The "Stupid Tax" Thread

[The_Chief]

We all hate paying stupid tax! In other words, foolish decisions that end up costing us a lot of money. To start, here's Chad. Chad was trying to ride his bike and use his Z Fold 3. Gravity happened, as it usually does... and his new $1800 foldable phone hit the road. Kudos to Samsung, though, because the phone worked well for another week!

https://www.sammobile.com/news/this...s-a-good-lesson-not-to-be-too-active-with-it/

 

[Deleted User]

What?

I have to pay another tax for being stupid?

Why do clever people get to keep more money?

Also why are some of those letters in blue?

I think you have a faulty keyboard.

Who thinks I'm stupid now?

 

[ocnbrze]

Well it looked like the phone never had a case on it. I'm quite confident with my current Spigen Slim Armor Pro protecting my phone from drops.

 

[Deleted User]

Not owning one, I would imagine they are a little harder to hold anyway in portrait mode while taking a photo / video one handed.
271 gms and thicker.

Risky business if you don't treat it with respect.

 

[ocnbrze]

Chad deserved it......can't play with your Fold while riding a bike!!!!! who does that?

 

[olbriar]

I ride with my phone. I have forever. It is the vehicle to steam tunes. I don't ride and text I do have a holder for my phone that securely affixes the phone to the handlebar however.

 

[The_Chief]

What?

I have to pay another tax for being stupid?

Why do clever people get to keep more money?

Also why are some of those letters in blue?

I think you have a faulty keyboard.

Who thinks I'm stupid now?

Yes, a fool & his money are soon parted.
And while I'm clever and don't pay (much) stupid tax, I don't necessarily get to keep the money. I just lose it differently: I got married 31 years ago and I'm still making payments.
The blue letters are deliberate and I only did it to confuse you. I actually used white letters as well, but now I can't figure out where the letters are on the page.
And you're on Android Forums, so you probably aren't stupid

 

[codezer0]

Samsung: *blames user*
Also Samsung: *deflects hard from the fact one of their batteries exploded... Again!*

Again, why is anyone buying Samsung if they admit they want to murder you with their phones?

 

[ocnbrze]

Where did it say that samsung is blaming anybody about this? None of my Sammy's have blown up like that.

 

[codezer0]

Where did it say that samsung is blaming anybody about this? None of my Sammy's have blown up like that.

It literally said reckless user, in the article body. Sammobile is affiliated, if not directly endorsed, by Samsung. Doesn't take a genius to put two and two together.

Also, anecdotes aside, it proves Samsung hasn't learned a thing since the Note 7.

 

[ocnbrze]

It literally said reckless user, in the article body. Sammobile is affiliated, if not directly endorsed, by Samsung. Doesn't take a genius to put two and two together.

Also, anecdotes aside, it proves Samsung hasn't learned a thing since the Note 7.

sorry it proves nothing. and i guess i'm not a genius. this is the only incident that has been reported. if this was more widespread you would have seen it by now. plus this guy broke the phone while on a bike and dropped it without a case.......if anything it proves that Chad is not a genius.....LOL

 

[The_Chief]

I'm pretty sure that an Apple device would let the smoke out as well,if it did an equivalent plunge onto a hard road surface from a moving bicycle. And we just HAD to do a tech-blog-media jab by regurgitating the ancient Note 7, didn't we? If that's the best argument, there is no argument

 

[codezer0]

I'm pretty sure that an Apple device would let the smoke out as well,if it did an equivalent plunge onto a hard road surface from a moving bicycle. And we just HAD to do a tech-blog-media jab by regurgitating the ancient Note 7, didn't we? If that's the best argument, there is no argument

Ancient? Samsung is still selling it; abroad, because it's already been banned by every major market.

The note 7 should have told Samsung to walk it back to a removable battery. That they continue to sell sealed phones at ever increasing prices, is them being rewarded for their failures.

 

[The_Chief]

^- Not even dignifying that with a response. Let's get back on topic and stay there, shall we? Good

 

[mikedt]

Ancient? Samsung is still selling it; abroad, because it's already been banned by every major market.

Wrong!

Fact check: Samsung stopped selling and recalled the Note7 in every market in the world. However they did subsequently sell a Note7 FE(Fan Edition) in South Korea, China, and a few other Asian countries. The FE version had a different and reduced capacity battery. The Note7 FE was never banned anywhere, and did NOT "explode". But that was back in 2017, so yeh...ancient.

 

[codezer0]

^- Not even dignifying that with a response. Let's get back on topic and stay there, shall we? Good

If you won't consider the perspective, then why should I validate you, or your opinion?

Why should a phone battery just fizzle and pop from a single drop? Heck, I've seen many a news article over the years of a phone getting shot to (inadvertently) save their owners' life, and the battery didn't retort by seeping its acid everywhere like these new phones are wont to do. What I take issue with, with this article/episode, is how they were only too quick to blame the user for it exploding. That's all.

No phone maker on this world or any other, is worthy of defense.

 

[The_Chief]

You run on the assumption that the article gave 100% of the information required, for and against, to complete a fulll analysis of the device (and the manufacturer). No news article has EVER done that. And quite frankly, I didn't seek your validation.

Now: if we can't end this back & forth, which serves no constructive purpose, and go back to the topic, I will ask Mods to close the thread.

 

[ocnbrze]

.....i still think that Chad is an idiot

can't blame anybody but him....not that he has....LOL

 

[OJsakila]

Consider it a Karma swipe. You NOW have a CLEAN SLATE. The glass is ALWAYS half full.