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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.
How does that even work?
[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…
The Note was not a flagship line. Samsung has so many other industries that I think it will do just fine in the long run.
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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.
Not anymore, that was true once, but doesn't work for me anymore (Germany).
This is the second article i can't access in a short time. Please consider changing the url to the nytimes article or deleting the article on itselve. I don't think HN should contain links to paywalled sites like wsj.com
Click on 'web' link below the title above, this will take you to a google search for the story, which generally allows you to read the full story (for SEO purposes)
Even from Google I only get the paywall now.
They still haven't actually started a recall of the 'fixed'versions of the device though. I know people who bought them from carriers can get refunds/replacements but some buyers on Samsung's own web store have already been waiting weeks to arrange replacement or refunds of the v1 devices. Manufacturing defects happen. Design defects happen. Even criminal activities by employees happen, but it's up to the leadership…
https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-will-ask-all-global-...
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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).
[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…
The Note was not a flagship line. Samsung has so many other industries that I think it will do just fine in the long run.
[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…
The Note was not a flagship line. Samsung has so many other industries that I think it will do just fine in the long run.
Note 7 could have one day extremely high value as rare device.
At least for me, the fire risk would make me entertain the other less flammable options in the vast market of android devices - regardless of a pricing point. The thought that it could combust into flames unsupervised while I'm say, in the shower is enough to make me really not want it.
I know the chances are small but reputation goes a long way especially if that reputation is "may explode".