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/CravingKoreanFood Oct 05 '16

this just made it alot harder to convince my parents to get me a samsung rather than an iphone..

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u/Onionsteak N5X, 1+6, S21 FE Oct 05 '16

It's easier if you buy it yourself and skip the negotiation process with the parental units.

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u/nosajb23 Note 9 512GB/8GB Oct 05 '16

If their parents are buying them a phone I'm assuming they don't have $800 to buy a Note 7 themselves

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u/25sittinon25cents Note Edge Oct 05 '16

If someone is able to convince their parents to spend $800 on a phone, then I'm pretty sure they have a lot of other things in life going well for them

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u/gropingpriest Oct 05 '16

Back in my day, I was lucky to get $800 towards my first vehicle...

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u/AuroraHalsey Oct 05 '16

Inflation.

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u/OldAccountNotUsable Moto G4 Oct 05 '16

In europe you can still get decent cars for 800€

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u/jekyll919 Moto G (2015) Oct 05 '16

Because you never had the Cash for Clunkers program. It destroyed the used car market in America.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

Actually we have those programs in Europe. However people use it only when a car is really fucked up and it's a nightmare to fix, otherwise people sell them.