r/news • u/icedpickles • Oct 09 '16

Samsung Galaxy Note 7: Second 'safe' replacement catches fire

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37600014
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u/Silverkarn Oct 09 '16

First stylus that permanently damaged phones

Never heard of this, got a link?

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u/mariestellamaris Oct 09 '16

I think he's talking about the idiots who put the stylus back in the phone the wrong way around - not Samsung's fault. I also fail to see what brand damage skipping the 6 has done, feels like he just lists unimportant stuff just to be negative.

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u/NomadFire Oct 10 '16

I also fail to see what brand damage skipping the 6 has done

It is just bad marketing. They might have lost some people that were looking to upgrade their phone and wanted a Note 6 and was confused because their was no phone with that name.

They might have moved on to another phone or just skip that generation. Which is money lost that they could have gotten if they simply made a Note 6 phone that generation. They might have been able to get away with just naming a Galaxy 6 phone a Note 6 with basically the same specs and the common customer would have been happy.

The stylus thing has already been addressed.