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Old 09-09-2016, 08:59
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What about bendgate?

As usual, if it happens to an Apple user its their fault but Samsung, it must be a terrible product. Runs Android, yuck.
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Old 09-09-2016, 09:10
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You do realise the Note 7 issue is batteries spontaneously combusting without any user damage or external force/factors?
Really? I thought they were all charging, and it's a protection circuit in the battery that is at fault.
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Old 09-09-2016, 10:33
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Just opened your middle thread and it appears the iPhone caught fire after the cyclist fell off his bike and pierced the phone battery on something.

Gareth Clear, 36, was out cycling on Sunday afternoon near Sydney, Australia, when he fell from him bike, suffering a few minor grazes.

]“It’s a bit random,” he told dailytelegraph.com.au, “the thing to be very specific about, the phone did hit the ground, it didn’t just spontaneously combust. It was a one in one million chance I hit a part of the phone which pierced the lithium battery and it exploded.
And a quick look at link 1 is another user damage story and link 3 is to a forum post for an expanding oow iPhone 4 battery (there's even a pic showing the battery pushing the screen forward, you probably saw that).

You do realise the Note 7 issue is batteries spontaneously combusting without any user damage or external force/factors?

it appears there are a couple of posters allowing their anti-Apple bias to colour their opinion here...

"Galaxy Note 7 is dangerous"

"But but but....bad Apple!!!! Apple...you're holding it wrong"

Is it that difficult to discuss the seriousness and problems of the Note 7 without trying to deflect to Apple as a cover up?
Yet ignoring the other links. Yes it is serious and not one person is trying to deflect the conversation or disagreeing that it's not dangerous. But we have had apple fans using this as a stick to oddly beat android with. Makes no sense but it's happening!

You said you had never heard of iPhone exploding. I've provided links to some that have. What I don't get is why you can't just accept it can happen to any company.
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Old 09-09-2016, 10:37
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He's a Three and Apple fanboy.
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Old 09-09-2016, 12:54
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He's a Three and Apple fanboy.
I could call you an idiot, but it wouldn't necessarily be true...

If you think I'm a fan of Three you're mistaking me for someone else or seriously deluded.

Oh, by the way, this post is written on my Galaxy Note
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Old 09-09-2016, 13:11
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And in other Note 7 news.


Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin Australia and Tiger Airways have banned passengers from using or charging Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones on planes over concerns their batteries could explode or catch fire.

The airlines have introduced the ban following Samsung's recall of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, which was launched in August.

The move by the Australian airlines comes as the US Federal Aviation Administration "strongly" advised plane passengers not to use Galaxy Note 7s and recommended against charging the devices on-board or stowing them in checked baggage. In a statement on its website overnight, the FAA said its advice came "in light of recent incidents and concerns raised by Samsung" about the phones.
http://www.smh.com.au/business/innov...09-grcjii.html
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Old 10-09-2016, 00:23
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In a slight update, Samsung phoned me on Thursday evening saying that I will get my replacement Note 7 with the safer battery on the 19th September. While I did originally get offered another phone to use in the meantime, I decided to refuse the offer and keep using my Note 4, as it would have been pointless in installing all the apps, uploading music etc etc to the temporary phone for a matter of 10 days, before doing a factory reset and then putting all the stuff onto the Note 7.
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Old 10-09-2016, 19:19
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Stop using your Note 7 immediately if you have not already done so:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37329191
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Old 12-09-2016, 09:58
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And another one, this time with injuries caused to a child.

Galaxy Note 7 explodes in New York, injures 6-year-old boy

A 6-year-old Brooklyn boy was watching videos on a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Saturday evening when it burst into flames as he was holding it. The young boy's grandmother, Linda Lewis, told the New York Post that the resulting fire was enough to set off alarms in her house, and her grandson was taken to Downstate Medical Center to treat burns on his body but was later released.
http://www.androidcentral.com/galaxy...6-year-old-boy
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Old 12-09-2016, 10:14
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Who buys the very latest phone costing X hundreds of pounds (or in this case dollars) and gives it to a 6 year old boy? Surely you get the cheapest load of crap that will do the job and give that to children to drop and otherwise abuse? Hey or you could forget the video games and just spend time with your children!
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Old 12-09-2016, 10:23
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A Note 7 is being blamed for setting fire to a Jeep Grand Cherokee.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09...ed_by_samsung/
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Old 12-09-2016, 12:16
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And another one, this time with injuries caused to a child.



http://www.androidcentral.com/galaxy...6-year-old-boy
Why on earth are they still using it when they have been told NOT to use it!
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Old 12-09-2016, 14:34
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Why on earth are they still using it when they have been told NOT to use it!
Not everyone reads the tech press, it probably needs more general warnings, newspaper adverts and perhaps even an infomercial type warning on tv n the middle of the soaps and x-factor ( and the various US versions for the US etc ).

Would be even worse publicity for Samsung though...
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Old 12-09-2016, 15:14
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Not everyone reads the tech press, it probably needs more general warnings, newspaper adverts and perhaps even an infomercial type warning on tv n the middle of the soaps and x-factor ( and the various US versions for the US etc ).

Would be even worse publicity for Samsung though...
It's not just been in the tech press though. It's been widely spoken about on the news as well.
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Old 12-09-2016, 16:12
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Samsung is going to kill the phones at the end of the month so those stupid enough to ignore the warnings will hopefully be stopped regardless. It will also stop anyone selling on the phone and claiming it is fixed.
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Old 12-09-2016, 16:53
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Samsung is going to kill the phones at the end of the month so those stupid enough to ignore the warnings will hopefully be stopped regardless. It will also stop anyone selling on the phone and claiming it is fixed.
I saw that report, but it seems to have been refuted by Samsung.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall saga has been gathering pace in recent days. One of the reports doing the rounds over the weekend pointed to the possibility of Samsung remotely disabling devices affected by the battery issue causing some handsets to catch fire or explode. The story goes that one French Note 7 owner on Reddit was told that every "recalled" Note 7 would be remotely deactivated by Samsung after September 30, thus ensuring that no potentially dangerous handsets could be used after this date.

However the firm's official line is that this isn't happening. We've reached out to Samsung and been told that this is not something the company has stated, and that all official guidance will be published on its website.

In a fast-moving story like this, it's easy for inaccurate info to quickly spread. True, the remote deactivation of defective phones would've been a sure-fire way to prevent any more incidents like the recent report from New York where a young boy was injured by a combusting Note 7. But it now appears a mass-deactivation is not happening anytime soon.
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsun...vation-reports
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Old 12-09-2016, 16:57
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It makes no sense not to implement a feature built in to every phone. Any phone intentionally bricked would be easily dealt with by changing the phone - which is clearly necessary and essential.
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Old 12-09-2016, 17:15
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It makes no sense not to implement a feature built in to every phone. Any phone intentionally bricked would be easily dealt with by changing the phone - which is clearly necessary and essential.
I agree, in fact with the problems already publicised they should send the kill order now. It'll mean every owner will have no choice but to exchange and owners aren't supposed to be using the phones anyway.
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Old 14-09-2016, 16:00
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It makes no sense not to implement a feature built in to every phone. Any phone intentionally bricked would be easily dealt with by changing the phone - which is clearly necessary and essential.
I don't know exactly what this "kill" feature involves, but if we're literally talking about bricking the phones OTA, that seems a little risky to me.

If your phone suddenly went dead, and you couldn't switch it on, what's the first thing you'd try to fix it? Plug it in? Maybe try giving it a good long charge?
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Old 14-09-2016, 16:19
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I don't know exactly what this "kill" feature involves, but if we're literally talking about bricking the phones OTA, that seems a little risky to me.

If your phone suddenly went dead, and you couldn't switch it on, what's the first thing you'd try to fix it? Plug it in? Maybe try giving it a good long charge?
Yes perhaps that's the reason they're now flashing devices to stop charging at 60%.

(But I assume if the phone was suitably flashed, it wouldn't allow charging even when turned off either)
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Old 14-09-2016, 16:47
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Not everyone reads the tech press, it probably needs more general warnings, newspaper adverts and perhaps even an infomercial type warning on tv n the middle of the soaps and x-factor ( and the various US versions for the US etc ).

Would be even worse publicity for Samsung though...
Sending text to the phone would be nice. Somebody somewhere has an information about what phone a SIM card is in.
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Old 21-09-2016, 18:11
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I got my replacement Note 7 today and am loving it, however due to a new software update being sent through to all Note 7 devices, anyone that is not using the new Note 7, will only be able to charge their battery to 60%. Here is a link that will give you information on finding out if your Note 7 is from the New or Old batch

https://news.samsung.com/global/how-...w-galaxy-note7
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Old 22-09-2016, 17:39
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I am getting my hands on my new note 7 this evening.

I feel kind of bad that my note II will be retiring. This phone has been going for years has never let me down, battery still charges well and it out performs many newer phones still.

It's been a star.
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Old 24-09-2016, 00:43
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I am getting my hands on my new note 7 this evening.

I feel kind of bad that my note II will be retiring. This phone has been going for years has never let me down, battery still charges well and it out performs many newer phones still.

It's been a star.
While I never owned a Note 2, I have heard the same from many people on what a great phone it was, some of them have upgraded over the years & still kept it as a backup.

In regards to the Note 7, I gave it a a good test on Thursday. Took it off charge at 8am, had 4G running throughout the day, using Facebook and other sites. Also for 90 minutes of the day during a train ride (45 minutes each way)I used Bluetooth Audio via Spotify. By the time 5pm came, battery was at 53%, so am quite impressed with that. It will be interesting to see what longer train journeys do to the battery.

On a side note (no pun intended), I strongly recommend people to install Sync.Me onto any of their Android phones, not only does it put all of your contacts pictures in from social networking, next to their numbers in the phone section, but also has a pretty nifty call blocker built in that not only comes up before the phone rings, but also states if that number has been reported as a fraud or scam number, pretty useful if you get a lot of PPI calls each day.
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Old 30-09-2016, 23:25
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More problems for Samsung, a supposedly safe new Note 7 has caught fire and burnt while being charged.

A Samsung Galaxy Note 7 deemed to be safe has exploded in China, throwing into question the safety of new handsets.

Another Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has exploded. Yes another one. If you’ve got sick of hearing about these devices going up in flames, this story is a bit different. It turns out that the Note 7 featured was actually one of the ‘safe’ models which isn’t supposed to contain the battery defect.

The device featured in the pictures included the new black square marking on the packaging, an indicator that this was one of the newer handsets supposedly unaffected by the issue. According to CNNMoney, this represents the fourth report of a Note 7 battery-related fire in China.
http://www.whatmobile.net/news/safe-...ote-7-exploded

Samsung really should just discontinue the Note 7, refund all customers and destroy all handsets, and release a redesigned model next year.
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