Samsung confirmed that they are going to sell refurbished Note 7 phones

[EunSoo]

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/27/15072560/samsung-note-7-refurbished-device-recyling-announced

 

Last fall, Samsung said that they would dispose of the Note 7 and that they had no plans to refurbish or repair them. Samsung has confirmed it will work with local authorities and carriers to sell it as a refurbished device.

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Ahead of the Samsung Galaxy S8 launch, the company has released a statement regarding its plans to recycle Note 7 devices. The process comes in three parts: save salvageable components such as camera modules and semiconductors, extract metal parts with the help from “eco-friendly” third-party companies, and sell refurbished devices “where applicable.”

      - http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/27/15072560/samsung-note-7-refurbished-device-recyling-announced

 

It has been rumored that it will come with a smaller battery to prevent it from overheating and catching on fire. They said available markets are still to be determined as they work with local regulators to approve of the sale.

[ZestyJalapeno]

Imagine the banter the Terms and Conditions people are having on this one 

[ProjectBox153]

Hmm, I don't know about all this. It seems that Samsung really believes in the Note 7 if they're willing to release it for a third time. 

[Guest Kloaked]

They are going to selling? Huh.

[Aytex]

The question remains, how much dou $$$

[Suika]

Huh, if they're cheap enough, and the battery life isn't that much worse, they'd be interesting.

[JediFragger]

I'd be interested at the right price...

[TidaLWaveZ]

I wouldn't expect to see it in the U.S. I'd buy if verizon carried it.

 

[themctipers]

34 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

Hmm, I don't know about all this. It seems that Samsung really believes in the Note 7 if they're willing to release it for a third time. 

note 7, good phone

 

only reason why it's 'bad' is because of touchwiz and exploding batteries (if i recall correctly, im not a samsung shill!)

[ManIkWeet]

"Please send back all of your devices for your own safety"

Few months later...

"We fixed them, now buy your device back!"

[iamdarkyoshi]

48 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

Hmm, I don't know about all this. It seems that Samsung really believes in the Note 7 if they're willing to release it for a third time. 

They've already spent a huge amount of money designing and manufacturing it. Would be a shame to throw that all away just due to a poor battery design.

[EunSoo]

5 minutes ago, ManIkWeet said:

"Please send back all of your devices for your own safety"

Few months later...

"We fixed them, now buy your device back!"

they did give a full refund...

[Tech_Dreamer]

Milking a dead cow for profits.

[michaelocarroll007]

Feel like just saying Note 7 Anymore is bad for them PR Wise just trash em and forget it for the general consumers. As someone who likes tech the Note 7 on a cheaper price refurb is cool the screen HDR and specs of the phone are very good

[Yoinkerman]

Inb4 nothing is changed on the refurb devices

[TigerHawk]

They would have to be a good amount cheaper than a new 7/edge for anyone to consider it at this point I think. I mean its a freakin' refurb.

[Zodiark1593]

I might be willing to upgrade from my G2 if the price is right. 

[Colonel_Gerdauf]

What the bloody hell is Samsung Mobile doing? The damage to the PR for the Note 7 as well as the Note line is irreparable.

 

They really do need to swallow their pride. You want to improve the image of the Note line; then work on the Note 8, or even better, wait a bit for the Note 9.

[EunSoo]

5 minutes ago, Colonel_Gerdauf said:

What the bloody hell is Samsung Mobile doing? The damage to the PR for the Note 7 as well as the Note line is irreparable.

 

They really do need to swallow their pride. You want to improve the image of the Note line; then work on the Note 8, or even better, wait a bit for the Note 9.

I think a big reason is that they don't have anything else they can do with the old phones. If they threw away a million phones then Greenpeace would ruin Samsungs name even more. They can't recycle the parts no other phones or future phones are compatible with them. So this is really their only choice and I honestly don't think its a bad idea. Even if they sell some of them and they don't have any problems they will improve their reputation a little bit.

[Colonel_Gerdauf]

3 minutes ago, SCGazelle said:

I think a big reason is that they don't have anything else they can do with the old phones. If they threw away a million phones then Greenpeace would ruin Samsungs name even more. They can't recycle the parts no other phones or future phones are compatible with them. So this is really their only choice and I honestly don't think its a bad idea. Even if they sell some of them and they don't have any problems they will improve their reputation a little bit.

Considering that the batteries were already too big for the phones, thus causing the issues it became notorious for, I highly doubt that things will go smoothly. Good luck explaining to the uninformed why the battery has shrunk.

[VerticalDiscussions]

1 hour ago, themctipers said:

-snip-

Touchwiz, Grace UI, etc.... =

[Doobeedoo]

It's a great phone though, sadly it had a such destiny.

[goodtofufriday]

7 hours ago, SCGazelle said:

they did give a full refund...

Heck they gave you an additional 100$ to get any other phone from any manufacturer 

[alamox]

wait, ppl were expecting samsung to throw away hundreds of dollars of perfectly good components, just because 1 component ( battery ) had an issue ?

perfect screens, perfect processor, perfect ram, storage, camera etc, why would they throw those ?

[Mooshi]

Because the mobile world likes to copy Apple, will they have the balls to release the "Note SE"?