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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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Post by Nursie »

robin_reala wrote: post #115
Nursie wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So they have a massively diversified business that faces many risks, just as others in those sectors do, but which is generally doing pretty well. One phone will not kill this. Having just bought a new Samsung washing machine, the story that they are exploding seems to have passed me by. I'm not a fanboi - I'm typing this on a Nexus 6 and considering another motorola next - I just think that saying this might be fata…

‘Samsung in US “exploding washing machines” probe’: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37503116

Love the last line of that article!

The irony!

Re: Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone

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Post by metafunctor »

aeharding wrote: post #109
metafunctor wrote: post #102

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OK. So it's the old "Google for the URL or title" and you may get the content thing. Am I the only one who thinks this sucks? If so, I will bite my lip and shut up. I believe in the open Internet. I don't even run an ad blocker for sites that aren't complete assholes with their ads. But this is just stupid.

Look dude, if you hate it so much, buy a subscription. You sound entitled. Be glad you can use the google referral trick at all.

I don't mind buying things I find valuable. I do that all the time.

However, I think Hacker News is not supposed to be a place where ads to buy subscriptions are among the top news.

Re: Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone

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Post by elorant »

metafunctor wrote: post #123
aeharding wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Look dude, if you hate it so much, buy a subscription. You sound entitled. Be glad you can use the google referral trick at all.

I don't mind buying things I find valuable. I do that all the time. However, I think Hacker News is not supposed to be a place where ads to buy subscriptions are among the top news.

Fuck the article if it compromises your values been on top of HN. Just read the comments. I do it all the time and I know I’m not the only one.

Re: Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone

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Post by Razengan »

mtgx wrote: post #23
d33 wrote: post #13

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Perhaps they ended up with this problem precisely because they rushed?

They did rush - they launched Note 7 a year ahead of its time (last year we had Note 5) when they were only supposed to release Note 6. That takes, dare I say, courage . (just a joke, they just skipped the number 6 to put it in line with the Galaxy S generation).

It's more likely that they named it 7 to put it as a direct competitor to the iPhone 7 Plus.

Re: Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone

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Post by metafunctor »

WhitneyLand wrote: post #116
metafunctor wrote: post #88

The subject says it all, but am I the only one who isn't a subscriber of the Wall Street Journal? Is there no free source on the Internet for this same piece of news? I'm not saying everything should be free. I build paid-for services on the web myself. But how is “To Read the Full Story, Subscribe or Sign In” useful on the Hacker News?

Because sometimes they break stories and have exclusive content and in depth info that others won't have immediately if ever. For example they were ahead of everyone with the Theranos news. I think the idea of putting links on HN is its better to know about it asap, rather than possibly using a slower or less comprehensive source.

That's a good point, and I applaud the Wall Street Journal for their journalistic efforts. I'm thinking we should get a WSJ subscription in our company.

I'm not so sure if Hacker News should be an outlet for breaking news. The HN platform is not very well suited for real-time news in general.

Myself, I use Hacker news for "daily important news" much less than breaking news.

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Post by wingerlang »

PaulRobinson wrote: post #14

[drip, drip, drip, drip, drip…] They have spent a huge amount of money on marketing this phone. I wrote a week or so back it could be the end of Samsung and people told me I was an idiot - they make so many other things, their spread is so broad, they can just produce the next phone and move on. This has done untold damage to their brand in the eyes of the average consumer and has wasted so much money, I think they a…

> This has done untold damage to their brand in the eyes of the average consumer..

This seems like a huge overreaction, even if their phones are exploding - why would that matter if I'm looking at a monitor? They've produced millions of non-exploding product, so this is just some mistake that dropped in.

The average consumer won't remember this in a month.

Re: Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone

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Post by jsjohnst »

PaulRobinson wrote: post #14

[drip, drip, drip, drip, drip…] They have spent a huge amount of money on marketing this phone. I wrote a week or so back it could be the end of Samsung and people told me I was an idiot - they make so many other things, their spread is so broad, they can just produce the next phone and move on. This has done untold damage to their brand in the eyes of the average consumer and has wasted so much money, I think they a…

I don't have a link to a story to support this, but I heard they make more money off the sell of parts (screen panels, memory, etc) to Apple for iPhones than they do selling their own phones. Not sure if this is still true, but I do know it was true at one point.

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Post by lmm »

krapp wrote: post #72
lmm wrote: post #63

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Thread space is unlimited. Space on the HN front page, by contrast, is limited, and I would prefer it were not wasted on paywalled articles.

Given that other people here seem to be capable of discussing the actual subject at hand, the posting of paywalled articles obviously isn't wasted on the community at large. However, every irrelevant tangent about how terrible paywalls are is a waste of time.

Given that other people in this thread seem to be capable of disucssing the paywall, complaints about it obviously aren't wasted on the community at large.
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