GTrusted

We went shopping today at our local Best Buy to buy one of the "safe" Samsung Galaxy Note7 which we heard was getting ready to be sold again at retail outlets.  To our surprise we were told by a Best Buy Sales Consultant that a recall was going again on with the Samsung Galaxy Note7 although this time it was being done unofficially and quietly.  Since the Samsung Galaxy Note7 hadn't been put up for sale again at Best Buy, we guess it would be easier just to pull back whatever had been restocked.

If this second unofficial recall is true, with an increasing number of "safe" Samsung Galaxy Note7 being reported exhibiting battery issues, retailers like Best Buy may just decide to pull the plug and not have to deal with all the headaches associated with returns and restocking.  

We saw that a local AT&T store had been gearing up to resell the Samsung Galaxy Note7 so it would be a shame if the relaunch plans get scrapped.  We had heard from the AT&T store that Samsung was actually paying stores compensation for every Samsung Galaxy Note7 returned but at a certain point retailers will probably say enough is enough and just move on.

Update: AT&T and T-Mobile have now bailed on the Samsung Galaxy Note7 and switching customers to other phones

This incident make you wonder what was causing all these issues with the Samsung Galaxy Note7.  Was it related to the battery manufacturing process issues reported by Samsung?    Could it be related to the Samsung proprietary Adaptive Fast Charging scheme where the Note 7’s Adaptive Fast Charging adapter uses 25 watts (12 volts @ 2.1 amps) to quickly charge the Samsung Galaxy Note7 (50% within .5 hours, and 100% within 1.5 hours)?  The Note5 and Galaxy S7 also use Samsung's Adaptive Fast Charging adapters which only output 15 watts (9 volts @ 1.67 amps).  Could it be something to do with the Note 7 supporting a proprietary fast wireless charging technology although the same technology is supported on some other Samsung models?  Time will tell what really happened.

No matter what the actual issue or issues turn out to be, despite the Samsung Galaxy Note7 being a great phone, it has lost a lot of momentum and may never fully recover.

Update: With the AT&T and T-Mobile news, this probably sounds the death knell of the Samsung Galaxy Note7 at least in the US.  A few days later, Samsung has officially halted all production of the Samsung Galaxy Note7 and has asked everyone to return them and not turn them on.  RIP.