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Samsung is Hoping To Rekindle Note Brand Name Next Year (techcrunch.com)
Samsung is stepping up its brand damage limitation efforts in the wake of the flaming battery disaster of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone by offering owners of the recalled device in South Korea the ability to upgrade to a Galaxy S8 or Note 8 device next year if they trade in their Note 7 for a Galaxy S7 now. TechCrunch adds:The offer implies Samsung is not in fact intending to retire the Note brand name for good, despite it now being associated with smoldering batteries and exploding smartphones. A cause for the battery overheating problem, which affected some replacement Note 7 devices as well as a number of original devices, has yet to be conclusively identified by the company. Users in its home country who opt for the upgrade program will only need to pay half the price of a Galaxy S7 in order to exchange to an S8 or Note 8 next year -- so they're being offered next year's flagship Samsung phablet at around half price. The company is presumably hoping brand loyalty to the Note can begin at home, although it's possible it might extent the offer to other markets.
Best use of sarcasm in a Slashdot title so far!
"Rekindle" is a curious word choice to use when talking about a tablet ;)
The Note 7 was perfect for me, except I prefer removable battery.
That's a great idea - it will make fore some awesome marketing.
Wait, what do you mean they're not selling it to the South Korean Army as a new Hand Grenade line?
I've never buying your phones again. It's Nexus/Pixel from here on out.
They're trying to build a bomb and Samsung are making them by accident out of consumer electronics...it's a win-win! Well, except for them...and the rest of the world...crap.
I'm sticking to my current phone until new phones go back to removable batteries.
Wait, what do you mean they're not selling it to the South Korean Army as a new Hand Grenade line?
A better idea would be to sell it to the North Korean Army and wait for hilarity to ensue
...that will be sure to blow you away!
The name "Note" is strongly linked to the burning batteries, even more than "Samsung". So they're trying to make everyone forget about the battery disaster by using again the name "Note" on a new - hopefully not burning - phone? That's a big mistake. They should swallow the bad year 2016 and start with a complete new brand name next year.
Slashdot, fix the reply notifications... You won't get away with it...
There is no need to rekindle the Galaxy Note brand, it's already on fire! ;)
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
Clearly this story belongs in the good-luck-with-that dept.
Futuristic and stylish with a nice stylus and removable battery/microsd would go a long way to rebrand the note line.
Best phone I've ever owned. Amazing camera and blazing fast. Need to add external storage, and a removable battery (although you can replace the 'sealed' battery with little effort).
When Apple phones caught fire Apple fanboyz were quiet. When Apple phones told their fanboyz to hold the phone like princess Jobs they did. When Samsung has one line that had issues all the Apple fanboyz just can't seem to shut the hell up. Apple has had more fails than Samsung.
That is all (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Note)
No Thermal Explosion. They failed with the 7
I've been a happy Note owner for years, 3 different versions but when the specs on the Note 7 came out I saw it as a loser, too thin, too little battery life and I have to use mine on many flights. I've now had to show multiple flight attendants and gate agents that "no, this is a Note 6, not a Note 7." Sorry, next upgrade will be an LG for me and the Note is dead to me.
Nice try, troll.
There is no Samsung Galaxy Note 6. The Samsung Galaxy Note 7's predecessor was the Samsung Galaxy Note 5.
Samsung skipped version 6 in order to align the S line and the Note line. Previously, the S line (as in Samsung Galaxy S7 and its variants) was one version ahead of the Note.
I'm not sure using the term "re-kindle" is the best choice of words.
-Styopa
Is this in addition to a refund, or instead?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
I'm not sure they can save this. Consumers have short memories, but Ford isn't selling Pintos, irrespective of root cause.
the number for Hell is a default setting in the directory, but hey, unique feature!
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
If they rekindle this brand the sales should really ignite.
Samsung has made a lot of good phones and then one bad one.. It would be pretty ridiculous to think they couldn't go back to making good phones again, doesn't matter what it is called. I will buy the next Note simply because I need a phone with a stylus and no one else seems to be able to make one.
Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
I agree. WTF? Who pays some losers to make posts to dis the Notes? It reminds me of those BS web pages that people get paid pennies to crank out which contain frivolous, crappy content just to get page hits.
BS, the average news retention of todays consumers is a couple of months. there will be a small impact on the next gen
and nothing on the one after.
By next year, people will have no memory of these things, which is both sensible (a tiny %age of people had a real problem,
however hype has taken over) and terrible (companies need to learn from this, in the areas of treating their customers
with enough care and respect).
The big thing that can be taken away from this is that Samsung do seem capable of turning the boat around and reacting
correctly (full recall) even though it took them a little while. This is something rarely seen these days.
Sony still have a burning laptop battery issue, their third in the last ten years, which they are doing their best to avoid (and
for some reason doesnt seem to be all over the front pages of every news outlet, or result in laptops being banned from
flights..)
Apple are happily making people replace (and the consumers cost) phones with fault touch screens, because 'apple'.
... and I am not inclined to replace it by any device without a replaceable battery.
And by the way, of course the replacement batteries I bought are from 3rd-party manufacturers, of which there are very good ones, reliable and not quite as explosive as Samsung originals, yet still less expensive.
Note 6. lol. Good one.
Oh the irony. The jokes just keep coming.
I do not block ads. I do block third party scripts.
Ransam sung note!
My guess is that this name was decided by the father of current Samsung president so his son and current president cannot change this without "humiliating" his father.
I dare you, try it. I'll switch brands if the 8 is curved ONLY.
Don't pull an apple and be brave or courageous, damn well give us options
I really hope that Samsung does not kill the Note line. That would leave me desperate for another manufacturer to bring out an equivalent.
I remember going out of my way to spend over US$3,000 on a Windows laptop with a screen the rotated so it was over the keyboard and had a digitiser that allowed my to take handwritten notes. When it was new, it had a useful battery life of over 10 hours and it took it to every meeting. It was amazing that I no longer had to carry, or produce, any paperwork when traveling. Being able to take my notes and use handwriting recognition to turn them into something that I could share with colleagues made me more productive. Filling in the many forms that I used in my job on that screen was a pleasure. Being in a minority with this doesn't bother me at all.
I've had a few Android phones and a couple of those were Notes. In fact, I'm still using a Note 4 and have no interest in replacing it. Having a removable battery and SDcard support is important to me and Samsung dropped both in the Note 5... Right now, my two year old Note 4 can be made as good as new by simply putting in a new battery. For much more than a quick note, I find using the on screen keyboards annoying and will just take a handwritten note or use handwriting recognition. They only time typing is my preferred input method is when I'm using a full size (real) keyboard.
I also have a Note tablet that I use for a lot of personal notes. It is used for my morning web browsing and it great for reading books, pdfs and office documents because it has a high resolution screen and weighs very little.
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