The Galaxy Note 7 was known for being the first smartphone to come with HDR video; it was the first Note to be waterproof and it also was the first Note blow up. The company has since taken leaps and bounds in order to redeem itself and now, it is confident enough to re-release the Note 7 in a safer, humbler package – the Note 7 R (R for, refurbished).
The Note 7 R will go on sale in South Korea first and will be accessed via three carriers in the country. Of the 3-4 million Notes recalled, about 300,000 of those units will be made available for sale. The Notes will be available for the price of $620. That means the smartphone will now be $250 cheaper.
The phone will also be lighter by a battery capacity too, according to Ubergizmo’s report that mentions that the phone will have a reduced battery capacity to a 3,000mAh unit instead of the 3,500mAh unit. Some sources also claim that the capacity will probably be somewhere in between, at 3,200mAh. The company will want to avoid any battery related heat issues and unnecessary episodes of blowing up – something that the company has probably learned after it underwent the rigorous testing phases for the Galaxy Note 7’s battery.
The move of refurbishing and selling the Note 7 is the company’s plan to make the most of a failed product and keep the phones as useful as possible. Other units which could not have been salvaged could be used to extract the precious minerals from or even the micro-processors which haven’t been used. This is a good way of making use of the opportunity. Buyers will still get one of the best smartphones currently in existence and will have it a moderately reduced price.
Reports speculate that the phone will be released in June this year and that there will be a place for the phone to fit in with the rest of the Galaxy line-up. The company is also planning on releasing this year’s Note sometime around August or early September. It will be easy to assume that there will be even bigger hype for the successor of the phone than the current S8 and S8+ duo.
The Note 7 R will probably see a lot of eager buyers since its renewed life will now pit the phone’s almost year-old hardware against the flagships of today. It will be interesting to see what buyers will get to take away from the prospects; at least until the new Note reveals itself in the coming months, of course.
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