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[family_guy]

Last night, a 6-year old boy in Brooklyn New York was burned when the Galaxy Note 7 he was holding exploded in his hand. The youngster was rushed to Downstate Medical Center via ambulance with burns to his body.

The kid's grandmother, Linda Lewis, said that her grandson "was watching videos on the phone when the battery exploded. It set off alarms in my house." Luckily for the child, he was able to return home although he is now afraid of going near any phones. The family has been in touch with Samsung, but didn't reveal anything about the conversation(s) that took place.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Six-...ng-Galaxy-Note-7-explodes-in-his-hand_id85305

Please stop being stubborn people and return the stupid phone.

 

[Your Entertainer]

Horrible. If you're still using this phone, you need to stop.

 

[Escape Goat]

Why not just deactivate everyones phone? They are exploding.

 

[Mechanized]

How did this thing pass qa?

 

[darkwing]

lawsuits anyone?

 

[adamsappel]

Please stop being stubborn people Samsung and return recall the stupid phone.

Fixed.

 

[studyguy]

Damn that's probably some PR guy's nightmare right there.

 

[darkwing]

Fixed.

they already did?

 

[Blablurn]

This will not end well for Samsung

 

[Charcoal]

Fixed.

They did.

 

[family_guy]

Fixed.

It's been recalled by Samsung. People just aren't listening.

 

[commedieu]

More insurance fraud right folks?

 

[giga]

They did.

It's been recalled by Samsung. People just aren't listening.

Article says this?

"Some have criticized Samsung for not issuing an official recall for the Samsung Galaxy Note 7. That would force Samsung to file paperwork with various government agencies, and would make it a crime to sell the phone. The manufacturer has determined that defective batteries found in some units are leading the phone to explode."

 

[adamsappel]

they already did?

Voluntary recall. There needs to be a message from Samsung every time you turn on the phone to trade it in.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

These phones are ticking time bombs.

 

[AxelFoley]

Samsung is fucked.

 

[Pagusas]

It's been recalled by Samsung. People just aren't listening.

Has it been officially recalled through the government/consumer product safety? If not then Samsung hasnt don't enough.

 

[Dryk]

They've been filing the paperwork for an official recall too

 

[SugarDaddy]

How did this thing pass qa?

Magic

 

[Escape Goat]

Article says this?

"Some have criticized Samsung for not issuing an official recall for the Samsung Galaxy Note 7. That would force Samsung to file paperwork with various government agencies, and would make it a crime to sell the phone. The manufacturer has determined that defective batteries found in some units are leading the phone to explode."

I thought the Feds issued a recall.

edit - I guess they started working with Samsung Friday.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

It's been recalled by Samsung. People just aren't listening.

How are they made aware? If they haven't seen news of the recall online does their network provider get in touch or something?!

 

[FinalStageBoss]

How could Samsung fuck up this bad smh

 

[entremet]

Horrible. If you're still using this phone, you need to stop.

Not everyone knows.

Smartphones are so popular that it's very plausible that hundreds of thousands don't know.

 

[Angelus Errare]

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Six-...ng-Galaxy-Note-7-explodes-in-his-hand_id85305

Please stop being stubborn people and return the stupid phone.

Unless Samsung was able to beam recall notification into every owner's head there are going to be many upon many ppl who will never realize there is a recall.

Though Samsung could have at least sent out a phone notification

 

[Averon]

I wonder what is wrong with the batteries that make them explode so readily. Must be some severe design flaw.

 

[Pagusas]

Given how many ads I see Samsung airing today during the NFL games, they should be forced to use that ad space to inform people of the recall.

 

[Branduil]

How did this thing pass qa?

Yeah exploding seems like the kind of thing you should catch in testing.

 

[Future]

Not surprising. Does samsung push a recall notification directly to the phone? How do people know to send it back if they dont read much news?

 

[Escape Goat]

I wonder what is wrong with the batteries that make them explode so readily. Must be some severe design flaw.

These phones were meant for the IMF. Someone in logistics screwed up.

 

[SapphiCine]

Damn. Poor kid.

 

[Pagusas]

Yeah exploding seems like the kind of thing you should catch in testing.

Indeed. Was this phone not stressed tested at all? Is it battery imperfections causing the explosion? Is it a hardware fault?

 

[Jarmel]

Seems like it should be a mandatory recall at this point.

 

[Dineren]

I think all the major carriers have sent out text messages and emails to all owner's of the Note 7. I'm curious if any are still trying to sell it. Seems crazy if so, at&t at least aren't currently selling it and aren't even allowing orders for the replacements at this time.

 

[andythinkpad]

Supposedly only the Chinese Note 7 phones don't need to recall because the Vietnamese battery didn't pass the China version of FCC so the Chinese Note 7 use battery sourced in Japan. All other Note 7 used exploding battery.

So this is a quality control issue detectable even before the shit hit the fan.

 

[FinalStageBoss]

And why aren't they sending notifications directly to the phone? Not everyone is going to know about this.

 

[brandonh83]

That's horrible but haven't there been numerous incidents now? People should probably not be using them at this point.

 

[RS4-]

Sounds like its cheaper for Samsung to get sued by everyone instead of just making it mandatory and doing the goddamn paperwork.

 

[CharminUltra]

Samsung is going to have a blast fixing this.

 

[family_guy]

Unless Samsung was able to beam recall notification into every owner's head there are going to be many upon many ppl who will never realize there is a recall.

Though Samsung could have at least sent out a phone notification

True, but for the people who do know about it, like people on this very forum and still keep the phone, what are they waiting for?

 

[Lucky Seven]

Why not just deactivate everyones phone? They are exploding.

Article says they will after the 30th.

 

[rc213]

Would not be surprised if the owner of said phone knew but just decided to wait it out.

At work i have 2 co-workers who refuse to bring it to give it back. Both say they'll be fine if they only charge it sporadically and only when they can keep an eye on the phone.

 

[TraBuch]

What's the last mandatory recall for a product as big as a Note 7?

 

[Dishwalla]

That's horrible but haven't there been numerous incidents now? People should probably not be using them at this point.

Some people don't pay attention to news.

 

[Leona Lewis]

Supposedly only the Chinese Note 7 phones don't need to recall because the Vietnamese battery didn't pass the China version of FCC so the Chinese Note 7 use battery sourced in Japan. All other Note 7 used exploding battery.

So this is a quality control issue detectable even before the shit hit the fan.

wow

Samsung is fucked

 

[Azure Dream]

It's shocking they let batteries this volatile out the door.

Unless Samsung was able to beam recall notification into every owner's head there are going to be many upon many ppl who will never realize there is a recall.

Though Samsung could have at least sent out a phone notification

Seriously, with all the crap Samsung loads up the phones with, there's so many ways they could easily contact people with the correct device ID and say, "Hey, this is a Note 7, you need to exchange it now."

 

[Condom]

Supposedly only the Chinese Note 7 phones don't need to recall because the Vietnamese battery didn't pass the China version of FCC so the Chinese Note 7 use battery sourced in Japan. All other Note 7 used exploding battery.

So this is a quality control issue detectable even before the shit hit the fan.

So China's FCC already pointed out at the flawed batteries but Samsung went ahead anyways in different regions?

I'm ignorant of the specific release dates so maybe China's test result was released too late.

 

[Branduil]

Would not be surprised if the owner of said phone knew but just decided to wait it out.

At work i have 2 co-workers who refuse to bring it to give it back. Both say they'll be fine if they only charge it sporadically and only when they can keep an eye on the phone.

Why are people so stupid.

 

[psaman17]

Supposedly only the Chinese Note 7 phones don't need to recall because the Vietnamese battery didn't pass the China version of FCC so the Chinese Note 7 use battery sourced in Japan. All other Note 7 used exploding battery.

So this is a quality control issue detectable even before the shit hit the fan.

China Care

 

[Escape Goat]

So China's FCC already pointed out at the flawed batteries but Samsung went ahead anyways in different regions?

I'm ignorant of the specific release dates so maybe China's test result was released too late.

Maybe the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing.

 

[rc213]

Why are people so stupid.

Worse is one of them has 3 kids around 7-12 who use the phone. And she charges the damn thing at work in our office.