SAMSUNG rubbish

BeVonk!

BeVonk!

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SAMSUNG :-( ... :-)

In the last two months I acquired two very expensive Samsung gadgets, the Galaxy S2 and the Tab 10.1. This were meant to replace my Apple iPhone 4 and iPad 1.

Unfortunately I now sit with problems with both these devices. The phone switches off for no reason (resulting in missed calls) and the tablet has "Newton rings". (No, Sammy, hard resets don't fix everything).

Samsung has lost the plot big time. Quality control must be at an all time low at that factory. Very disappointing to put it mildly. Who wants to send devices in for "repairs" so soon after purchase? When the devices come back you have problems that weren't there before (my experience) and then a brand new device feels like a second-hand one. I also cannot be without these devices for weeks with a good chance that it will happen again.

Samsung = risk too high. Get something else.

Mr Ferreira, I hope you take note. Many Galaxy P7500 owners will never buy Samsung products ever again no matter how good they look on paper.

Sent from my GT-P7500 with "Newton rings".
 
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BeVonk! said:
In the last two months I acquired two very expensive Samsung gadgets, the Galaxy S2 and the Tab 10.1. This were meant to replace my Apple iPhone 4 and iPad 1.

Unfortunately I now sit with problems with both these devices. The phone switches off for no reason (resulting in missed calls) and the tablet has "Newton rings". (No, Sammy, hard resets don't fix everything).

Samsung has lost the plot big time. Quality control must be at an all time low at that factory. Very disappointing to put it mildly. Who wants to send devices in for "repairs" so soon after purchase? When the devices come back you have problems that weren't there before (my experience) and then a brand new device feels like a second-hand one. I also cannot be without these devices for weeks with a good chance that it will happen again.

Samsung = risk too high. Get something else.

Mr Ferreira, I hope you take note. Many Galaxy P7500 owners will never buy Samsung products ever again no matter how good they look on paper.

Sent from my GT-P7500 with "Newton rings".
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Does the phone actually switch off ? Or you just getting a lot of missed calls while the phone is on ?
 
web said:
Does the phone actually switch off ? Or you just getting a lot of missed calls while the phone is on ?
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Phone switches off ... missed calls when I'm not aware that phone has switched off.

Sent from my GT-P7500 using Tapatalk
 
There is a lot of complaints about the Newton rings from all over the globe but Samsung is mum. They clearly don't see it as an issue or they don't care enough to do a recall. Apple is not their biggest threat. Samsung is committing suicide.

Sent from my GT-P7500 using Tapatalk
 
BeVonk! said:
Unfortunately I now sit with problems with both these devices. The phone switches off for no reason (resulting in missed calls) and the tablet has "Newton rings". (No, Sammy, hard resets don't fix everything).

Samsung has lost the plot big time. Quality control must be at an all time low at that factory.
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Well since you managed to end up with defective hardware I guess every single thing they sell must be defective as well! Thanks for saving everyone the misfortune of buying a Samsung product. If only the rest of their customer base knew the truth!
 
Yip, bevonkt is correct, my sg2 also switch off for no reason. Thought it was only me who bought a faulty phone.
 
I am a huge fan of Samsung products, unfortunately I have had exactly the same experience. That is, my Samsung phone switching off. It went in for repair five times...a year later, it's still exactly the same.
 
Maybe dual core in suck a tiny space is too much, will be quiet sad, as I was looking forward to this phone. Having said that they have to swap the unit and if this is a big general fault, they will have to recall to save name.
 
Does someone from the Samsung Galaxy S2 thread wanna comment on this? Haven't heard of it before and seems to be pretty common if a couple of forumites report the same switching off problem.

Was gonna get mine but now it seems like I may have to hold out for this to be resolved :/
 
I love my Samsung Monitor no issues and picture quality is up there!

I have used the Galaxy tab 11' latest version and yeh it sucks
 
For the sake of your sanity, I will take the SGSII off of your hands for you.

PM me with a price, and let's make a deal, because you're clearly holding it wrong ( tm ).
 
Valis said:
I am a huge fan of Samsung products, unfortunately I have had exactly the same experience. That is, my Samsung phone switching off. It went in for repair five times...a year later, it's still exactly the same.
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It is this repeated taking back thing that prevents me from starting such a process in the first place. After two/three send-ins it gets replaced but this helps little if the same problem comes with the new phone as well. I suspect it is an OS issue as hard resests don't make it go away.

With so many of the SGT P7500's defective it is also not a process one wishes to enter as after the two/three fixes one might well end up with another defective device.

Sent from my GT-P7500 using Tapatalk
 
bullzeye.za said:
For the sake of your sanity, I will take the SGSII off of your hands for you.

PM me with a price, and let's make a deal, because you're clearly holding it wrong ( tm ).
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Lol,nice offer.

Bevonk,I'm surprised,you've always been one thats apple crazy.....i would say definitely an apple fan...so all of a sudden you went out and bought not just a galaxy s2 but also the galaxy tab p7500?

Interesting....
 
hungrybeaver said:
Send the phone to Samsung or your service provider. They'll surely swap it out.
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Unfortunately they don't swap until the third repair. I've tried to get my tablet swapped but Samsung told me the tablet must first go through the required fix procedures.

Sent from my GT-P7500 using Tapatalk
 
falcon786 said:
Lol,nice offer.

Bevonk,I'm surprised,you've always been one thats apple crazy.....i would say definitely an apple fan...so all of a sudden you went out and bought not just a galaxy s2 but also the galaxy tab p7500?

Interesting....
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I've had many Apple products and never had any issues whatsoever. I wanted to experience the Android ecosystem and give it a fair go. Gingerbread is great ... Honeycomb not. I know it is not fair to judge Android on my Samsung experience but Apple's hardware is awesome and I would go back to it.

Sent from my GT-P7500 using Tapatalk
 
bullzeye.za said:
For the sake of your sanity, I will take the SGSII off of your hands for you.

PM me with a price, and let's make a deal, because you're clearly holding it wrong ( tm ).
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Holding it wrong? LOL! You don't want a tablet also? :D

Sent from my GT-P7500 using Tapatalk
 
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