Flamingly Expensive?
Hot news! Combustible Galaxy Note 7 to return as 'Galaxy Note FE'
Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 is about to make its comeback. Several of the infamous phablets burst into flames, leading airlines to ban the device and Samsung to recall the device. Doing so saw the company's balance sheet flame out. Samsung's review of the device found it had put battery-makers' feet to the fire in an effort to …
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Wednesday 28th June 2017 04:50 GMT Milton
Facile Emanations
El Reg articles are usually informative enough for the readership to overlook, or at least tolerate, the juvenile obsession with laboured puns and cringeworthy, silly headlines -- but an *entire piece* built around the letters "FE", containing no useful information or analysis *whatsoever*?
Guys ... it's a little pathetic. It's not as if you need to fill column inches: 'twere better to have published *nothing*.
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Wednesday 28th June 2017 06:21 GMT Paul Hargreaves
Re: Facile Emanations
Not sure what analysis you were hoping for. I'll have a crack...
*** Analysis ***
Samsung have a lot of these units, which contain last years hardware and will likely only get 1 year of updates*. Technically a large proportion of the units will be refurbished so, at least in countries like the UK, wouldn't be able to be sold as 'new'. Which is one reason they won't be sold here, at least by Samsung.
The price of them is high when you consider the stock of units was already produced, so the only cost was for refurbishment (new, smaller battery). In all likelihood Samsung are trying to 'pull a fast one' and recoup a significant portion of the revenue lost from the original sale.
* Based on the experience of older Samsung devices like the S6, which got 2 years.
== End of Analysis
Side note: As an ex-Note 7 owner who was stiffed by Samsung through this debacle, my boycott of all things Samsung is still going strong. Well, all things apart from posts of course ;-)
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Wednesday 28th June 2017 14:59 GMT garetht t
Re: Facile Emanations
I counted 7 sentences of information, and 2 sentences of jokes about the initials FE. Manic exaggeration much?
An *entire comment* built around a false and hyperbolic complaint, containing no fact *whatsoever*?
Guy ... it's a little pathetic. It's not as if you need to comment: 'twere better to have commented *nothing*.
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Wednesday 28th June 2017 23:30 GMT ssharwood
Re: Facile Emanations
It's a followup story. One I felt was worth doing for the sake of completeness. It offered a chance for some fun. Seriously - what is Samsung doing having anything that alludes to its problems in this new name.
Anyway if you didn't like it I'll try for better puns next time. Or I could point you in the direction of our many recent scoops.
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Wednesday 28th June 2017 06:54 GMT Spotswood
Fucktard Edition
Because, you just might be, if you buy that neutered already just about obsolescent device. Even more so, if they make you pay full price...
It's a shame (for Samsung), I was almost that Fucktard. It could have pulled me away from iOS, but I couldn't source one due to the recall. So now I have a 7 Plus and am happy with it. I wonder how many people like me there are...
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Wednesday 28th June 2017 23:54 GMT JaitcH
Unique Design - Burying Battery Deep Under the Electronics
This is the first electronic device I have seen where the battery is deeply buried in the electronics.
To access the battery it is necessary to remove the back of the device; then remove the rearmost PCB and, there, buried deep in the bowels of the device, is the exploding battery.
Pity the designers didn't try repairing the cell handsets themselves but service seems to be the last thing they think of.
VietNam has several Samsung plants, some of which built these portable bombs, and their employees part time working for cell handset repair Third Party stores. It is truly a remarkable sight to watch these moonlighting Samsung employees work - their skills are truly amazing. But they are fussy. They require that their work areas are almost identical to those in the factories - bright and spacious.
Still, if I can't change the battery without tools I will not be buying anything Samsung.