Samsung selling refurb Galaxy Note 7's

In article , Bill W
wrote:

I don't know how anyone could read this stuff, and not laugh for days
about this crap.

if you really want a wtf moment, look no further than the galaxy s4
intro that was done as a broadway show (and it was *much* worse than it
sounds):

http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/18/41...ehind-the-scen
es-of-the-sexist-galaxy-s4-launch
...an event designed to captivate fans with Broadway spectacle, but
which instead elicited sharp criticism for its one-sided portrayal of
women, including a bachelorette party skit that featured women saying
the S4's Air Gesture feature would be useful while their nails dried
and a drunk woman ogling a shirtless gardener. The S4, watching her
eyes using its Smart Pause feature, halted video playback while she
took in the view.

http://mashable.com/2013/03/14/stran...alaxy-s-4-laun
ch-event/

The video is private, but reading the article and the comments, it
looks like there's plenty to laugh about - everything from the
marketing flakes to the PC scolds. Overall, though, it seems like a
bit much for a cell phone. It's not like the second coming...

be careful for what you wish for. the link in the article is dead, but
there are others on youtube. here's one, starting at the 'show':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLmOEVijYOQ&t=28m50s


i also forgot about the battery factory fi
https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...g-plant-fire-f
aulty-batteries-galaxy-note-7-battery-supplier
ŒMinor¹ fire at Galaxy Note 7 battery supplier¹s Tianjin plant saw
110 firefighters and 19 trucks sent to put out blaze, according to
emergency services



But they make nice phones, especially if you want yours to
double as a hand warmer...

the s8 looks interesting, but has a couple of wtfs, such as putting the
fingerprint sensor on the back of the phone (a wtf by itself), but also
to one side of the camera lens, a big **** you to lefties, as well as
guaranteeing that people are going to smudge up the lens trying to
unlock the phone.

another wtf is that it will ship with android 7.0, not the latest,
7.1.1. who knows when (if) it will get 'o'.

If you want worse WTF, Lenovo seems to abandon their devices pretty
quickly. I bought one of their tablets, and it remains at Android 5 -
the version it came with, and will never be updated. Lots of
complaints on the forums, lots of ignoring them from Lenovo. I'm done
with them.

it's not just lenovo.

in general, android devices are typically updated only for about 1-2
years. device makers want to sell you a new device.

nougat is on a whopping ~3% of devices, while ios 10 is on about 80% of
devices, both having been released around the same time.

https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html
https://developer.apple.com/support/app-store/

In article ,
RichA wrote:


Getting a malware warning about that site...

that's because it's a torrent site, which indicates what rich has been
doing...

Using google to track down the story. Maybe they chose that link because it was
free of advertising spam?

bull****.