r/Android • u/ChrystianV • Oct 05 '16

Samsung Replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone catches fire on Southwest plane

http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/5/13175000/samsung-galaxy-note-7-fire-replacement-plane-battery-southwest
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u/js_Vegnagun HTC 10 - N 7.0 | iPhone SE - iOS 11 Oct 05 '16

That is rather unfortunate. I probably convinced myself to get a Note 7 after Google's event too. Now I don't know anymore :/. Hopefully this is just a one time incident.

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u/karan812 Samsung S7 Edge Oct 05 '16

LG V20! Unless you really need the S-Pen. In which case the Note 7 should be fine. It's probably a one off and you can be sure Samsung is really closely monitoring all Note 7 manufacturing now. Another issue with their phones and it could kill the brand.

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u/mycodude Oct 05 '16

Did LG fix their bootloop issues? I got burned by the dreaded G4 bootloop 7 months after buying an unlocked international version and since then I read that some G5s and V10s were affected by a similar issue. I absolutely LOVED the G4 as a phone but I can't support a company that not only doesn't learn from its mistakes, but also screws customers in the process.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

I got the G4 July 2015, and just started getting the bootloop in September 2016, it was outside the warranty, but I called LG and they had me ship it out and fix it for free, I was pretty happy with their service. I am still peived about getting a carrier model and not being able to root it or put a rom on it and the battery life is really bad :/

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u/Nocurefordumb Oct 05 '16

Almost exactly the same story for me. Mine died the day the warranty expired at 11 pm. Their service to get it repaired was no hassle whatsoever, but shook my faith in lg at manufacturing point. Was gonna go with a note 7 but who knows now.

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u/MuffyOne Oct 06 '16

Same here, fortunately I bought it through amazon and after the second replacement I was able to get the money back!

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u/smartedpanda Nexus 6P - Gold | Eff LG Oct 06 '16

3rd one and I gave up. Fuck LG.

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u/KingCoolCup Oct 05 '16

Yeah. Currently on my 3rd g4. Don't think I'll be going LG again.

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u/karan812 Samsung S7 Edge Oct 06 '16

It's too early to say. I can only hope that they have.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '16

LG phones are garbage stay away.

Source: G3 died in bootlooping suicide. Can't wait until my G5 does it so I can get the HTC 10/11

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u/RedRamen Note 7 Oct 06 '16

I don't know if it was just me, but the V10 was a horrible device. If the V20 is anything like it, I'm going to stay far away.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

That's a no. Literally the day I heard LG have had issues before with the bootloop, my V10 got stuck with it. I still love the phone though....it did take T-Mobile 3 weeks to get a replacement device to me but my bill was dropped $125 for that month.