TheMarcus
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Difference is Samsung is a market leader.People said that about Samsung.. doesn't seem to stick.
Drop the removable battery and what's keeping longtime LG fans from switching to Samsung or other OEM's?
Difference is Samsung is a market leader.People said that about Samsung.. doesn't seem to stick.
what other benefits are there for a sealed battery? my power button stopped working the other day & i hadn't been able to remove the battery I would have had to replace my phone for the 2nd time in 4 months. when i had the nexus 5, i had to remove the sim card if my phone froze because the battery was non-removable. being able to remove the battery from an overheating phone helps it cool down faster. i just don't see how waterproofing a phone outweighs some of the considerable benefits of a removable battery.
Samsung also had exploding batteries.. imagine if they could have taken that out?
Difference is Samsung is a market leader.
Drop the removable battery and what's keeping longtime LG fans from switching to Samsung or other OEM's?
what other benefits are there for a sealed battery? my power button stopped working the other day & i hadn't been able to remove the battery I would have had to replace my phone for the 2nd time in 4 months. when i had the nexus 5, i had to remove the sim card if my phone froze because the battery was non-removable. being able to remove the battery from an overheating phone helps it cool down faster. i just don't see how waterproofing a phone outweighs some of the considerable benefits of a removable battery.
Now another topic: Google wants to eliminate the micro SD card.
Samsung also had exploding batteries.. imagine if they could have taken that out?
Difference is Samsung is a market leader.
Drop the removable battery and what's keeping longtime LG fans from switching to Samsung or other OEM's?
It could have helped -- But if we go with this logic that would mean they are using removable to plan ahead in case it fails that hard? I doubt any manufacturer plans for "Well if it just explodes we can do this .." -- They try and not have them do that. Also this was only with the Note 7. How successful is the S7/S7 Edge ? I am pretty sure they aren't hurting. Even after the Note 7 fiasco they still were okay money wise. You don't do that if you are not able to sell phones.
Am I reading that you think replacing batteries would have been more expensive for Samsung than either replacing phones or recalling phones and giving people their money back?I think removable batteries would have made the entire debacle not only more expensive for Samsung, but it would have made it more dangerous for consumers.
Am I reading that you think replacing batteries would have been more expensive for Samsung than either replacing phones or recalling phones and giving people their money back?
They will lose a lot of customers if they seal the battery.
Why would I stick with a phone that doesn't give me the main feature I want, when I can get an equally good phone from Samsung, or Google, etc.?
Yes, it would have been more expensive and more dangerous. It would have been more expensive because 1) More phones would have burnt, more liability 2) All of the phones would have to have been recalled anyways 3) Fewer people would have returned them, thinking they could get away with it which would lead to #1 again. It would have been more dangerous because of 1 and 3 previously, more phones in the wild = more being used = more risk.
As it is, they took a nearly $20 billion write down. If there were serious injuries or deaths and their entire stance was "we sent out new batteries and asked people to responsibly recycle their defective ones" - they'd be screwed; possibly out of the mobile business. This would be compounded by what we know now: the second wave of batteries were also defective. Keep in mind, they didn't know that then.
Logically, when the battery problem was discovered, it would have been far less hassle and expense to replace a $40 battery than an $800 phone. Not the problem one, but the correct battery.
or they are tip toeing around the situation, belittling it because of their design flaw.