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Verizon Changes Its Mind and Will Kill Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 on January 5th (theverge.com)

Posted by msmash on from the change-in-heart dept.

Verizon has just announced that it plans to roll out Samsung's upcoming Note 7 update, which permanently stops the recalled smartphone from charging and disables its wireless radios, on January 5th. Only last week, the leading US carrier took a controversial stance when it said it would "not be taking part in this update because of the added risk this could pose to Galaxy Note 7 users that do not have another device to switch to." From a report on The Verge: The company was particularly concerned about nuking the Note 7 during the holiday travel season, something that its US rivals also seemed to take into consideration when scheduling a roll-out date for the update. AT&T is waiting until the very same day. Sprint will release it on January 8th. And T-Mobile's going first among major US carriers on December 27th. Verizon still seems to think it's making the right decision pushing things off a bit for the same reasons. "We want to make sure you can contact family, first responders, and emergency medical professionals during the holiday travel season."

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  1. It's been months, give it up by Virtucon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's dead, get your money back and get something else. I can't imagine anyone wanting to cling onto this burning POS.

    --
    Harrison's Postulate - "For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism"
    1. Re:It's been months, give it up by thegarbz · · Score: 4, Insightful

      and the fact the cause has been established and can be prevented with care

      No it can't. There is nothing you can do to prevent it. Phones have blown up with little charge, with a lot of charge, while not on charge, while not on, and in every other category you can think of.

      Second, and more important, I hope they get sued into the ground for this.

      They won't. In fact what they did should be grounds for cases against them to be thrown out. Pro-actively working to get a known dangerous device out of people's hands, offering not only a full refund but also breaking people out of contracts, and giving discounts on other devices is about as socially responsible as it gets.

      It's like not taking your car in due to a recall notice then the car company shows up and you wake up to a crushed cube in your driveway.

      No. It's like getting an email to tell you that in 100km your car won't start anymore and to drive it to the service centre where you will get 100% of your original value of the car back along with a discount on a brand new car.