Samsung is planning to ditch its popular Galaxy Note series and focus on launching just one flagship family every year, according to a new report. The South Korean company is making the change to ensure product quality and prevent another explosive debacle. Fans had been wondering whether Samsung’s decision to cease Galaxy Note 7 production would mean the end of the Note series as we...
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 was supposed to be the phone of 2016. Up until units started catching fire, it was far and away the best Android device we’d ever used. No other handset combined design, software, and features into such an elegant, high-end package. It was the closest thing to perfection yet. But it was too good to be true. After being rushed to production, the Note 7 has gone...
These past several weeks have been a disaster for Samsung. After issuing a Note 7 recall due to fires, replacement devices started experiencing the same fate. Now, production has been halted altogether and retail partners no longer sell the device at all. The worst part is Samsung still doesn’t know what’s causing the Note 7 to explode, although there have been some theories. Bottom...
Samsung first introduced the Galaxy Note back in 2011 during IFA in Berlin. It took a risk introducing a smartphone with what felt like a massive 5.3-inch display. Today, that screen size is pretty common. Samsung invented the mainstream “phablet smartphone,” and the Galaxy Note family went on to be a huge success for the brand. Then the Galaxy Note 7 launched. It was, at first,...
I'm genuinely upset Samsung is stopping production of the Galaxy Note 7, it was by far the most exciting smartphone to launch this year.
Fin, Finito, finished. As far as I’m concerned, the Galaxy Note 7 is dead and so is some of the trust Samsung has earned from us as consumers. Following a fire on a Southwest Airlines plane last week, several additional owners of the “new” and “safe” Galaxy Note 7 reported fires. AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon have stopped selling and re-issuing the Galaxy Note 7 as a result. Samsung...
It’s been a rough past few months for Samsung. After a successful launch, the Galaxy Note 7 proved to be a fire risk, resulting in an unprecedented recall of over two million units. A few weeks later, Samsung shipped “safe” units to consumers, but those haven’t fared any better. Five separate replacement units have caught fire in the past week alone, including one on a Southwest...
First AT&T stopped selling the Galaxy Note 7. Then Verizon and T-Mobile followed suit. Now Sprint, too, has halted sales of the smartphone. The device is no longer being offered as a replacement smartphone for units affected by the initial Galaxy Note 7 recall, or sold as new. U.S. carriers had to take matters into their own hands. Last week, a phone caught fire on a Southwest...
When the Galaxy Note 7 isn’t catching fire, it’s arguably the best, most well-rounded Android device on the market. But for folks who don’t want S Pen superpowers, what’s the next-best alternative? Google’s new Pixel XL makes a pretty good argument. Not only is the Pixel XL a powerful device but it packs a lot of cool software features, too. The Galaxy Note 7 wins in the design...