[AT] OT - Refurbished computers - now phones

[Dan Glass]

I had heard that it was the manufacturers trying to get the highest 
possible milliamp hours out of a very small battery.  It could be a 
combination of both.


On 1/1/2017 4:39 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> I don't want to be a part of this "discussion" as I don't use a Samsung
> or an Iphone but I'm pretty sure the same company in China builds both
> products.  It would stand to reason that they would use the same battery
> suppliers.  However,  from what I've heard the problem with the Samsung
> phones might be related to the "fast charge" feature that is overheating the
> battery.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Glass
> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2017 8:31 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT - Refurbished computers - now phones
>
> The problem is that the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is the best phone on the
> market, no one else even comes close and millions of people will not
> turn them in so the supplier has to cut them off in order to get people
> to stop using them.  Relatively few exploded.  As I recall is less than
> one quarter of one percent.  Iphone 7 and 7s had the same battery and
> the same problem but didn't issue a recall.
>
>
> On 12/31/2016 11:59 PM, Steve W. wrote:
>> markagreer wrote:
>>> The Galaxy S7 phone isn't the one with the battery problem. It's the
>>> Samsung Galaxy Note 7 that catches fire and was recalled.
>>>
>> Not just recalled either. All of the carriers will be uploading an
>> update by the middle of the week to kill any of them that have not been
>> returned. It will "brick" the phone so it cannot be recharged or even
>> used on a network.
>>
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