Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone

Post by bogomipz » Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 1:52 AM UTC

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As a person that owns both a Samsung Washer & Dryer (they just did a recall on top load washers I believe), a Samsung Refrigerator, and at one point a Samsung television, I can assure you all of their products (that I have owned or currently own) are poorly designed, and more so, poorly manufactured garbage. I will never knowingly buy a Samsung product again. I replaced the TV after it came out about their efforts to…

I'm quite happy with my Samsung TV - picture quality is great. The remote is a terrible piece of shit, and I disabled the "Smart" TV features the moment that thing showed be a goddamn ad, but as a front end for my Apple TV/Playstation 4 it's quite good.

Post by dghughes » Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 1:53 AM UTC

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I'm not surprised since I've seen the quality of Samsung going downhill for years. Even such things as the stupid blotware Kies and Kies air instead of just allowing you to connect the phone like a USB thumbdrive. I've rambled on about Samsung phones in the comment sections of various sites for years. The last Samsung phone I bought was an S5 I still have it I skipped the S4 before that it the S3 which was not bad ex…

Meh, my experience was the opposite - S2 died quickly, S3 was slow and with bloated software, Note 4 was and still is great. But anecdotes about one or two people's experience don't prove anything.

Post by ojm » Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 3:32 AM UTC

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Even if Samsung were to get their failure rates in line with Apple, Motorola, LG, and other manufacturers, a Samsung failure will still generate more coverage than any other brand. That's why there's no point in trying to salvage the Note 7. BTW, this isn't the first plane to be evacuated due to a phone fire. Remember this story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-272965... There are others if you…

> a Samsung failure will still generate more coverage than any other brand Hello, Tim Cook on line 1. He'd like to quibble with your generalization. What I find interesting about those earlier reports is the lack of follow-up. We know that the Note 7 explosions are happening "out of the box"; iPhone failures of this nature have often been attributed to cheap 3rd party chargers, but I can't find any information about…

Post by kbart » Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 5:10 AM UTC

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3500 mAh doesn't strike as something astonishing. There are Chinese phones with >5000 mAh battery for sale (though I would not dare to vouch for their safety), even Galaxy S7 have 3000 mAh battery.

Chinese 5000 mAh is around 1000 mAh metric

Post by abysmallyideal » Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 10:38 AM UTC

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[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…