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Link: Samsung 'blocks' exploding Note 7 parody videos - BBC News

 

Samsung appears to have filed copyright claims against YouTube videos mocking its recalled Galaxy Note 7 handset.

 

Many gamers have showcased a modification to video game Grand Theft Auto V, in which sticky bombs were switched with exploding Samsung phones.

 

But some have reported that their videos have been blocked on YouTube following a copyright complaint.

 

Samsung has not yet responded to repeated BBC requests for comment...

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Link: Samsung offers upgrade program for South Korea Note 7 customers | Reuters

 

...Samsung said customers who trade in their Note 7 phone for either a flat-screen or curved-screen version of the Galaxy S7 can trade up for a Galaxy S8 or Note 8 smartphone launching next year through an upgrade program.

 

The world's top smartphone maker permanently ended Note 7 sales due to continued reports of fire from the flagship device. In addition to offering refunds or exchanges for a Galaxy S7 smartphone, Samsung has already offered financial incentives amounting to 100,000 won ($88.39) to affected customers in South Korea.

 

Users in the upgrade program will need to pay only half the price of a Galaxy S7 device, rather than the full amount, before exchanging to the S8 or the Note 8...

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Galaxy Note7: What We Discovered

 

To find the cause of the Galaxy Note7 incidents, Samsung examined every aspect of the Galaxy Note7, including hardware, software and related processes over the past several months. Samsung’s investigation, as well as the investigations completed by three independent industry organizations, concluded that the batteries were the cause of the Galaxy Note7 incidents. The causative factors are further explained in the infographic below.

 

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Link: Samsung’s Note 7 Battery Supplier Has Fire at China Factory

 

amsung SDI Co., a supplier of batteries to explosion-prone Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, said a “minor fire” broke out at a plant in northern China but was quickly put out.

 

Pictures that were circulated on Weibo, a Twitter-like Chinese social media service, showed plumes of black smoke rising into the air from what users described as a plant operated by the affiliate of Samsung Electronics Co. in Tianjin. The fire didn’t affect production, spokesman Shin Yong-doo said on Wednesday.

 

The fire occurred at a waste depository, not a production facility, Shin said...

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Ok... with all it's problems... how the heck did this happen?!

The Galaxy S7 Edge and Galaxy Note 7 are two completely different phones. :confused:

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Couldn't Samsung have done this sooner?

 

Samsung will remotely kill all unreturned Galaxy Note 7 units this month

 

Samsung is slated to unveil its brand new Galaxy S8 flagship next week, but the explosive past of its now-discontinued Galaxy Note 7 continues to haunt its plans for the future.

 

This Friday, the electronics giant announced it will begin remotely phasing out the last remaining units of its handset by forcing software updates that will prevent still unreturned Note 7 devices from charging, according to The Korea Herald.

 

While earlier this year reports revealed that Samsung had successfully collected more than 96 percent of all Note 7 units shipped worldwide, few stubborn tech aficionados kept refusing to comply with the company’s recall requests. Though this isn’t all that surprising in light of the phone’s stellar reviews.

 

In an effort to speed up the recall process, Samsung had set up numerous exchange hot spots across the globe – going as far as opening exchange booths on airports. Still, some clingy owners refused to hand in their hazardous units.

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