Wireless charging, in my opinion, is still very much a gimmick at this point. The device needs to be in contact with, or in very close proximity to, the charging pad. If you could walk around the house freely and have it charge, then you'd have something useful. I would rather take the extra 1.3 seconds to plug my phone in, and not burn my house down.
You know this is the result of wireless charging? You would think all the billions of other phones that came before with wireless charging and the billions of other phones that also have fast charging would have resulted in a lot more. The fact is the problem is not technology by the poor QC on this phone.
Seriously, this phone was rushed to market to beat the iPhone 7 and this is the result. It is not the result of wireless charging being the devil.
Can we put a end to this wireless charging garbage. It's mat charging if anything. You have to our your phone onto something physical that is plugged into the wall to charge. It would be like WiFi only worked if your phone had to be sitting on top of your router. Would you call that wireless?. No!. It's as dumb as a so called hover board that doesn't hover but roles around on wheels. More like a sideways skateboard.
What's at fault? Dodgy charger, the battery manufacturing Quality Control process, or both? While Lithium Ion batteries are generally considered to be safe (else there would be no smartphones), there is still a risk. If the manufacturing process/QC isn't up to much, you could be screwed. If you use a badly made third party charger, you could be screwed. It'd be nice if there was better battery tech that could do away with the uncertainties.
A rather poor attempt at deflection there. The iPhone battery ruptured because he fell off his bike and landed on the phone. That's not really the same as plugging your phone in and having it burn through your garage or set fire to your car or cause $18,000 damage to your hotel room.
What the hell's going on? We've got Samsung fans foaming at the mouth claiming that people are deliberately setting fire to their homes, and news rags reporting the news interspersed with paragraphs saying how great the phone is.
If it's potentially lethal, it's not a great phone.
Wireless charging, in my opinion, is still very much a gimmick at this point. The device needs to be in contact with, or in very close proximity to, the charging pad. If you could walk around the house freely and have it charge, then you'd have something useful. I would rather take the extra 1.3 seconds to plug my phone in, and not burn my house down.
You know this is the result of wireless charging? You would think all the billions of other phones that came before with wireless charging and the billions of other phones that also have fast charging would have resulted in a lot more. The fact is the problem is not technology by the poor QC on this phone.
Seriously, this phone was rushed to market to beat the iPhone 7 and this is the result. It is not the result of wireless charging being the devil.
Whoa whoa whoa, I think you guys are missing the issue here: This is trademark theft - Amazon owns the 'Fire Phone' and Samsung has insisted on copying once again. /s
Wireless charging, in my opinion, is still very much a gimmick at this point. The device needs to be in contact with, or in very close proximity to, the charging pad. If you could walk around the house freely and have it charge, then you'd have something useful. I would rather take the extra 1.3 seconds to plug my phone in, and not burn my house down.
The one advantage I can see is it eliminates another potential entry point for water. Getting rid of a charging port closes up the casing just that bit more.
And this is EXACTLY why Apple does not rush features like wireless charging and fast charging until they are absolutely ready.
All you trolls can continue to say iPhones are missing key features. Yup, no exploding phones for Apple.
As someone who has said Apple should be more bold in introducing new features, you have a good point. But I think Apple is a victim of their own good quality and being conservative about new features. Me and everyone I know that has a 6/6+ or 6S/6S+ are not upgrading. Apple has done an excellent job of making a high quality phone that easily lasts for 3+ years and continues to get updates. As long as Apple doesn't rely on the usual yearly or bi-yearly upgrades anymore to meet sales and profit targets.
Witnessed it first hand last evening in Newark while boarding a plane to Tampa. Not only large LCD screens on walls stating they must not be turned on or charged anywhere in the airport or on planes but also a verbal announcements. Not exactly good publicity. As an aside I will avoid Newark like the plague when transferring in the future. I never realized how spoiled we are in this area with lovely Tampa airport. Newark was horrible for a 4 hour layover, like something out of the 1960's with 2060 prices and no free WiFi and what they had was terrible.
The Note line may never be able to recover from this PR disaster. And it's just beginning. Too many are holding on to these fire traps because the carriers can't/won't give loaner devices. Unfortunately, there'll be more explosions, injuries, and maybe even serious casualties.
The Note line may never be able to recover from this PR disaster. And it's just beginning. Too many are holding on to these fire traps because the carriers can't/won't give loaner devices. Unfortunately, there'll be more explosions, injuries, and maybe even serious casualties.
They'll recover, because they don't have the mindshare. This is a story from the NY Post about a smartphone exploding in a child's hand while he's watching a video. It's been 12 hours since it was posted. If this was an iPhone the media outlets would have exploded faster to expose this threat than, well, the Note 7 actually explodes.
The Note line may never be able to recover from this PR disaster. And it's just beginning. Too many are holding on to these fire traps because the carriers can't/won't give loaner devices. Unfortunately, there'll be more explosions, injuries, and maybe even serious casualties.
They'll recover, because they don't have the mindshare. This is a story from the NY Post about a smartphone exploding in a child's hand while he's watching a video. It's been 12 hours since it was posted. If this was an iPhone the media outlets would have exploded faster to expose this threat than, well, the Note 7 actually explodes.
I'm not so sure. The NY Post isn't a small town paper. Their story was quoted by BGR, Android Authority, Android Central, Business Insider, and even the India Times (amongst others). People have been reporting announcements at airports (even one claim that passengers were told to turn off all Samsung phones, not just the Note 7) warning about this problem.
Their market value between Friday and today in S. Korea has plummeted by ~$19 billion. Reuters believes that instead of the initial estimate of $1 billion to clean up this mess, that the costs could reach $5 billion, or more. With replacements nowhere in sight, this will drag on for several weeks. I don't expect many buyers to wait that long. They'll return the current Note 7s, get other phones and that will hurt the Note brand. Maybe to the extent that it'll be a permanent mark against it.
I was in T-Mobile this weekend switching from AT&T since they didn't honor their policy of upgrading customers on a FAN with subsidized phones and T-Mobile gave me a new Jet Black 7 256GB for $150 (well, they didn't give it to me yet...) when I noticed the big Samsung sign behind the desk. I told my wife in French about the fires/explosions with those phones. The T-Mobil guy heard Samsung and explosion and said he knew exactly what I was saying to her. 5 minutes later there was a guy turning in his Note 7 for an iPhone 7+. Just after him, another couple came in to do the same with their Notes... This is bad for Samsung. No matter how the press will spin it.
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A rather poor attempt at deflection there. The iPhone battery ruptured because he fell off his bike and landed on the phone. That's not really the same as plugging your phone in and having it burn through your garage or set fire to your car or cause $18,000 damage to your hotel room.
What the hell's going on? We've got Samsung fans foaming at the mouth claiming that people are deliberately setting fire to their homes, and news rags reporting the news interspersed with paragraphs saying how great the phone is.
If it's potentially lethal, it's not a great phone.
I encourage everyone to make this a trending hashtag like bendgate was.
Meanwhile those fools skewered Apple for not recalling iPhones during antenna gate.
The Note line may never be able to recover from this PR disaster. And it's just beginning. Too many are holding on to these fire traps because the carriers can't/won't give loaner devices. Unfortunately, there'll be more explosions, injuries, and maybe even serious casualties.
Their market value between Friday and today in S. Korea has plummeted by ~$19 billion. Reuters believes that instead of the initial estimate of $1 billion to clean up this mess, that the costs could reach $5 billion, or more. With replacements nowhere in sight, this will drag on for several weeks. I don't expect many buyers to wait that long. They'll return the current Note 7s, get other phones and that will hurt the Note brand. Maybe to the extent that it'll be a permanent mark against it.
I told my wife in French about the fires/explosions with those phones. The T-Mobil guy heard Samsung and explosion and said he knew exactly what I was saying to her.
5 minutes later there was a guy turning in his Note 7 for an iPhone 7+. Just after him, another couple came in to do the same with their Notes...
This is bad for Samsung. No matter how the press will spin it.