Note 7 on blast

[spinedoc77]

Samsung might as well get out of the phone business at this point. Rumors from some of the consumer monitoring services are saying there are 70+ cases of exploding phone in the that have been reported so far IN THE US ALONE. To top that off, they've already severely burned a toddler in Japan with their "Galaxy Core" model... so it's not even "just" the Note 7.



I say this to you few misguided macrumors members who post here(and no doubt at least one will see this post) who also bought stock in this Korean company:

Sell now or prepare to hold for a decade. If you were crazy enough to actually buy one of these phones and still haven't turned it over to your local unexploded ordinance officer please do so immediately, and then immediately drive home, open your Schwab account, sell your Samsung stock and put it all in AAPL if you want to make money. Or other stocks if you want to gamble. Then buy an iPhone 7 if you have any money left and enjoy that explosion-free iOS goodness.


This is the beginning of the end of Samsung phones. I'm eying my smart-tv suspiciously at this moment, and def won't be buying another samsung anything for safety reasons. Too bad for me, too... I do like their displays. They make a decent washer/dryer too.

Nah. How is Toyota and Honda doing these days? Samsung is a huge company, and they do a LOT more than just sell smartphones. It's actually probably a great time to buy stock. This time next year when the S8 and iPhone 8 are competing head to head and they release a folding phone those stock holders will surely be pleased.

 

[mi7chy]

To top that off, they've already severely burned a toddler in Japan with their "Galaxy Core" model... so it's not even "just" the Note 7.

When did New York become part of Japan? And, it's more than 70 when you add iPhones.

http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/5-on-your-side/iphone-explodes-in-st-peters-mans-pocket/265410117

http://www.pressherald.com/2014/01/31/kennebunk_student_s_cellphone_catches_fire_in_pocket_/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/02/01/newser-iphone-fire/5101833/

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news...Phone-Caught-Fire-In-My-Pocket-303150061.html

http://www.khou.com/news/local/man-describes-how-iphone-6s-catches-fire-while-charging/99231628

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...-after-iphone-catches-fire-mid-flight-n543516

http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/66037216-story

http://www.ejinsight.com/20150706-tai-wai-womans-iphone-6-plus-explodes-while-being-charged/

http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/1648947-story

 

[Technarchy]

Read more news sources. This is a much bigger story than you think, especially since the airlines weighed in.

 

[spinedoc77]

Hi, Mr. Cook.

I almost didn't recognize you.

I think Cook has more sense than that.

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

Samsung might as well get out of the phone business at this point. Rumors from some of the consumer monitoring services are saying there are 70+ cases of exploding phone in the that have been reported so far IN THE US ALONE. To top that off, they've already severely burned a toddler in Japan with their "Galaxy Core" model... so it's not even "just" the Note 7.



I say this to you few misguided macrumors members who post here(and no doubt at least one will see this post) who also bought stock in this Korean company:

Sell now or prepare to hold for a decade. If you were crazy enough to actually buy one of these phones and still haven't turned it over to your local unexploded ordinance officer please do so immediately, and then immediately drive home, open your Schwab account, sell your Samsung stock and put it all in AAPL if you want to make money. Or other stocks if you want to gamble. Then buy an iPhone 7 if you have any money left and enjoy that explosion-free iOS goodness.


This is the beginning of the end of Samsung phones. I'm eying my smart-tv suspiciously at this moment, and def won't be buying another samsung anything for safety reasons. Too bad for me, too... I do like their displays. They make a decent washer/dryer too.

This is an epic Apple fanboyism rant. You're eying your Samsung Smart TV now? LMAO.

 

[Gathomblipoob]

To top that off, they've already severely burned a toddler in Japan with their "Galaxy Core" model...

Japan's a long way from Brooklyn, or is this a second incident?

 

[touchstoned]

Japan's a long way from Brooklyn, or is this a second incident?

Yeah it was Brooklyn! Dunno where I got Japan, I don't even think they sell many Samsung phone there.



Oh, well... that's actually much worse. Nothing costs a foreign company more than injuring americans and nothing costs any company more than injuring kids. I'm not kidding or trolling when I suggest Samsung walks away from the Smartphone table. They had a good run, and almost came close to giving apple a run for its money... but the good times have ended and Samsung has nothing but lots of profit to lose and little, if any, to gain from staying in a business they clearly are terrible at. If Samsung is smart, which it isn't, they will walk away from the table with their best-in-class ASP (A whole 30-40% of Apple's! That's amazing by android vendor standards) and feel good about all the dumb american consumers, like myself, they duped into buying their phones when they could've been enjoying a sweet washer/dryer or air conditioning unit.


It's gonna be a hard, hard winter on Seoul this year.

 

[mi7chy]

If Samsung is smart, which it isn't, they will walk away from the table with their best-in-class ASP (A whole 30-40% of Apple's! That's amazing by android vendor standards) and feel good about all the dumb american consumers, like myself, they duped into buying their phones when they could've been enjoying a sweet washer/dryer or air conditioning unit.

How did Samsung dupe you? You think the iPhone 6S in your signature is a Samsung device?

 

[JaySoul]

There is a hell of a lot of coverage in the UK, it was the lead on national news the day it broke, and has been bubbling ever since.

 

[touchstoned]

Well, if you are from the UK.. then you should be very well accustomed to the censorship our government offers Samsung. Apple, being an American company, isn't going to take **** from the US govt like Samsung will. Hell, we could make them re-name their company Gumsang and they wouldn't say a thing.
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How did Samsung dupe you? You think the iPhone 6S in your signature is a Samsung device?

They tricked me into buying an iPhone with a faulty chip, the first bad one I ever got. It would randomly shut down with anywhere from 20-40% battery life left. I got it replaced for free, because the phone as a whole was made by Apple and isn't a POS, it was just the chip.


Wonder why Apple stopped using them as a foundry? Because they suck, at engineering. Damn good marketing though!

 

[mi7chy]

They tricked me into buying an iPhone with a faulty chip, the first bad one I ever got. It would randomly shut down with anywhere from 20-40% battery life left. I got it replaced for free, because the phone as a whole was made by Apple and isn't a POS, it was just the chip.

That's the symptom of a bad battery but nice try. Apple doesn't make anything. They outsource to Chinese manufacturers like Foxconn.

 

[AppleRobert]

Soon to be in the wasteland or locked, guaranteed.

 

[nj-morris]

It's common news. If it was Apple I would probably hear just as much people talking about it.

 

[I7guy]

When did New York become part of Japan? And, it's more than 70 when you add iPhones.

http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/5-on-your-side/iphone-explodes-in-st-peters-mans-pocket/265410117

http://www.pressherald.com/2014/01/31/kennebunk_student_s_cellphone_catches_fire_in_pocket_/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/02/01/newser-iphone-fire/5101833/

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news...Phone-Caught-Fire-In-My-Pocket-303150061.html

http://www.khou.com/news/local/man-describes-how-iphone-6s-catches-fire-while-charging/99231628

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...-after-iphone-catches-fire-mid-flight-n543516

http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/66037216-story

http://www.ejinsight.com/20150706-tai-wai-womans-iphone-6-plus-explodes-while-being-charged/

http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/1648947-story

One of the best deflections yet.

 

[Savor]

The moment we read that Samsung wants to release S8 sooner and stops showing Note7 ads in their home country, the moment you realize Samsung has raised the white flag on the Note7. Every transportation station from airplanes to trains wants to ban this phone. The most beautiful phone of 2016 is now getting sweeped under the rug and Samsung wants to quickly forget it considering how embarrassing it has become for them.

Project Valley better wow us early next year or Samsung may never recover from this. Like Apple's gloom and doom, I believe Samsung will recover. They are innovative. But Samsung should stop being like Apple and start being their South Korean rival, LG. A company that stayed TRUE to themselves when they were the only one on the removable battery island when everyone left. None of this planned obsolescence crap.

METAL removable back = resistance to fingerprints

Samsung could have saved a ton of money with this feature...

But the greed from fashion over function and planned obsolescence is why this is Samsung's karma...

Be like LG. Not Apple.

 

[I7guy]

The moment we read that Samsung wants to release S8 sooner and stops showing Note7 ads in their home country, the moment you realize Samsung has raised the white flag on the Note7. Every transportation station from airplanes to trains wants to ban this phone. The most beautiful phone of 2016 is now getting sweeped under the rug and Samsung wants to quickly forget it considering how embarrassing it has become for them.

Project Valley better wow us early next year or Samsung may never recover from this. Like Apple's gloom and doom, I believe Samsung will recover. They are innovative. But Samsung should stop being like Apple and start being their South Korean rival, LG. A company that stayed TRUE to themselves when they were the only one on the removable battery island when everyone left. None of this planned obsolescence crap.

METAL removable back = resistance to fingerprints

Samsung could have saved a ton of money with this feature...


But the greed from fashion over function and planned obsolescence is why this is Samsung's karma...

Be like LG. Not Apple.

Now what about karma?

 

[admob71]

If this had been Apple, the usual tech sites would have gone nuts and expect to see the editorials on how could Apple be so negligent. They will go on and and write full length editorials on how removing the headphone jack is a bad thing but nothing on how could Samsung release a phone with this potentially lethal problem.

What's the issue fella, you seem to want something to happen to a company you have no ties to. Plus seem upset that another company you have no ties to might have got more flak? I don't understand?

Good day.
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everyone with any samsung phone.

I don't think they are really knowledgeable enough to distinguish the phones, so it is easier to have people do that.

What about the folks with phones that had Samsung parts in them? #justsaying.

 

[touchstoned]

Short that *

To the US Citizen Samsung fans

By the way, not to alarm you.... but, as Americans you should support an American company (Apple) over a foreign defense-contracting conglomerate entity (Samsung) in a right-wing vassal republic in perpetual war with its closest neighbor and relatives for 60 years. Where is your sense of patriotism? Or taste, for that matter? I guess it can be said that by being a Samsung fan, you're basically just a fan of iPhones... but you prefer knockoffs. That's been Samsung's entire smartphone business plan (Step 1: copy Apple, Step 2:??, Step 3: Profit). It works pretty well, look at where "innovators" in android like HTC end up.

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

Short that *

To the US Citizen Samsung fans

By the way, not to alarm you.... but, as Americans you should support an American company (Apple) over a foreign defense-contracting conglomerate entity (Samsung) in a right-wing vassal republic in perpetual war with its closest neighbor and relatives for 60 years. Where is your sense of patriotism? Or taste, for that matter? I guess it can be said that by being a Samsung fan, you're basically just a fan of iPhones... but you prefer knockoffs. That's been Samsung's entire smartphone business plan (Step 1: copy Apple, Step 2:??, Step 3: Profit). It works pretty well, look at where "innovators" in android like HTC end up.

Thanks for the laugh!!!

 

[Savor]

Samsung had acknowledged the issue early. This was basically two weeks of release until the recall. It was almost like they ratted themselves out before the media caught on. Had they acknowledged nothing and pretended there were no issues except minor issues, then I can understand the media putting them on full blast.

Does it matter anyway what the media says? The real voice matters from us. Seems like the most beautiful phone of 2016 (yes, still better than a black/jet black iPhone 7/7+) has now become a running joke. Reputation ruined. Media doesn't need to do anything to make it worse.

I just came back from a phone store 30 minutes ago. Here in Baguio City, Philippines, nomore Note7 is selling. Recalled. Damaged has been done and the one who initiated it in the first place was Samsung. Note7's reputation is forever broken and no way to recover out of this. Samsung is focusing to release S8 sooner rather than later to get rid of this current stigma.

Longshot chance for Samsung to reach their Note7 sales goal. They threw a pie in their face before the media had a say in it. Tough luck. Great phone and best phone design of the year only for its reputation to be tarnished by this recall. What more do you want Samsung to do in this situation when they are already pointing the finger at themselves? Buy you a cookie?

Samsung can recover from this. The Note7 can't.

 

[Radon87000]

The moment we read that Samsung wants to release S8 sooner and stops showing Note7 ads in their home country, the moment you realize Samsung has raised the white flag on the Note7. Every transportation station from airplanes to trains wants to ban this phone. The most beautiful phone of 2016 is now getting sweeped under the rug and Samsung wants to quickly forget it considering how embarrassing it has become for them.

Project Valley better wow us early next year or Samsung may never recover from this. Like Apple's gloom and doom, I believe Samsung will recover. They are innovative. But Samsung should stop being like Apple and start being their South Korean rival, LG. A company that stayed TRUE to themselves when they were the only one on the removable battery island when everyone left. None of this planned obsolescence crap.

METAL removable back = resistance to fingerprints

Samsung could have saved a ton of money with this feature...

But the greed from fashion over function and planned obsolescence is why this is Samsung's karma...

Be like LG. Not Apple.

Samsung doesn't engage in planned obsolescence.Unlike Apple they don't have control over software to do so.Who buys LG phones?Never seen one on the the West Coast.Samsung has not waved the white flag on Note 7.Once recalled Note 7 are out it's the phone of the year 2016 which destroys every model out there

Samsung will recover from this.Toyota killed people at one point and people still buy their cars

 

[I7guy]

Samsung doesn't engage in planned obsolescence.Unlike Apple they don't have control over software to do so.Who buys LG phones?Never seen one on the the West Coast.Samsung has not waved the white flag on Note 7.Once recalled Note 7 are out it's the phone of the year 2016 which destroys every model out there

Samsung will recover from this.Toyota killed people at one point and people still buy their cars

Actually non-removable battery is planned obsolescence by your definition. All the lag people report on these forums on android the same thing. I could citing examples using your definition, but you get the point.

Apple seems to have recovered from their issues with li-ion and chargers with a beast of a release.

 

[C DM]

Actually non-removable battery is planned obsolescence by your definition. All the lag people report on these forums on android the same thing. I could citing examples using your definition, but you get the point.

Apple seems to have recovered from their issues with li-ion and chargers with a beast of a release.

If Apple had manufacturing issues that caused batteries to combust the same people would be making fun of it all saying how that is part of Apple's "planned obsolescence" (and likely being fairly serious about it too).

 

[Radon87000]

Actually non-removable battery is planned obsolescence by your definition. All the lag people report on these forums on android the same thing. I could citing examples using your definition, but you get the point.

Apple seems to have recovered from their issues with li-ion and chargers with a beast of a release.

Its not planned obsolescence as I can get the battery replaced for a nominal charge.Its also not necessary to pay Samsung for it as a third party reputed repair shop like ubreakifix can also do it.

Pure Android by nature does not lag.Members on here ridicule it mainly because its cool to post memes and jokes about Android lagging.Google Nexus never lags.TouchWiz may show stutters at times but unlike Apple they dont increase with every software update.They decrease.For instance,in iOS 10,scrolling down 2 days worth of notifications in NC has lately started stuttering which never happened in iOS 9 while all lags of iOS 9 whilst reduced are still there compared to 8.4.1 where they were absent

If Apple had manufacturing issues that caused batteries to combust the same people would be making fun of it all saying how that is part of Apple's "planned obsolescence" (and likely being fairly serious about it too).

Right. Its not like Apple has a history of class action law suits like Touch Disease,Error 53,intentionally slowing down software,planned obsolscence law suits or anything

 

[Klyster]

Yeah it was Brooklyn! Dunno where I got Japan, I don't even think they sell many Samsung phone there.



Oh, well... that's actually much worse. Nothing costs a foreign company more than injuring americans and nothing costs any company more than injuring kids. I'm not kidding or trolling when I suggest Samsung walks away from the Smartphone table. They had a good run, and almost came close to giving apple a run for its money... but the good times have ended and Samsung has nothing but lots of profit to lose and little, if any, to gain from staying in a business they clearly are terrible at. If Samsung is smart, which it isn't, they will walk away from the table with their best-in-class ASP (A whole 30-40% of Apple's! That's amazing by android vendor standards) and feel good about all the dumb american consumers, like myself, they duped into buying their phones when they could've been enjoying a sweet washer/dryer or air conditioning unit.


It's gonna be a hard, hard winter on Seoul this year.

A touch stoned maybe?