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Apple unlikely to refresh iPhone SE in March 2017, analyst says
SE
stands for "Special Edition".
It's a stop gap.
They underestimated demand for a smaller phone and had no plans to release such for 6 6s or 7. Once they realized there was demand they could quickly develop the SE by using parts from the 5 series.
In either 2017 or 2018 they will have new smaller phones as part of the main product line.
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Corporate culture, haste reportedly at core of Samsung mishandling of Note 7 situation
Samsung and much of the independent reporting has given the impression that the replacement devices where somehow fixed.
However, it would take several weeks to make an inventory change with new product or even longer to rework existing product.
After a botched investigation that failed to identify the root of the problem Samsung decided that product already in inventory could serve as a replacement. They probably just tried to sort product based on battery manufacturer. I wonder to what extent this was accurately traceable?
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Corporate culture, haste reportedly at core of Samsung mishandling of Note 7 situation
From the New York Times Article
"The Note 7 had more features and was more complex than any other phone manufactured. In a race to surpass iPhone, Samsung seems to have packed it with so much innovation it became uncontrollable"
So so it catches fire because they put so much'innovation' in it? Really?
So how come the old Note 2 also catches fire?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37454436
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Corporate culture, haste reportedly at core of Samsung mishandling of Note 7 situation
The Note 7 isn't the only model of Samsung phone to catch fire!
A couple of weeks ago a Note 2 caught fire during a flight from Singapore to Chennai. Smoke was seen coming from the overhead luggage compartment. Cabin crew acted quickly to extinguish the fire and put the smoldering phone in a bucket of water for the rest of the flight.
So maybe this isn't just about the Note 7.
See
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37454436
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AT&T might halt Samsung Galaxy Note 7 sales due to safety risks, other carriers offer swaps
A couple of weeks ago a Samsung phone actually caught fire DURING A FLIGHT.
The flight was Inigo flight 6E-054 from Singapore to Chennai.
The phone was a Note 2.
This was a much more serious incident than the one the one in the US since it happen while the flight was airborne! Somehow this incident got very little media attention.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37454436
