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Samsung To Sell Refurbished Galaxy Note 7 With a Smaller Battery, Says Report (androidauthority.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the back-from-the-dead dept.

According to a report via The Korean Economic Daily, Samsung is said to be putting refurbished Galaxy Note 7 handsets on sale with new batteries following the cancellation of the device late last year. The speculation suggests the smartphones could be relaunched this June. Android Authority reports: Samsung is said to be swapping the Note 7's 3,500 mAh batteries with a "3,000 to 3,200 mAh" batteries, according to The Korean Economic Daily's sources, predominately for sale in emerging markets such as India and Vietnam. The move is said to be part of Samsung's plan to recover costs from the initial device recall and avoid environmental penalties from the estimated 2.5 million or so Galaxy Note 7s it would have to dispose of. Samsung hasn't made any official announcements in this vein, but before the battery investigation concluded, a spokesperson did tell us that the company was: "Reviewing possible options that can minimize the environmental impact of the recall." Shifting refurbished units would certainly be one way to achieve that.

7 of 73 comments (clear)

  1. Fire sale on refurbished Note 7's in June by naughtynaughty · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Actually a good plan to save an otherwise really nice phone. I'd buy one if the price was right.

    1. Re:Fire sale on refurbished Note 7's in June by JackieBrown · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'll shill for them!! My cost: one refurbished Note 7.

  2. What about the airlines? by The+Grim+Reefer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Did the FAA lift the ban on these?

  3. Deflation by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    If the battery is smaller, it cannot be a galaxy. Rename it Star Cluster Note 7.

    Or more appropriately, Cluster Fuck 7.

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  4. I'm not sure I follow by rmdingler · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Kill your #2 best selling phone in a rather respectable, billion dollar act of seppuku, and then bring the maternal copulater back?

    The smaller battery could've fixed it in the first place if you'd left the easily replaced battery as a bloody option. Twats.

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    1. Re:I'm not sure I follow by Tough+Love · · Score: 2

      Or an iPhone fatality or you, soon to suffer a gastric detonation due to excessive anal tension.

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  5. Re:No! by queazocotal · · Score: 2

    So damaged that if it is available cheaper, I'm buying one.