Re: Note 7 to iPhone 7 anyone?
Yup, same here.
I've never done it before the Note 7; I'm usually the type to spend weeks researching, and the one time I decide to "just do it" it bites me in the ***.
I'm usually an early-adopter. It bit me in the rear with the G4 (I had missed-tap issue, and later on the reboot issue). I waited about a month and a half before getting the S7 flat.
The Note 7 is (maybe was) on my radar. The curved edges made me think a bit about it, and some unexpected expenses made me wait a bit more.
I tend to hand off my old devices to my wife or resell my device after about a year. My G4 was too big for my wife, so I resold it. My wife was to inherit my S7, and the Note 7 was most likely a resell.
The resell thing has me doubting the Note 7 even more now.
Reading all the posts and threads about people keeping their current recalled Note 7s makes me think that the market will be full of recalled Note 7s next year. If there end up being reports about resold/used Note 7s still melting down next year due to people keeping them, I think it will impact my ability to sell my potential Note 7 later on for a decent price. I think I would have to keep my phone for a few years to make this investment worth-while, and I have never managed to do that yet.
I think the resale value on these things will not be very good, especially if the media reports these phones causing problems later on. Samsung might have to discount the Note 7 for me to jump in now. Its sad, as I think a very solid device has been tainted irrevocably.
I'm a traveller as well, and I would be really annoyed if some overzealous airport/airline employee told me I couldn't use my device. A long flight without my music and videos would be a bummer, even if my device was safe. Again, folks running around with recalled devices and bad batteries that get reported as still melting down long after the recall can spoil this device for the rest of us. Makes me think the rumours of Samsung shutting these devices down remotely is actually an good idea.
Purely hardware-wise, the iPhone 7s looks like a contender for me now, but I can't head back to IOS. I want a large-screened device that is water-resistant, class-leading camera, great screen, etc. Note 7 seemed like a good fit (the edged screen was my only concern).