Why the Galaxy Note 7 mess excites me more about the Galaxy S8

Samsung had a great start to 2016 with the Galaxy S7. The existing flagship series is without a doubt a hit. It played a major role in turning the company’s fortunes around and Samsung wanted to continue the momentum with the Galaxy Note 7. For all intents and purposes, the Galaxy Note 7 seemed like it had the potential to be huge. It was very well received at launch and many started predicting that Samsung was on track to have one of its best years due to the great performance of the Galaxy S7 coupled with the great potential of the Galaxy Note 7.

Merely a couple of months after it was formally announced nobody is talking about the Galaxy Note 7′s potential anymore. They are talking about its tendency to explode for no apparent reason. Soon after the handset was released in August reports started coming in that the Galaxy Note 7 was burning up. Samsung later confirmed that its new flagship had a battery cell defect and that it was launching a replacement program to replace all units shipped since launch with new, safe ones. The replacement program entered its final phases in many markets across the globe by the end of last month and Samsung even started to resume sales but as we’re all finding out, the Galaxy Note 7 debacle is far from over.

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