Samsung confirms its Galaxy Note7 refurb sales plans

[HEXUS]

Will be sold "solely to reduce and minimize any environmental impact," says Samsung.

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[Tabbykatze]

Well that's disappointing, I was hoping to pick up a non-explosive refurbed Note7 at a reduced price for the wife as her Note3 is getting on a bit. I guess they need to recoup that massive financial burden they incurred by the recall.

[Valantar]

I'm very happy they're doing this. Chucking them all, even if extracting precious metals, would have been a _massive_ problem. There's enough e-waste being dumped into landfills without brand-new products being dumped there too. And I imagine there are quite a few customers out there for a Note 7 with a slightly smaller battery.

[this_is_gav]

It's a shame they didn't offer them back to the original buyers first, assuming they're the identical bar the smaller battery, for a reduced fee.

I think I'd snap one up now if I could, as there's not a cat in hell's chance I'm buying the ergonomic nightmare that the S8 looks to be.

[CyberScooby]

I'm just happy that they are being environmentally responsible.

[kingpotnoodle]

I'm very happy they're doing this. Chucking them all, even if extracting precious metals, would have been a _massive_ problem. There's enough e-waste being dumped into landfills without brand-new products being dumped there too. And I imagine there are quite a few customers out there for a Note 7 with a slightly smaller battery.

They will either end up in trash now or in a few years time when broken or obsolete, what's the difference? At least a big company like Samsung can't get away with chucking it in a landfill, too many end users will just chuck it in their general waste rather than properly recycling. It's probably better for the environment for Samsung to recycle them all now but what Samsung's statement should have said if they were being honest is: "solely to reduce our recycling costs and minimize any impact to our profits".

For Samsung to dress this up as being environmentally responsible is disingenuous, it's nothing to do with that at all.

[vitorppub]

Looks like they have a stock problem to resolve...the thing is in 6months the new Note8 should come so should people buy this one if the price doesnt drop alot?

[aniilv]

Samsung - the environmentally friendly company that seals their products so end user has no way to improve battery life after 2 years and needs to buy new phone