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Re: Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone

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Post by criddell » Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 12:49 PM UTC

macintux wrote: post #316

criddell wrote: post #289

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

For sure the current Note 7's are defective and failing in extraordinary numbers. I'm saying that even if Samsung were able to fix the flaw to get the failure rate down to normal levels or even better than average, future Note 7 failures will still garner more press coverage because of the high initial failure rate. The Note 7 brand is damaged beyond repair.

I do expect to see a Note 8 next year.

Re: Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone

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Post by grkvlt » Wed, Oct 12, 2016, 2:59 PM UTC

_asummers wrote: post #191

grkvlt wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> This has done untold damage to their brand in the eyes of the average consumer You'd be surprised about how much of the general public even knows that there is a type of Samsung phone that can spontaneously combust, and the proportion of those people that care and will continue to remember that fact when they are looking for a new phone is also going to be quite small. I have had to explain the story to friends who…

Your last paragraph contradicts your overall point. To me, that reads like your friends associated it with the entire brand, not that they were unaware of the exploding phones. That's worse for Samsung.

No, they were unaware that there was an exploding phone, let alone a Samsung exploding phone. It surprised me, as some of them were pretty technically literate.

Re: Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone

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Post by happyslobro » Tue, Oct 18, 2016, 5:32 PM UTC

happyslobro wrote: post #305

curiousdater wrote: post #215

I guess I just bought the right yet boring phone .. the iPhone 7. The Note 7 looked crazy innovative besides full waterproofing, iris scanning..it be turned into a deadly weapon that could be used for mass destruction :-/ On a side note such a phone that floating around could be used by terrorists on planes. How will airlines handle this?

Airlines are already specifically the Note 7, I saw a notice at the security check in Amsterdam (Schiphol) about it. I wouldn't be surprised if a patch goes out soon for those color-coding x-ray scanners, that automatically detects a Note 7. Having said that, this is a pretty small incendiary that we are talking about, and aircraft are several layers thick everywhere that a passenger can access. How would a terrorist…

LOLolol I just got off a Qatar Airways flight, where they made an announcement asking any passengers with a Note 7 to hand it over. But then when disembarking in DXB (Dubai), I noticed a floor to ceiling ad for the Note 7. Epic fail.