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

Posted by msmash on 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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  1. No Subject by dontbemad · · 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.

    1. Re:No Subject by chmod+a+x+mojo · · Score: 5, Informative

      Well, by the available numbers from a quick look around, only 0.004% of the phones actually caught fire.

      The numbers I found were 92 reports of fires out of 2.5 million devices produced.

      It may not be the greatest thing in the world to have around, especially since there is a pretty good indication that battery swell over the life of the unit will increase the fire risk, but that is nowhere near the media hype of "GNote7 = every one of these is a bomb in your pocket that WILL burst into flames and try to molest your kids ZOMG!!!".

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      To err is human; effective mayhem requires the root password!
    2. Re:No Subject by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      As anecdotal evidence (which as one data point, isn't worth much) I just returned my Note 7 last week and had been actively using it until then with no issue. The main decision to do so was monetary incentive benefits outweighing costs.

      I believe the core problem is, as often the case, cultural. We are extremely risk adverse and have been trained to be risk adverse in all aspects of our life. Coupled with that, most people cannot assess real risk factors they deal with daily (e.g., driving) to understand just how dangerous things are comparatively. Any failure to mitigate risk, no matter how minuscule, is socially shunned by others to perpetuate this state (and to inflate egos, "well I would have NEVER done that" .. "can you believe how irresponsible").

      It radiates into many aspects of our lives from what I've seen. From education (test scores, grade inflation,etc.) and investment behavior (often avoiding high risk options) to millennials taking hefty health insurance policies at early ages and constant promotion of fear mongering in the media. Yellow and false journalism is quite rampant still, as we observed in the 2016 election--and frankly on a daily basis. Wait until the US starts to get snow, it'll be the snowocalypse on every local media station and stores will be emptied of bread and milk.

      Combine those factors will a poor education (including understanding of probability and statistics) and it's no wonder most people are constantly awaiting the apocalypse, and many others just itching to say "I told you so."

  2. I went through 2 Note 7's by dkone · · Score: 4, Informative

    I loved the Note 7, it was such an awesome upgrade from my Note 3. Got the first 7, traded it back on the first recall for a temporary S7 edge which I didn't like. Traded the edge S7 back for a 'safe' Note 7. Got the second recall notice and waited until the V20 came out and traded for that. At this point my attitude toward Samsung is 'fuck Samsung'. Sure I got a $25 credit on my bill, but I also got to spend a total of about 4+ hours dicking around in the ATT store transferring and activating phones. The V20 is a very nice phone. If you are looking for a Note 7 replacement take a look at the V20.