Samsung plans to sell refurbished Galaxy Note7 phones?


This could be a game changer for Samsung if it proves to be true. Well according to The Korea Economic Daily, Samsung plans to do something with the 3 million Galaxy Note 7 devices they pulled out of circulation and they will try to sell some of them once again, as refurbished phones!

Samsung’s plan is to equip the refurbished Galaxy Note 7 phones with 3000mAh or 3200mAh batteries (much smaller than the 3500 battery the original phone had), a newly made case and then re-sell them mainly to emerging markets (not globally) such as India, Vietnam etc.

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The Korean company has already officialy stated that the reason behind Galaxy Note7’s reason of failure was the battery capacity (and placement), with the rest of the hardware being in excellent order. In any case, if this move turns out to be true, it could help Samsung minimize the financial blow sustained a couple of months ago and also allow them to deal with an environmental issue: how to get rid of 3 million of phones in a safe, cost-effective way.

Would you buy a refurbished Samsung Galaxy Note7?

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18 Comments

  1. dref
    February 21, 2017

    Yeah this will help finance the TV add campaign (in order to regain trust from the consumers) they launched here in Europe and i guess worlwide too… the idea is good but the real damage was done to the brand and that i think cost samsung more than the HW

  2. Julian
    February 21, 2017

    hmm…. for the right price… interesting…

    • nobitakun
      February 21, 2017

      The right price is about 300$ for the hardware, in new condition. Refurbished I expect 200$ at most.

      • Faisal Shaharyar
        February 21, 2017

        its not going to be less than $450. something in the range of One plus 3t

  3. February 21, 2017

    Well, A7 2017 is selling at $480 USD, and we can easy buy a brand new S7 with that price, well talking about money, we can even buy a new S7 Edge at “grey market”… I’m pretty sure Note 7 will be sold at about $600 USD here in Viet Nam!

    • Fred
      February 22, 2017

      Nah! I think something like 12,000,000 vnd and it will go down to 10 when the S8 is out.

  4. dref
    February 21, 2017

    Yeah this will help finance the TV add campaign (in order to regain trust from the consumers) they launched here in Europe and i guess worlwide too… the idea is good but the real damage was done to the brand and that i believe cost samsung way more than the HW itself

  5. Julian
    February 21, 2017

    hmm…. for the right price… interesting…

    • nobitakun
      February 21, 2017

      The right price is about 300$ for the hardware, in new condition. Refurbished I expect 200$ at most.

    • Faisal Shaharyar
      February 21, 2017

      its not going to be less than $450. something in the range of One plus 3t

  6. gіаиg
    February 21, 2017

    Well, A7 2017 is selling at $480 USD, and we can easy buy a brand new S7 with that price, well talking about money, we can even buy a new S7 Edge at “grey market”… I’m pretty sure Note 7 will be sold at about $600 USD here in Viet Nam!

    • Guest
      February 22, 2017

      Nah! I think something like 12,000,000 vnd and it will go down to 10 when the S8 is out.

  7. Larry Stoffregan
    February 21, 2017

    put my name on a list, would love a note 7

  8. Larry Stoffregan
    February 21, 2017

    put my name on a list, would love a note 7

  9. Thi Ha
    February 22, 2017

    Yes yes yes

  10. Thi Ha
    February 22, 2017

    Yes yes yes

  11. Fred
    February 22, 2017

    Would you buy a refurbished Samsung Galaxy Note7?
    Of course yeah!

  12. Guest
    February 22, 2017

    Would you buy a refurbished Samsung Galaxy Note7?
    Of course yeah!