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[NYT] Goodbye Note 7: Samsung terminated the production of Note 7

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SEOUL, South Korea - Samsung Electronics is terminating production of its troubled Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, according to a person familiar with the decision, in a major and embarrassing about-face for the South Korean electronics giant.

In a statement filed with the country's stock exchange late Tuesday, Samsung said it had made a "final decision" to stop production. That means the company will no longer produce or market the smartphone, said the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because Samsung did not publicly disclose further information about the decision.
Samsung Ends Galaxy Note 7 Production as Problems Mount http://nyti.ms/2dTV6Uf

There was another thred about the HALT of production, since its not halted but terminated for good, I thought the news deserved its own thred.
 
#2 ·
Ugh, idk what phone I will upgrade to in March then
 
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Originally Posted by whitrzac View Post

Why does samsung want to kill the note line?

There was no 'note' 6. The note 5 was missing features, etc.
Missing features? I haven't noticed any missing features
 
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Originally Posted by whitrzac View Post

How's that Sd card slot working for you?
People still use those? Sorry I didn't realize we were still stuck in 20010
 
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Originally Posted by whitrzac View Post

How's that Sd card slot working for you?
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Originally Posted by mrpurplehawk View Post

People still use those? Sorry I didn't realize we were still stuck in 20010
I'd love to be stuck in the future, too.

But quite a few people use them...specifically those that are praising the S7, S7 Edge and Note 7 (RIP) for bringing it back.
 
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Originally Posted by pez View Post

I'd love to be stuck in the future, too.

But quite a few people use them...specifically those that are praising the S7, S7 Edge and Note 7 (RIP) for bringing it back.
hehe 2010, close enough

I honestly don't see the point anymore, what does one keep on an SD card that can't be kept in the cloud?
 
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Originally Posted by mrpurplehawk View Post

hehe 2010, close enough

I honestly don't see the point anymore, what does one keep on an SD card that can't be kept in the cloud?
If you can't work that out, there is no point discussing. Just because you don't need one (neither do I for the matter), it is clearly obvious why people MIGHT prefer SD cards over the cloud. But alas, ignorance is rampant these days.
 
#11 ·
The media are going OTT with this.

They're relishing the fact that a company that has been rivalling Apple has made a major slip up but this doesn't change the fact that the S6/7 and S6/S7 Edge phones are selling like hot cakes and in around 6 months time the S8/S8 Edge is going to help erode IOS's marketshare even more when it's released and this story has been all but forgotten.
 
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Originally Posted by ma2k5 View Post

If you can't work that out, there is no point discussing. Just because you don't need one (neither do I for the matter), it is clearly obvious why people MIGHT prefer SD cards over the cloud. But alas, ignorance is rampant these days.
You're like the people whining why the phones don't have removeable batteries. You don't need them. The phones wouldn't be the most beautiful on the market if Samsung were forced to make them with removeable batteries to satisfy the loud minority that want to hold technology back. Same with SD cards.
 
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Originally Posted by Shatun-Bear View Post

You're like the people whining why the phones don't have removeable batteries. You don't need them. The phones wouldn't be the most beautiful on the market if Samsung were forced to make them with removeable batteries to satisfy the loud minority that want to hold technology back. Same with SD cards.
So you buy a new $700 phone when the battery only holds a 50% charge after 2 years?

Personally, I couldn't care less about a removable battery, I will just solder a new one in like my ipods, but I at least understand why someone want's it.
 
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Originally Posted by mrpurplehawk View Post

hehe 2010, close enough

I honestly don't see the point anymore, what does one keep on an SD card that can't be kept in the cloud?
Why would you want less features in a phone? The cloud compresses images and videos unless you are willing to pay a monthly fee for increased quality/storage. As mentioned above, cloud = less security and needs internet access.
 
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Originally Posted by Shatun-Bear View Post

You're like the people whining why the phones don't have removeable batteries. You don't need them. The phones wouldn't be the most beautiful on the market if Samsung were forced to make them with removeable batteries to satisfy the loud minority that want to hold technology back. Same with SD cards.
Don't need removeable batteries? How is that working out for Samsung?
 
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Originally Posted by Shatun-Bear View Post

You're like the people whining why the phones don't have removeable batteries. You don't need them. The phones wouldn't be the most beautiful on the market if Samsung were forced to make them with removeable batteries to satisfy the loud minority that want to hold technology back. Same with SD cards.
More likely holding back awesome piece of technique to get customers to dump their phones every 2 years.(my wife's HTC M8 is ready to be dumped because battery is not enough to get through one day of light usage and changing battery involves dissasembing pretty much all of it - down to screen and some parts of motherboard). What sort of benefit does non-removable battery hold apart telephones being stupid thin? Just so you know my fater in law has a CAT phone withremovable battery and SD card (and 3.5 mm headphone jack for that matter) which is more waterproof/dustproof than any of the popular smartphones on the market.
 
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I was hoping we were past all of this silliness when they did the exchange program. Now we are left in the dark yet again about the fate of these phones. Are they going to have another recall? Are they going to try and repair this batch? I am quite frankly tired of moving my mothers data from phone to phone
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Also guys please stay on topic SD slots have nothing to do with this thread.
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#20 ·
That sucks. Note 7 was a really nice phone. I have a Note 5 but I only upgrade every 2 years.

Will still be getting the Note 8 or w/e they'll call it if they rename it after this whole debacle. Hopefully they can recover since a lot of ignorant, casual users have even started asking if their non-note 7 phones ( some that are years old ) will explode
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. These same people will hopefully forget in a month since they have the attention span of a 5 year old.
 
#21 ·
am I the only one that has a dedicated server to auto sync my phone to a server locally at home? it dosent matter if im out and about, my pictures get immediately backed up as i take them. I know this relies on data, but i dont even come close to using 30gb a month anymore. I cant justify paying someone else to host my data, when I can just do it myself.
 
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Originally Posted by Cerberus View Post

am I the only one that has a dedicated server to auto sync my phone to a server locally at home? it dosent matter if im out and about, my pictures get immediately backed up as i take them. I know this relies on data, but i dont even come close to using 30gb a month anymore. I cant justify paying someone else to host my data, when I can just do it myself.
Or setting it up to Sync over your WiFi when you get back, which is my preferred method.
 
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Originally Posted by Millillion View Post

If the only reason to get a different or better data plan with a phone is to cover for a missing feature, I would rather just get a phone that's not missing features. I don't have or need an SD card slot on my phone, but I can definitely see the need or at least want for one.

And $60 a year is a lot more expensive than $0 a year. Of course you have to account for the cost of the SD card(s) itself though.
You're right a person's residence is a but unfair to bring into this debate. But so is saying it's "missing features" when you're literally preventing it from being used for its purpose. When you are refusing to purchase credit or data your phone it is then devoid of more than 5 features, compared to the one missing feature you lambast. On top of this the features you are denying your phone are FAR more significant as they apply to its ORIGINAL intended use, not just niche interests.

Also,if you're claiming $60 a year for a phone is too much then either you haven't considered the cost to value proposition to start with, or your social life entirely involves dota and imagefap.
 
#25 ·
Can some one explain why will someone buy a Note 7 instead of S7 Edge? They are almost the exact phone minus the Iris and Stylus.
 
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Originally Posted by Myst-san View Post

Can some one explain why will someone buy a Note 7 instead of S7 Edge? They are almost the exact phone minus the Iris and Stylus.
I think the most useful feature is the stylus, i had a Note 3 (now i have an S7 Edge) and i really missed the stylus, i was seriously considering changing it for a Note 7 but this whole fiasco happened, i think i'll refrain from that.

The stylus is really useful
 
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