Laugh all you want to but the Note 8 will be heralded as the second coming of Jesus Christ and Apple will be doomed once again. There’s even an article on C|net by a Samsung sycophant tech writer claiming the Note 7 disaster will actually make people MORE likely to buy the Note 8 because he trusts Samsung’s self-preservation instincts. He claims Samsung’s openness and sincerity about the problem and its declaration that it will never happen again is more than enough to convince people that Samsung is still trustworthy. I kid you not.
Yeah I saw that too and btw the idiot's name is Sean Hollister. He's living in La-La Land this guy. But what does make sense is that a few million tools will probably go out and buy the Note 8. Not because of some belief in Samsung's self preservation but because of shorter attention spans than teenagers on Snapchat.
What am I missing? How is it ironic that a plant that produced batteries that would catch fire would itself catch fire? Nothing about this story seems contrary to what I'd expect to happen.
Lithium is a volatile element that reacts with air and water, thereby requiring special containment to help ensure this doesn't happen. We've seen factory issues with many companies over the years.
Coincidently (not ironically), last week's episode of NOVA titled "Search of the Super Battery," covered the many pros and cons of Lithium, Li-Ion, and other current and potential future battery chemistries. One interesting segment involved Mike Zimmerman's solid-state, fire retardant, plastic battery design that will not catch fire if punctured in any way because it doesn't use a flammable liquid to pass ions or allow the formation of dendrites.
Kids do not get it that it could be as suspicious as... partial recovery loss through insurance money and nothing to do with battery causing fire in factory. There are numerous other scenarios visible to less naive people.
Cool story bro. Me, I'm going Occam's razor -- batteries caused the fire.
Kids do not get it that it could be as suspicious as... partial recovery loss through insurance money and nothing to do with battery causing fire in factory. There are numerous other scenarios visible to less naive people.
I won't lose sleep either way. I hope no one was hurt whatever the reason.
Kids do not get it that it could be as suspicious as... partial recovery loss through insurance money and nothing to do with battery causing fire in factory. There are numerous other scenarios visible to less naive people.
So if you don't leap to the conclusion of a fantastical and circuitous conspiracy theory as the only viable reason for a fire in a factory that holds volatile chemicals, you're both a kid and naive?
If you've got a ton of dangerous Note 7s that you can't sell, don't give them to your employees.
Slap a green battery icon on the screen and you're good to go. Sammy's done it before. I'm confident they can paint that icon green once again. Problem: solved. The Note 7 is now safe, dear customer. Please continue buying them.
Kids do not get it that it could be as suspicious as... partial recovery loss through insurance money and nothing to do with battery causing fire in factory. There are numerous other scenarios visible to less naive people.
Right. Because arson and fraud are the best paths to success... </s>
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But what does make sense is that a few million tools will probably go out and buy the Note 8. Not because of some belief in Samsung's self preservation but because of shorter attention spans than teenagers on Snapchat.