SamsungsmartphoneLast featured Sept 2022
Samsung Galaxy Note 7
I'd skip itI'd give this a miss.
Rated a 7 out of 10 fail: the exploding battery cost Samsung billions, and the phone now looks dated.
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- Price when I covered it
- 17 billion dollars
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- 6 videos · 2018–2022
- Category
- Phones · Flagship
What I liked
- Edge display
- microSD returned
- IP rating
- Great reviews at launch
- Rave reviews at launch
What I didn't
- explosions
- recalled
- Battery exploded because it was crammed into too small a space
- Caused second degree burns
- Banned from trains and planes
- Cost Samsung an estimated $17 billion
In my words
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“Galaxy Note 7 was Infamous for multiple explosion reports it was banned on Airlines”
“samsung released the phone people absolutely loved it but then it started exploding”
“7 out of 10 fail and so i will now turn this off and probably never touch it again”
“it was like a suicidal ad campaign for samsung”
“the casing of the battery was too small for the battery itself”
Every time I covered it
Most recent first, so you can see if my view has changed.
4:50Samsung phones are Blowing Up - Here’s Why.Infamous for explosions, banned on airlines and fully recalled.
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10:2518 DEADLY Tech Fails that need to be BANNED.Rated a 7 out of 10 fail: the exploding battery cost Samsung billions, and the phone now looks dated.
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6:06I bought every Galaxy Note ever.Samsung's best bits combined in one phone, but it was recalled after exploding batteries.
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8:0510 Epic smartphone fails we'll never forget.The biggest fail: exploding batteries, a recall, and then the same mistake again, rated 9/10.
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2:37The Surprising TRUTH about Samsung - 15 things you did not know.Mentioned as the phone that overheated and exploded, with the scale of the 2.5 million unit recall underestimated.
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5:40EPIC Smartphone FAILS that people will never forget.The biggest and costliest smartphone mistake, with exploding batteries leading to recalls, cancellation and a $17 billion loss.
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