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Galaxy Note 7 Is Not Dead, Samsung Says It Will Sell Refurbished Units (samsung.com)
Samsung announced on Monday it plans to sell refurbished units of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, months after the handset was pulled from the markets due to fire-prone batteries. The company says it is yet to determine the markets it will sell the refurbished Note 7 units, and it is in talks with relevant regulatory authorities and carriers. The company also has a plan in place for the units it doesn't want to bring back to the market. In a statement, the company said, "For remaining Galaxy Note 7 devices, components such as semiconductors and camera modules shall be detached by companies specializing in such services and used for test sample production purposes. Finally, for left over component recycling, Samsung shall first extract precious metals, such as copper, nickel, gold and silver by utilizing eco-friendly companies specializing in such processes."
It's pining for the fjords
So; is this going to be a fire sale?
Ba dum tss!
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Galaxy Note 7: I'm not dead.
Authorities and carriers: What?
Samsung: Nothing. [hands the collector his money] There's your nine pence.
Galaxy Note 7: I'm not dead!
Authorities and carriers: 'Ere, he says he's not dead.
Samsung: Yes he is.
Galaxy Note 7: I'm not.
Authorities and carriers: He isn't.
Samsung: Well, he will be soon, he's very ill.
Galaxy Note 7: I'm getting better.
Samsung: No you're not, you'll be stone dead in a moment.
Authorities and carriers: Well, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations.
Galaxy Note 7: I don't want to go on the cart.
Samsung:' Oh, don't be such a baby.
Authorities and carriers: I can't take him.
Galaxy Note 7: I feel fine.
Samsung: Oh, do me a favor.
Authorities and carriers: I can't.
Samsung: Well, can you hang around for a couple of minutes? He won't be long.
Authorities and carriers: I promised I'd be at the Robinsons'. They've lost nine today.
Samsung: Well, when's your next round?
Authorities and carriers: Thursday.
Galaxy Note 7: I think I'll go for a walk.
Samsung: You're not fooling anyone, you know. Isn't there anything you could do?
Galaxy Note 7: I feel happy. I feel happy.
[The collector paces for an idea, then whacks the body with his club, solving the problem]
Samsung: Ah, thank you very much.
Authorities and carriers: Not at all. See you on Thursday.
Samsung: Right.
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So we can still take exploding phones onto flights
Build a Man a Fire, and He'll Be Warm for a Day. Set a Man on Fire, and He'll Be Warm for the Rest of His Life.
Marvellous phone, the Note 7. Lovely plumage!
As if there are any.
Company whose leadership is being investigated for fraud (among other things) decides to re-re-re-release their failed handset, after it has already been conclusively demonstrated - by themselves, no less - that it had multiple, boneheaded design flaws that make it especially dangerous (NOTE: if you are going to reply to argue that all Lithium Ion battery powered devices are dangerous, or other similar trash, then you don't understand what the problem with the Note 7 was, go read their own reports).
And their hubris is such that they didn't even call it something else, like a Note 7B. You know, to denote that they actually did something to fix the problem. As a consumer, how do you know if you are being sold a "fixed" Note 7? Maybe it doesn't matter, because they'll probably just take whatever stock of Note 7 they have and sell it as is (again, I must underscore the fraud thing).
The least shocking part is that people will probably still buy it. There's just no helping some people.
The company says it is yet to determine the markets it will sell the refurbished Note 7 units
Probably the markets around the world with fewer lawyers to sue them when they catch fire.
bombastic news!!!
As seen on PBS, there is a plastic electrolyte that is 100% non flammable (flammability is caused by Lithium being exposed to liquid electrolyte). It doesn't help that Donald Trump cut the Arpa-E funding which that guy depended on. Anyway, doing some googling, there are a few others working on it in academia with some grant money. Why the heck aren't we using that? Why haven't companies developed that technology?
If the issue existed in the layered lithium battery and the tight tolerances of the case-battery fitment, they're probably planning a thinner (lower capacity) battery that is less likely to pinch and detonate. There's no reason it can't be just as safe as any other phone battery.
Long signatures suck.
My Note 4 is a bit long in the tooth these days.. I'd welcome a Note 7.
Seriously, Samsung isn't going to do the burning phone thing again. It was bad enough the first time, one would figure that they'd be a whole lot more careful the second time around.
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I can't wait until I'm at an airport and see someone arguing with airport security about how they have a refurbished note 7 and then they get tazed.
From the PR point of view this is a very bad move.
The less people remember about the Note 7 fiasco, the better. By reselling them, Samsung damages its reputation even further because people have exactly zero good associations with the fire catching Note 7s.
Do anything you want with them but don't create another yet another uncertainty and news material.
So Samsung have invented a way for cleaning smoke and melted plastic from the inside of smartphones without causing any further damage? Have they got a patent for this newest of technology?
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maybe call it the Samsung Galaxy Note 7R (R for refurb)
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No, that's your phone.
Were we ever expecting Samsung to actually just toss all these things into the grinder? They had a fairly high end SoC, bunch of RAM and Flash, nice screens, etc. no reason to suspect that the PMIC itself was executing batteries. Why would you scrap something like that?
For 'brand' reasons, it wouldn't be a surprise to see them shunted off to some less-loved market; or even 'de-branded' and sold in more generic livery; but scrapped?
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Hell, if they're cheap enough, I'll take one. It's not like the hardware itself is bad; the specs and screen were top of the line according to reviews.
Twice-Baked.
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In war zones?
After all, they are the hottest phones on the market.
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
Change the name to something different than Note 7; I propose "Phoenix"
Samsung has announced a partnership with the US Military for Galaxy Note 7's to help in the fight against ISIS. Their role, while not explicitly stated, seems to be well within their known capabilities.
in a cloud of flames. I hope they used a slightly smaller battery, so it has room to grow, not to glow.
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
the girl with a refurbished Galaxy Note! *capital cheers*
Weren't they denying that would happen a few months ago?
Regardless, they better not name it Galaxy Note 7 even with the refurbished thing added on.
Bans will still be on, they coudn't - understandably - do a thorough 100% recall, and they'll have to prove that the devices work safely, obviously.
I'm all in favor of that device not being completely scrapped because it's a mountain of extra e-waste to be dealt with, but it would just be a better move to name it something else and then release it on the market.
Before you start speculation and flamewars and.... ooooohhhhh wait!
Moderator please! There is a submission in the front page of /. without an article! I know no one reads them, but is in bad form not having one!!!
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> Samsung shall first extract precious metals, such as copper, nickel, gold and silver
Copper, nickel -- precious metals now? WTF?
Time to rip the copper wires out of the walls and melt them down.
Sell them to terrorists.