Most of the phones people want to trade it in for, like the Pixels and LG V20, haven't been released yet.
I'm not going with anything outside of the above.
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Another Samsung Note 7 explosion w/ video
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Most of the phones people want to trade it in for, like the Pixels and LG V20, haven't been released yet.
I'm not going with anything outside of the above.
kitchenmotors
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Exactly. This has been a huge fuck up on Samsungs part, they were slow to do any sort of recall and then they didn't test the new phones properly before sending them out. People defending them or not taking in their phones are really acting crazy and stupid, plain and simple. I'm glad they're banning these things on airlines, don't want to have to deal with an accident because of a fanboy too stubborn to just give it up.
Transistor
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Get a cheap Android phone to hold you over until they release.
To be fair, they had over 100 testers trying to figure out how to replicate the explosion conditions after the 2nd versions came out and they couldn't do it. They straight up do not know why they are exploding, or at least leading us to believe that.
I'm going to see if my old AT&T Galaxy S4 works with T-Mobile.
If it does, I may just hold out for the Galaxy Note 8 redemption tour.
Saint Gregory
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My co-workers Note7 went last weekend and he described it looking pretty much exactly like that and said he could smell it starting to smoke first. I broke down and returned mine this morning. Painful but obviously necessary.
You mean, the Galaxy S8 Pro/XL. There's no way they're sticking with the "Note" brand.
:lol
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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...Why would this effect something that isn't a samsung Note 7?
Glitchesarecool
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Actually (at least in our case) Samsung did a direct SMS to the Note 7 saying to bring it in immediately, and also that Note 7s were banned on planes due to the danger.
fluffydelusions
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It's negligent for people to still be using it in public, or even in places like apartment blocks.
I would be very unhappy, however small the chance may be, if I end up involved in a fire caused by a Note 7 user.
Might not be dramatic in the video but it's on a concrete floor not surrounded by anything flammable.
Man, the fact that the ones with replaced batteries also catch fire is unacceptable. I was likely to buy a Samsung phone this year, but the fact that they just assumed it was the battery and quickly went for battery replacements before understanding what is actually wrong with these phones is completely unacceptable in my opinion.
They went the cheap/quick route of problem solving for something potentially dangerous (fire) and they will pay very, very dearly for that. If just the first batch of phones had this problem and they understood what was going on and solved it, the damage would be less in my opinion. But a recall and replacement without any fix is what pushes it over the edge in terms of consumer trust.
They went the cheap/quick route of problem solving for something potentially dangerous (fire) and they will pay very, very dearly for that. If just the first batch of phones had this problem and they understood what was going on and solved it, the damage would be less in my opinion. But a recall and replacement without any fix is what pushes it over the edge in terms of consumer trust.
People are defending them because there's multiple examples of Samsung contacting people that have Note 7's to return them and telling them they are banned on Airplanes.
Samsung did the right things here, it's not on them that people are not returning the phones. Anyone that has one should be returning it or have already returned it.
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