Made in China: Samsung Galaxy Note 7 version 1 and replacement version 2

[crimethink]

The replacements are exploding...

Samsung knew a third replacement Note 7 caught fire on Tuesday and said nothing

http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/9/13215728/samsung-galaxy-note-7-third-fire-smoke-inhalation

[JohnQPublic]

Jeez, man, Samsung's fried! Every flight I take now they explicitly prohibit turning on Samsung Note 7's. I took one flight recently, and looked at the wifi availability on a flight and there was one that said "Samsung Note 7". It did disappear after a while.

[Glass]

are they crap batteries that are exploding? I see in many phones you can't remove the batteries any more. Not sure about these.

I had a Samsung 2 which was a great phone. Never had a problem. Battery life was poor ex factory but a power tweaked rom saw battery life double. Haven't had a mainstream phone since that one. Don't like branded and network locked phones filled with rubbish apps you could not remove. Always needed to ROM them.

Now I get imports that are very "flexible". Quality is right up there. Price is right down there.

[old steel]

I would go without before i bought a samsung product.

[Dogman]

are they crap batteries that are exploding? I see in many phones you can't remove the batteries any more. Not sure about these.

I had a Samsung 2 which was a great phone. Never had a problem. Battery life was poor ex factory but a power tweaked rom saw battery life double. Haven't had a mainstream phone since that one. Don't like branded and network locked phones filled with rubbish apps you could not remove. Always needed to ROM them.

Now I get imports that are very "flexible". Quality is right up there. Price is right down there.

Take a look at BLU phones! Have one love it , unlocked and dual sim !

And replaceable battery ! Will never own anything if I can help it with built in batteries!

Wait you are down under, so access to other good no name phones are likely!

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Forum runner

[crimethink]

ZTE is effectively challenging the big ones (same specs, or better; half the price), but the winner from this will be Google, with their Pixel.

BLU has a mixed reputation, but if you get a good unit, you will be happy for the price.

[Glass]

yep I'm also happy with my choice. Spec is good and performance matches what's on paper. Better IMO. I would purchase another one. Model selection with this brand is important because feature set and targeted user varies between models.