Samsung Note 7 User Base Still Larger Than LG V20, OnePlus 3T Combined (indianexpress.com)

Posted by msmash on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @02:40AM from the sad-reality dept.

Even after two months of an official global recall for the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, 10 percent of the units sold are still in use. From a report: Research firm Apteligent reports that the number of Galaxy Note 7 phones in use outnumbers LG V20 and OnePlus 3T combined. According to 9to5Mac, which has shared details from Apteligent's research, while the Moto Z beats the Galaxy Note 7 in terms of usage, the margin is quite low. The report also adds that flagship smartphones such as Google Pixel, Pixel XL and Sony Xperia XZ which were announced around the same time as Note 7's recall have managed to outnumber its user base.

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No Subject by dontbemad · 2016-12-21 03:15 · Score: 4, Interesting

To take a break from the rhetoric for a few moments, it is interesting to think that, even with so many Note 7s still in use, the reports of "exploding batteries" have all but evaporated.

Maybe it is because the phone officially "doesn't exist" anymore, or maybe it is because people don't find it newsworthy enough to report anymore, Whatever the reason, it certainly does show how a thing's problems only really matter for as long as media hype is able to be drawn from it.

I personally have to wonder if Samsung made the product recall because of a truly flawed device or if it was because of the overwhelming negative perception about the device.