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Galaxy Note 8 Sets New Pre-Order Record For Samsung Despite Last Year's Disaster (theverge.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: The Note brand is still going strong despite Samsung recalling and discontinuing Note 7 devices last year for battery explosions. The company today announced that more customers in the U.S. have preordered the Note 8 than any other Notes it has ever sold in previous years during the same time period. Note 8 preorders went live on August 24th and the device is one of Samsung's most expensive smartphones to date, starting at $930. It's unapologetically pricey, though Samsung did attempt to offset that price tag with some presale offers. Samsung did not specify exactly how many Note 8 preorders it has received so far, but judging by how popular Note 7s were last year before everything went down, it seems that little has deterred Note fans from upgrading -- not even the price tag.
I don't want a stylus (Jobs was right) and 4gb vs 6b ram isn't worth the price difference.
Actually, I don't want a phone with bloatware but eh whatayagonna do? Pixel2. Don't think so.
Dude we know you're a fanboi but give it a rest, there's been record after record in Samsung sales since "last year" disaster.
lucm, indeed.
"Phablet" is an incredibly stupid term. Please stop using it.
See $SUBJ...
Ezekiel 23:20
Man sales are really on fire!
No
Bombastic news!
As a result. Pent up demand for a brand for users attached to the ecosystem.
I'll give them one more chance. Everyone has a bad day once in awhile.
.. Is that, even though they had a pretty big issue, they took care of people sufficiently well enough in responding to it that they didn't feel burned (no pun intended) and feel like they would be taken care of again. As I always tell my kids, it's not the fact that you screwed up, it's what you do next that counts most.
Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
only faglets use 'phablet.'
Only dicklets use faglets
The company today announced that more customers in the U.S. have preordered the Note 8 than any other Notes it has ever sold
Perhaps there are a lot more ISIS sleeper cells in the US than previously thought.
T-Mobile is doing BOGO on Note 8's, Verizon sells them 50% off, Note 7 owners can get up to $425 discount from Samsung. And until 24 Sept. you can get up to $230 of accessories free with it. They sell like hotcakes when they're cheapened. Eats into profit though. Good thing the Samsung OLED division is making iPhone screens profitably.
Google Pixel phone is supposed to be a cutting edge device to lead the Android market forward. Yet here is Samsung, and even the software on Samsungs leaves Google's devices for dust, (the hardware you can't even come close) to. e.g. Dex, drop the phone into a cradle and it turns into a windowing system with mouse and keyboard like desktop experience. Multipane shortcuts, it's pathetic that my tablet flips into portrait mode for messaging. Far superious stylus support, a mass of superior software. Features. feature features.
So, we're in delusional stage, where Google thinks its still the leader of Android, and it's a split point where the Chinese have their own trial versions to rival Samsung. HARDLY ANYONE IS FOLLOWING GOOGLE. Xiaomi's A1 overpriced phone aside. This is a split point because the Chinese can simply split off and ditch Google and add all the features Google won't or can't and render Google irrelevant. You think Google control Google play so you control Android phones, yet how many of those Google play apps are yours Google? They'll go where the phones go.
Remember how stagnant Windows became? How Ballmer didn't have a clue. Then Google took their mobile market and was soon to take the tablet and laptop market too, but then they stopped. Pixel C came out, it was fucking useless, it was a large tablet that behaved like a large phone. The software in no way handled the large screen. It had no support for stylus work, it was effectively a fisher price phone. Large version of a everything, big buttons, a childs toy of a tablet. The software guys did not deliver a tablet, they delivered a large phone. That was 2015.
It's late 2017 and hardly any progress. So how exactly do Google lead the market. None of these users are pre-ordering the newest 'pixel' thing. Google clearly needs a wakeup call.
And here's Samsung, with $1000 phablet with all these features, and they fly off the shelves, customers love them, because they deliver features customers want, and Google deliver features Google wants. That Chrome OS integration, how many customers wanted that? Are pre-orders of your hybrid tablets so great?? The trackpad it adds, did anyone want that? Do you make software for your own amusement Google or for customers?
One lovely morning (about a month ago) I woke up to realise that my s7 edge gained some weight .. more specifically it was bloated to the point that the rear glass was de-laminating from the rest of the phone.
OK, took the glass off (and broke it), ordered a new one, along with a new battery. 20 minute operation later it was working.
2 weeks ago a grey spot appeared in the centre of the screen. Dead pixels. Googling around revealed that this is common.
My S4 is 4 years old at least. In perfect shape (3rd battery). Wife's S5 same on original battery (screen cracked, but that's her fault) . ...
Also my new Samsung bluetooth headphones lasted 3 months before they died (one side dead).
I guess I will not get a Samsung as I am not happy with the quality control that's going on right now.
My 12.2 Note Pro haven't seen a software update for ages. Never dropped, it is doing strange stuff, at 50% the SD card unmounts, screen flickers. The chrome peeled, the whole case is peeling fake leather rubber. The ipads and iphone twice its age are still working (minus the one eaten by the dog after dropped by the kid)... but I don't want that other OS anymore :)
Maybe a flip phone and a cheap tablet. Tether them and done, I can browse. I am tired of expensive crap dying for no reason under good care.
Well .. my 10c .... I loved Samsung and now I don't anymore. Quality turned shit.
I don't get the specific fear of the "note" line. It is a different phone! It is not like it has 'evolved' from the Note 7, and has to have the same flaws.
Also I don't understand why anyone but a few power users would upgrade? My galaxy note 3 is now 4 years, in perfect shape. Can run anything I throw at it. Still a huge screen with more pixels than I can see. And has a new battery!
Which is another point; new phones are IP67 or whatever compliant. Waterproof down to several meters. Oh, and btw, that feature ensures that you can no longer replace the battery. Which dies after 2+ years!
I have NEVER needed a waterproof phone. It is a very nice feature. But NOT at the cost of avoiding planned obsolescence. I want to be able to replace my battery.
It should be a legal requirement that the user can replace the battery. And if the can't, the company should be legally required to replace the battery for no more than 5% of price of the original device, for at least 10 years.
Sir yes sir!
...maybe this year people are expecting the new Samsung phone to be able to make grilled cheese sandwiches.