IDC Survey Looks to Assess Damage to Samsung Brand After Note 7 Recall/2016-10-28

IDC Survey Looks to Assess Damage to Samsung Brand After Note 7 Recall

( IDC Survey Looks to Assess Damage to Samsung Brand After Note 7 Recall ) - FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Results from a recent International Data Corporation (IDC) survey, U.S. Smartphone Owners' Reaction to pokemon/" target="_blank">sung/" target="_blank">Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Recall (Doc #US41878416), show that Samsung faces some short-term challenges but nothing that will darken its long-term prospects.IDC surveyed 1,082 U.S. consumers through an online survey on October 17th and 18th, four days after Samsung decided to halt production on the Note 7.The survey focused on three groups of consumers: current Samsung smartphone owners (507), past Samsung smartphone owners (347), and smartphone owners who have never owned the Samsung brand (228).
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Samsung confirms Note 8 in development, says Korean Note 7 customers will get half off new smartphone

( Samsung confirms Note 8 in development, says Korean Note 7 customers will get half off new smartphone ) - pokemon/" target="_blank">sung/" target="_blank">Samsung will continue to make Note-branded smartphones, the company announced today, and will even offer Korean Note 7 customers an incentive to buy the next iteration of its stylus-enabled smartphone.In a statement issued on Monday (written in Hangul), the company confirms it's working on the Note 8 and says Korean customers who trade in their Note 7 for either a flat-screen or curved-screen version of the Galaxy S7 can subsequently trade up to a Galaxy S8 or Note 8 when those two smartphones launch next year.Samsung adds those customers will get 50 percent off the Note 8 if they decide to take the company up on its offer.
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Samsung Electronics Co sets up Note 7 exchange booths at major U.S. airports after device banned from flights

( Samsung Electronics Co sets up Note 7 exchange booths at major U.S. airports after device banned from flights ) - pokemon/" target="_blank">sung/" target="_blank">Samsung Electronics Co. is letting travellers exchange their Note 7 smartphones at special booths set up at America's busiest airports.The program is part of Samsung's worldwide effort to recall millions of Galaxy Note 7 phones, which are prone to catching fire and exploding.Customers can exchange the phones or get a full refund, a company representative said in a statement.
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Samsung brings the Note 7's Blue Coral color to the Galaxy S7 Edge

( Samsung brings the Note 7's Blue Coral color to the Galaxy S7 Edge ) - One of the unsung casualties of long, sad death of the Note 7 was poor, poor Blue Coral.It was a really striking addition to an already lovely phone, a sort of shimmery light metallic blue.Every since Samsung and basically every regulatory body around put the kibosh on the phablet, however, the closest we've gotten is the Google Pixel's Really Blue option.
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