Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone

[brooklynite]

Source: Wall Street Journal

SEOUL— Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday that it would permanently discontinue production and sales of its embattled Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, pulling the plug on a premium product whose botched recall has brought headaches to consumers and inflicted damage on the Samsung brand.

Samsung said in a filing with South Korean regulators that it would permanently cease production and sales of the device, following a string of reported incidents in which supposedly safe replacements of the premium smartphone overheated and in some cases caught fire.

Read more: http://www.wsj.com/articles/samsung-to-permanently-discontinue-galaxy-note-7-smartphone-1476177331

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[Sherman A1]

1. Wow

that's going to hurt.....

[cstanleytech]

5. Probably not as much as you think as you can bet they will probably simply write it off on

their taxes.

[MicaelS]

6. Think of all the accessories like cases

Made by 3rd party vendors. All that stuff will have to be RMA'd to the vendors and destroyed. The vendors will be screaming to Samsung.

[Crowman1979]

2. Makes me glad I never bought a smartphone.

I'll stick with my flip-phone.

[Nitram]

4. I'm with you. Crowman. I never fly by jet. Always take prop planes cause they're safer.

Did you know the Douglas DC-3 has a glide ration of 14:1 and a stalling speed of 35mph? So much safer.

[cstanleytech]

7. Hate to break it to you but devices having the issue that Samsung is having now

is not limited to smartphones and overheating can happen to any device even a device like a TV can catch on fire.

[onehandle]

3. What about their TVs, tablets, washers, dryers, dishwashers, etc that are also starting fires?

Samsung is well known for rushing products to market without testing.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Yikes

I was looking to eventually update my Galaxy S4 - possibly with a Note. But I guess not. This pretty much kills further Notes.

I am thinking they could reintroduce the functionality using the GalaxyTab moniker, where I am thinking the Note is just a smaller version of the 7" GalaxyTab with phone functionality. I have 3 versions of the GalaxyTab and haven't really had any problems with them.

(and before anyone suggests this - I have several idevices including 2 iPhones- an old 4 & a 6+ and 3 iPads - a 3, a mini, and an Air2).

And I do still have my mom's old flip phone.

[B2G]

12. Get a Galaxy

They're awesome.

[NickB79]

13. Have we finally reached the point where we can't pack any more shit into our phones?

We expect them to make calls, make texts, surf the net at blazing speeds, play games (some now VR games), take and store thousands of mind-bogglingly clear pictures and videos, stream Netflix, shop on Amazon, serve as a GPS, post to Facebook and Twitter, work as a calendar, and a host of other things.

We then expect them to pack enough juice to run all these apps to get us through the day before we plug them in at night.

Maybe we're simply pushing up against the limits of technology and safe battery energy density levels?

[cynatnite]

14. Already ordered an iPhone to replace my replacement Note 7...

The guy at T-Mobile told me not to charge my Note 7 at night.

The new iPhone is on back order.

I considered myself a loyal Galaxy user. Not anymore.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

15. Their new model: The Asbestos 8

[font color=black size=3 face=impact]Wait... what's the problem *now*?[/font]

[davidn3600]

16. I've been disappointed with Samsung for awhile

Their quality control for many of their products seems to be really going down the crapper. I know people who have had trouble with their appliances and TVs too. Their TVs recently seem to be getting mysterious black lines spontaneously. There are thousands of complaints about that problem on the internet.

Samsung used to be one of the top brands you can buy. But I'd hesitate right now until they get their act together. There is a corporate culture problem going on there.