics giant. > In a statement filed with the country’s stock exchange late Tuesday, Samsung said…

FYI: HN has a recent feature where there's a link labeled "web" under the article link, which brings you to a web search. Clicking the first result will bypass the paywall.

In other threads (as of yesterday), people claimed that this wasn't working for them. Still works for me, though.
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