I have never modified a phrase in my Word 7 assessment, and I will not.
Samsung’s global recall of the Note 7 is definitely the most important recall of a single telephone mannequin, and one with a critical quantity of hazard behind it. Up to now two weeks we have seen this story progress from theoretical small prospects of failing batteries as much as official injury being executed to individuals and property in dozens of instances all over the world.
And because the information surrounding the Word 7 recall escalated, so have the requires Android Central (amongst different websites) to revisit our evaluation of the Word 7 in mild of the brand new info. Briefly, I utterly stand by each single phrase I wrote in my Note 7 review — the one change that has been made to it because the recall started was a discover on the prime pointing potential house owners and consumers to the recall info.
Each different a part of the evaluate is identical because it was the day I revealed it, and that is for a mess of causes — most pertinent amongst them being I nonetheless agree with my unique evaluation of the Word 7, even at the moment. Even after the recall.
There are such a lot of the reason why the Notice 7 recall is a horrendous state of affairs. It is dangerous for Observe 7 gross sales going ahead. It is dangerous for Samsung’s status as a telephone maker. Worst, it is dangerous for many who need to be utilizing a Word 7 however cannot for a pair weeks whereas they wait for brand spanking new telephones to be out there. It is also dangerous for myself, as a result of I do not get to make use of my very own Notice 7 till I get a alternative — I nonetheless need to use this telephone, and I will be utilizing it once more as soon as a brand new one arrives.
This recall is horrendous for Samsung, however that does not change my assessment
However the one factor this Notice 7 recall is not dangerous for is my unique evaluation. That evaluation was based mostly on my preliminary time with the telephone previous to launch and the evaluation interval clearly communicated within the “About this evaluate” part we put in each assessment right here on AC. We put that info in our critiques to obviously talk the circumstances underneath which the evaluation was written — on this case, a bit over every week utilizing a Observe 7, with no information or expectation that a month later it would be the topic of a worldwide recall.
I can not inform you the right way to really feel about Samsung’s present means to make telephones or its high quality management and security requirements going ahead — sooner or later that is a private determination. We have already had many open discussions about what the recall might or might not do to Samsung’s market place and fame. However none of what this recall means for the general public notion of Samsung will change my thoughts concerning the Notice 7 assessment that I wrote and revealed on August 16.
My Notice 7 evaluate stands immediately because it did when it was first revealed.
There isn’t any caveat to be added to the Observe 7 (or some other telephone) evaluate based mostly on the recall state of affairs, nor will I be second-guessing my conclusions therein or really feel as if I used to be duped or swindled by Samsung. I will not be adjusting the speed at which I used to be recommending the Notice 7 to buddies, household and AC readers who requested me which telephone they should consider buying.
The reason being fairly easy. Not solely did we have now no indication forward of time that a manufacturing situation can be current or a recall of any measurement can be required for the Observe 7, we had completely zero cause to be hesitant that such a state of affairs would come up sooner or later. Previous expertise of reviewing hundreds of phones, lots of them from Samsung, had led us to think about on the time of the Observe 7 evaluate tempering our expectations of the telephone for worry of a worldwide recall resulting from a element problem.
For that purpose not solely does the Galaxy Note 7 review learn the identical at present because it did when it was first revealed, at this time I nonetheless utterly agree with every part I wrote.