Dodged A Bullet...Samsung Galaxy Note 7 On Massive Recall

I'm still getting by with my 9 year old iPhone 3Gs.

Every time I got ready to pull the trigger on an upgrade, something new and faster was announced so I continued to wait.
I've wanted a Galaxy note for some time now and was originally going to get the 5 when it came out but was disappointed with the spec and that they dropped the external sd storage so I continued to wait.

So when the note 7 was announced (they skipped 6 all together to keep up with the S series) and saw that they brought back the external storage option, I made up my mind that this was the one to get but as with most significant electronic purchases, I would wait for some user reports before pulling the trigger.

looks like it's a good thing I did.

Once they get this issue rectified I will probably purchase one provided the reception and call quality reports are good as regardless of how many bells and whistles it has, first and always foremost it has to be good as a phone.

I'll go iPhone 7 plus as soon as I can. iPhones aren't perfect, my 6 plus has a faulty touch screen.

But I still find IOS far superior to the android operating system.

far too much fragmentation with all the different versions of android.

Although android has made improvements.

I'm due for an upgrade in a couple months. I was looking at this phone but if it's not rereleased by then, I'm going to go with the S7 Edge or wait longer. Currently using the Note 4, which will become my mp3 player after I upgrade.

Lifelong Android user here with no plans of upgrading this time around. I have a Galaxy S6 and it works great. If I were to upgrade it would be to the 7 Edge. Iphones are nice, but like DJ software to each it's own.

steve149 said:

the 7+ just looks too big for the pocket.

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Is that an Iphone 7+ in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me???

Cap Capello said:

The only "i" thing to be given any of my consideration is a poke in one (not poke e mon)

I am to "i" (Apple) what many are to Bose. Never had one. Never used one. Don't ever recall even holding one, but they are terribly proprietary. Owners over exaggerate what they can do. Extremely over-priced. It's just Apple's marketing, not their value. Take the label off and no one would know or care. (Sound familiar?)

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I used to think the same thing.

Just as people who think Bose is only successful only because of marketing, people who say it about Apple are just as wrong. You got to be pretty good at marketing to sell a billion of something. And sell a billion at a premium price.

Overpriced? The only android phones that are remotely close IMO is the ones that cost roughly the same as iPhones. The low priced android phones that make up a majority of android sales are the Pyle pro of the cell phone industry.


Plenty to dislike about Apple and the iPhone. Yes they are stubborn, hard to work with, cocky, and made me really want the android to be better. But it wasn't. Not even close.

Samsung has helped as they've pushed Apple to make improvements to the phone they may not have made. But IOS is still clearly superior in my opinion.

Hell I wish apple would buy virtual DJ and make an Icontroller

ittigger said:

I don't - I like competition. The potential problem with Apple buying it is that VDJ gets locked to the controllers they want you to use. There are pro's and con's to each side.

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yea but the failure rate would be so low, plus you get get a white one, or space gray

Cap Capello said:

I am to "i" (Apple) what many are to Bose. Never had one. Never used one. Don't ever recall even holding one, but they are terribly proprietary. Owners over exaggerate what they can do. Extremely over-priced. It's just Apple's marketing, not their value. Take the label off and no one would know or care. (Sound familiar?)

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I've used Bose, Apple, and Windows products. I haven't used Android because I like my personal information as secure as possible.

Bose is a lot of marketing and it's also a lot of R&D, just like Apple. I had a Bose L1 with two of the B1 modules. For smaller rooms it was just fine. I liked it because it fit in my car and it sounded pretty good. As I started working bigger rooms I switched to my current JBL SRX800 rig as it was the better tool for the job. I won't bash Bose because they do make tools that work well for some people, including myself.

I used to build Windows PC's until XP came out and MS wouldn't let me change a motherboard without letting them know about it. So I thought "If they are going to try to control everything like Apple, might as well try Apple." While MS never did end up controlling as much as I thought they would, I ended up loving OS9 and I've never looked back. I still have one Dell with Windows 10 and I absolutely despise it. The OS is constantly in the way of what I want to do. I only have it for the touch screen feature in anticipation of running Martin M-PC with an M-Touch and M-Play for my DMX control.

I've always used an iPhone because I was a Mac guy when they first came out. I was slightly interested in Android when it came out, but I wasn't impressed by any of the hardware it ran on at the time. Over the years Android has become too fragmented for me to consider using. Google can release a software update to fix a security concern and you may never get it because it has to go through the handset maker first and then to the carrier. Very often it happens months later or never at all. With how much personal information is on my phone, including credit card info with ApplePay, I will not compromise security for the ability to easily change my ringtone or whatever else Android can do easier than iOS.

I personally don't mind the restrictions on any Apple product as long as the trade-off is ease of use and security. If those two things go downhill I may change my mind. So far Apple is doing a bang-up job on both.

I use a Mac for all the DJ playback. Most DJ's in my area use cheap PCs and question why I would spend so much on a Mac. I depreciate my equipment appropriately and I price in the cost of the equipment into my rates. As long as my clients are happy and I'm making money what difference does it make?

All it boils down to is if you think it is the right tool for the job you are trying to do. No need to bash anything as overpriced or over-marketed.