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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."
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.
Look, I took the liberty of examining that phone when I got it home, and I discovered the only reason that it had been showing anything on its display in the first place was that a print of a screen capture had been GLUED there.
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Except that the Note7 was never a good replacement for the Note4, The combination of the non-removable battery, the atrocious "edge" display, and the increased lockdown of the firmware, has confirmed that the Note4 I currently have will likely be my last Samsung device. On the bright side, I've also seen no reason to replace it as it still functions perfectly (on it's second battery, see replaceable batteries ARE a good thing!)
It's not the battery fire fiasco that turned me off Samsung, everyone makes mistakes, and once they are fixed there's no reason to keep punishing them. What turned me off was that the Note series started out as an enthusiasts phone with tons of practicality, they've destroyed that, and their other offerings are no better.
I'm not yet sure what my next phone will be, but unless Samsung does a 180 on almost all their recent policies, it won't be one of theirs.
From the PR point of view this is a very bad move.
Disagree, they've been riding on bad PR from green groups who have kept this at the forefront.
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.
Actually people have many good associations with the fire catching Note 7s, which is why so many people didn't want to let it go in the first place. It was in many regards an awesome phablet and the lack of the Note 7 leaves a gaping hole in the market. Re-introducing the Note 7:
- Shows that Samsung can fix defects.
- Puts good hardware back on the market.
- Reminds people what kind of a phone it is when it doesn't burst into flames.
- Recovers some huge sunk costs.
Given people's incredibly short memory of {$techgadget} gate, there's no reason this will continue to be bad PR. Well. ... Unless tomorrow the news comes out that all those idiots thinking recalled Note 7s were collectors items suddenly find their hordes devalued.