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April 26, 2017
Samsung's refurbished Galaxy Note 7 will reportedly go on sale in June
The handset will reportedly be available in South Korea with a smaller battery and $250 discount
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February 26, 2017
Greenpeace protesters interrupted Samsung’s MWC presentation
The group wants to know what will happen to the 4.3 million recalled Galaxy Note 7s
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January 19, 2017
Samsung will reveal the cause of the Galaxy Note 7’s exploding battery this Sunday
The press conference takes place in Seoul
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January 17, 2017
Verizon still has ‘thousands’ of customers using the recalled Samsung Galaxy Note 7
The carrier will start rerouting all non-emergency calls from a Note 7 to customer service.
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December 22, 2016
A flight was late because someone named their Wi-Fi hotspot ‘Galaxy Note 7’
A Virgin America flight nearly had to make an emergency landing so it could be searched.
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December 15, 2016
Verizon changes its mind and will kill Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 on January 5th
The carrier is waiting until after the holidays to nuke Samsung’s recalled phone for good.
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December 9, 2016
Verizon refuses to release update that would kill Samsung’s Note 7
“We do not want to make it impossible to contact family, first responders or medical professionals in an emergency situation.”
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December 9, 2016
Unlike US, Samsung isn’t (yet) bricking the Note 7 in Europe
But the next update will limit the battery to just 30 percent of original capacity
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December 9, 2016
Samsung confirms it will render the US Note 7 useless with next update
The update will be released December 19th and rolled out to remaining Note 7s within 30 days.
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November 7, 2016
Samsung runs full-page apology ads over Galaxy Note 7 recall
‘We will listen to you, learn from this.’
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November 4, 2016
Samsung will ban the Note 7 from connecting to mobile networks in New Zealand
The equivalent of turning off the lights when your kids won’t go to bed
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October 24, 2016
Samsung promises Korean Note 7 owners a 50 percent discount on the Note 8
When it becomes available next year
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October 23, 2016
Samsung's rush to save the Galaxy Note 7 may have hastened its demise
Samsung still doesn’t know what is causing the Note 7 to catch fire
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October 18, 2016
Samsung is setting up Note 7 exchange booths at airports around the world
They'll give you a new phone and swap over your data
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October 16, 2016
It is now a federal crime to bring a Galaxy Note 7 onto an airplane
Offenders are subject to civil penalties of up to $179,933 for each violation
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October 14, 2016
Samsung will tell Note 7 owners of flight ban via text message
Informing the public will be essential