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Six-year old boy gets burned when a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 explodes in his hand
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Lmao
Samsung already down 6% today in Korean Exchange: https://www.google.com/finance?cid=151610035517112
(That's $12.7B)
(That's $12.7B)
If you've seen any of the other threads on the topic, people will still blatantly ignore it.
Wait so China's FCC is more strict than NA and EU FCC? That should change.
Are the batteries removable? If so why not just recall the batteries and send out new ones?
No they are not removable.
Non-removable, sadly.
friskykillface
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It's cool man, China will take over the world soon enough and we will all follow China's FCC
Unknown Soldier
Member
If this is actually true, Samsung is so fucked. The way that company is run is so hilariously corrupt and the Korean government can't do shit about it because Samsung is literally 30% of that whole country's export GDP
andythinkpad
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I found a English article
http://www.wsj.com/articles/samsung...ll-brings-battery-maker-into-focus-1473082175
The exploding battery were made by a Samsung subsidiary, Samsung SDI. The Chinese Note uses battery supplied by Amperex Technology.
The Samsung SDI battery didn't receive Chinese government verification (this part is only discussed in the Chinese article I read)
Triggerhappytel
Member
There should come a point that if you ignore warnings about a defective product that you lose any right to legal comeback if the product breaks and/or causes an injury.
People's phones are their lives. Unless you get a new working one before sending your old one back I could see people "risking" it and just keeping theirs. Of course the people with exploding phones have weird charging habits that they don't have!
I charge my phone every morning on the way into work. Imagine that thing exploding while mounted to your dash while at the wheel w
I charge my phone every morning on the way into work. Imagine that thing exploding while mounted to your dash while at the wheel w
And then we'll hear about people who needed to call emergency services and couldn't because Samsung bricked their phone. Really tough situation.
When did Samsung stop using removable batteries? That was one thing I liked about my S3 a while back ago.
eyeball_kid
Member
There was already a thread about an incident like this with the Note 7. Guy left his phone charging in his Cherokee, battery exploded and started a fire. Cherokee went up in flames.
You should have a serious talk with them. If the actual cell is damaged, no amount of vigilance will keep the battery from exploding.
NobleXenon
Member
Samsung should've just called this the Note 6 and then release the actual Note 7.
PHOENIXZERO
Member
Everyone's looking for a free new car, home, hand, ect.
I guess that's true
Maybe a countdown to bricking do they can get into the phone store and exchange it? It's dangerous at this point. I was defending them at first, but damn. *hugs her s7* so glad I didn't get a note.
The Faceless Master
Member
nah, i'll wait.
Colonel Nasty
Member
I have a patient and his caregiver has one she hasn't returned and said she's not going to because she already sold her old phone.
GoldenEye 007
Member
I agree. My next question would be, though, how the hell did this get past other FCC equivalents around the world? They should be held to the fire too for what seems to be a relatively "common" issue.
theignoramus
Member
As a Samsung 5 user who was close to upgrading to the 7....holy shit.
If your co-workers worked under me I'd strongly advise them to not charge their phone while in the work place. They can risk their home or vehicle, but they better not risk starting a fire in our office building and risking injury to colleagues.
I almost want to send out a little blurb with links to news articles to my team at work, I don't want to see any Note 7's charging in my office!
This is kind of where I'm at as well. Isn't our FCC partially at fault here?
The Faceless Master
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you're overthinking it.
the Chinese battery was certified in China meaning the Chinese supplier gets 100% of the battery sales for Chinese units.
theignoramus
Member
Not sure what more i can say, I showed them the stories about the phone blowing up. I told them T-Mobile will give you any phone as a replacement or as a loaner until the fixed Note 7s are available.
The Faceless Master
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with the nature of advertising, i wouldn't be surprised if half of those Gear Fit2/Gear IconX ads were supposed to be for the Note 7.
andthebeatgoeson
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ITT, people complain a grand ma and a 6 year old didn't know about the Samsung recall.
Samsung probably sent a small font text with instructions on how to download it from face book. Maybe Samsung hid the instructions in the back of the VCR manual or something.
Samsung probably sent a small font text with instructions on how to download it from face book. Maybe Samsung hid the instructions in the back of the VCR manual or something.
andythinkpad
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Can they charge the phone when its half submerge in a cup of water?
The Faceless Master
Member
yep, i got one from Sprint yesterday.
you know shit is real when they send out a notification linking to a press release on a Saturday.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/samsung-stop-using-galaxy-note-7/
People should have no excuses. Return them.
People should have no excuses. Return them.
Corronchilejano
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Of course, it's the customers who are the problem.
Leona Lewis
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After a certain point, yes.
PHOENIXZERO
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kitchenmotors
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People are stupid, and even if they're aware of the recall, they won't return it because they think it probably won't happen to their phone. Just take these threads for example with Note 7 users.
The Faceless Master
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indeed.
Corronchilejano
Member
Well, thanks to the american culture of lawsuiting your way to retirement, I can see how people would love to keep their phones.
Or, you know, some people haven't heard their phone could potentially kill them, and thus will get blamed when it happens.
MisterR
Member
Amazing there is even a defence force for companies making phones so shitty they blow up and burn children.
Corronchilejano
Member
I had a gf that bought a computer in the US whose battery got recalled because they could explode (it was about 15 years ago, I don't remember the brand). They moved here to Colombia when the recall happened and thus weren't able to get a replacement.
But hey, fuck you stupid customer, right?
Leona Lewis
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What's Samsung supposed to do, bust into people's homes and confiscate the phones?
They've already sent notifications informing people of their options, and all an official recall would do on top of that is prevent more people from buying it, not help those who already have.
Anyone who has used the phone in the past two days should know about the issues. It's up to them whether or not to act on them.
Simply Sami
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Samsung should be giving refurbished S7 and S7 edge to all Note 7 owners whilst they waiting for their phone. So they got something to use.
This is why people are risking it. They also capable of putting a notice or even deactivating every phone. They just need to do that.
This is why people are risking it. They also capable of putting a notice or even deactivating every phone. They just need to do that.
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
You are still talking about a grandma and a six year old, for all we know.
After 40, your eye sight is shit. And the six year old is probably still scared of bugs.
Corronchilejano
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I don-t know how those notifications have been sent, because my brother in law learnt of the problem when he read of the guy whose car burnt up in flames. Granted, he watches a lot of TV so I-ve no idea how he didn't learn about it before.
Transistor
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This shit is just crazy. Tmobile is giving out loaner phones, so if your on Tmo and want a Notr 7 from the fixed batch, just go in and get a loaner for now.
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