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  • Verizon to redirect calls in last-ditch effort to deter Samsung Galaxy Note 7 users

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    Soli said:
    titantiger said:
    bunce82 said:
    EsquireCats said:
    boltsfan17 said:
    Why on earth would someone still want to use the Note 7? 
    From what I have read on forums many users are still waiting for their promised alternative devices and a general slowness of the networks to provide non-Samsung alternatives. As some users traded in their old phones and can't afford a new phone, or to be without a phone while their refund processes has led them to hang onto their device. To me it sounds a bit fishy/lazy - why can't these users switch to a temporary phone, and which service providers wouldn't offer this considering the circumstances.
    There is not a suitable replacement on the market yet. Many people including myself burned an upgrade when we purchased the note 7. So, as in my case why would I pay full retail for a device that is a year old? And a $100 credit from sammy just doesn't cut it. I have another device to go back to. Many don't, and many don't want a year old phone. As with Apple customers, we are fiercely to Samsung. Anything short of the note 7 is a downgrade. I wouldn't expect Apple fan boys to understand the loss of features such as spen, Samsung pay, iris scanner, camera, expandable storage, and edge functionality and be happy downgrading. Even to pick up a year old note 5, by the time it's paid off now you have a 3 year old device. Sammy screwed the pooch on this one, and instead of leaving customers in a bad spot they should shift the liability to them if they want to hold out and wait for a viable alternative. 
    It's not that I wouldn't understand brand loyalty...I don't understand brand loyalty to a brand that apparently isn't loyal to you.  They effed up royally and are leaving you all twisting in the wind.

    It's not a company worthy of your devotion.
    No brand is loyal to you. No company is worth your devotion.
    In a sense, I understand that.  But there are companies that see the big picture and take care of the customers now, even at tremendous cost and trouble, because they know it will pay off down the road.  They have earned some trust and brand loyalty because of that focus on making their customers happy.  But Samsung is demonstrating they aren't one of those companies.  So when someone says they are "fiercely loyal to Samsung," my immediate question in the aftermath of this is....."why?"
    jroyradarthekatwatto_cobra

  • Verizon to redirect calls in last-ditch effort to deter Samsung Galaxy Note 7 users

    titantigertitantiger
    bunce82 said:
    EsquireCats said:
    boltsfan17 said:
    Why on earth would someone still want to use the Note 7? 
    From what I have read on forums many users are still waiting for their promised alternative devices and a general slowness of the networks to provide non-Samsung alternatives. As some users traded in their old phones and can't afford a new phone, or to be without a phone while their refund processes has led them to hang onto their device. To me it sounds a bit fishy/lazy - why can't these users switch to a temporary phone, and which service providers wouldn't offer this considering the circumstances.
    There is not a suitable replacement on the market yet. Many people including myself burned an upgrade when we purchased the note 7. So, as in my case why would I pay full retail for a device that is a year old? And a $100 credit from sammy just doesn't cut it. I have another device to go back to. Many don't, and many don't want a year old phone. As with Apple customers, we are fiercely to Samsung. Anything short of the note 7 is a downgrade. I wouldn't expect Apple fan boys to understand the loss of features such as spen, Samsung pay, iris scanner, camera, expandable storage, and edge functionality and be happy downgrading. Even to pick up a year old note 5, by the time it's paid off now you have a 3 year old device. Sammy screwed the pooch on this one, and instead of leaving customers in a bad spot they should shift the liability to them if they want to hold out and wait for a viable alternative. 
    It's not that I wouldn't understand brand loyalty...I don't understand brand loyalty to a brand that apparently isn't loyal to you.  They effed up royally and are leaving you all twisting in the wind.

    It's not a company worthy of your devotion.
    jroyradarthekattofinobadmonkwatto_cobra

  • Samsung to permanently disable any remaining US Galaxy Note 7 models

    titantigertitantiger
    Just be ready. Somewhere out there is a dumbass that will block this update to keep his phone and burn his apartment building down.
    tallest skil

  • Apple dissolves Mac automation management post, Sal Soghoian to leave company

    titantigertitantiger
    I loved the idea of Automator as well, but just could never get the hang of it.  
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  • Apple SSD in Touch Bar-equipped MacBook Pro fixed to motherboard, not removable

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    spheric said:
    Soli said:
    Why isn't the T1 chip modular? What if that breaks? What if the GPU breaks?

    Apple should make EVERY chip on the logic board socketable so that I can easily replace it all myself¡ Anything smaller than 3" is too thin for notebooks¡
    Strawman argument.  It has already been said multiple times that no one is expecting a Lego set with infinitely replaceable pieces.  But SSDs/hard drives and RAM are standard upgrades that even relative amateurs can undertake or have a slightly more tech savvy friend do for them.  
    No. They USED TO be "standard upgrades". Same as power supplies, displays, Floppy drives, Fans, and generic motherboards. That was never true to the same extent for laptops as for desktops, and the world has changed over the past few decades.

    I notice that you're no longer whining over non-upgradeable displays on laptops. Why? Don't you miss the days where a techie with more time than sense could stick a 1024x768 display in his toilet-seat iBook?

    Yes, people used to do this. But at some point, the benefits of newer technology outweighed the benefits of having modular, replaceable design. 

    You won't find socketable LPDDR3 laptop RAM because it simply does not exist. Welcome to 2015. 
    But you've yet to explain these supposed benefits of newer technology that outweigh being able to replace SSDs or RAM.  
    avon b7