Samsung denies allegations of planned obsolescence

19 January 2018
The company will cooperate with the Italian authority to "clarify the facts".

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King Jay Kay, 19 Jan 2018It's sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... moreHuh someone trying to defend these failuer corprations.
To me they think they are immortal or invincible and they ascended like gods or alterans (antic race) from Stargate series.
But even a god cant get broken fingers by hammer of a judge (arbiter).
And in this case the Italian tribunal is right someone must do something or they will NEVER learn from their own mistakes and they WILL ALWAYS work against the people.
Thats my honest words. And i am glad i can speak this way open to all of you.

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    • AnonD-731363
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    • 19 Jan 2018

    Well guys dont buy Samsung brand at all.
    Problem solved.
    When they will loose all or most customers it will be much wose for them than any fine they can get from courts.

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      • Hxg
      • 19 Jan 2018

      It's soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo fun to read the comments that simply don't even make any sense the manufacture that admits that they ahve problem with updates and do this so called obsolescence thing are good to go and the one who are just under investigation in only one single country is getting crap.

      Thing is apple and Samsung both are thugs and not consumer oriented companies and why they should be as they are not non profit trading organizations they make money by making people to buy their stuff now some will go toward a short cut and easy way which is more feasible in general scenarios and they both are doing it

      But what I don't understand is why people get so emotional about such news, okay I got it, it's about investigations so better come up with latest updates regarding the investigation don't bitch about other stuff at all for that join any community and use the power of social media if you want to do it right

      Secondly no.matter what but this crazy fan base reaction is literally killing it Samsung fans are quite and apple fans are getting excited for the initial step which they have been already being apple user.

      No.doubt I agree that this is ultimate human reaction of justifying your fool decisions by emotional explainations aof your hard earned money wasted in buy crap from either of the manufactures

      But no hard feelings Guys I have iPhone 7 plus from it's luanch and yeah it's working good since now and the other one is Mate 9

      Last Samsung was Note 5 which was also satisfying I can't complain. No.one asked.me to buy these on gun point and it wasn't a matter of life and death I had money at that time I bought it

      Stop bitching and start doing some thing productive and creative you looserz

        Anonymous, 19 Jan 2018At least they ain't Huawei and NoHonorTrue.

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          • 38G
          • 19 Jan 2018

          Not supporting Android updates is planned obsolescence, so every Android manufacturer is clearly guilty of this crime!

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            • a3Z
            • 19 Jan 2018

            They don't need to
            Their phones lag from the beginning!
            And it's not like they do get software updates :P

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              • LaC
              • 19 Jan 2018

              Samsung does not down clock old phones through updates, because

              SAMSUNG DOES NOT UPDATE OLD PHONES AT ALL duh !

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                • JU@
                • 19 Jan 2018

                Tann Hauser, 19 Jan 2018How do you know that? Just dont go into "features" thing. ... moreThey say their cpu is better than Qualcomm's.
                Why are their phones slower than other brands'?

                Within 6 months many users notice lack of speed.

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                  • 3DR
                  • 19 Jan 2018

                  Not supporting software update is as close as is definable to planned obselecence

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                    • 19 Jan 2018

                    mir, 19 Jan 2018Nothing new. Samsung phones have never been the fastest per... moreAgree

                      Title should be :- Software updates, good or not?

                        Anonymous, 19 Jan 2018Yes.. Samsung does not slow phones down. It is lack of we... moreHow do you know that?
                        Just dont go into "features" thing.
                        Apple said the same about their slowdown and obsoletion program...that it is an added "feature".

                        My friend has a year old S7... I watch him use it over a cup of coffee...
                        well, I dont wanna even go into the slowing thing details there, else this wont be published...

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                          AnonD-88005, 19 Jan 2018If they are not slowing down their phones then this is even... moreYes.. Samsung does not slow phones down.
                          It is lack of well done job to bring faster phones.
                          Many fuctions dont make it slower.

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                            • 07H
                            • 19 Jan 2018

                            At least they ain't Huawei and NoHonor

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                              • Tmf
                              • 19 Jan 2018

                              In past Samsung welded usb connector straight to motherboard without any toughening pins. Of course sooner or later motherboard contacts being damaged and you had to change it or buy new device. Plastic clips broken after 2-3 months after warranty ended. And less people remember how in Samsung devices in memory chips suddenly switched on timebomb bricked devices earlier warranty ended. Don't know how it's now, after two times I faced planned obsolescence I stopped to buy any Shitsung crap. And I don't believe they don't do the same now. Maybe it's not so obvious.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 6jq
                                • 19 Jan 2018

                                Not upgrading them is the definition of obsolation.

                                Bought a tablet in 2014... Samsung's last uprgrade? 18 months later...

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • mE0
                                  • 19 Jan 2018

                                  Someone mentioned touchwiz ui but I thought Samsung moved to grace ui? When I had my galaxy s7 I switched to grace ui , but I sold it still as the phone wasn’t really my cup of tea

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                                    • LHk
                                    • 19 Jan 2018

                                    Shame on you

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                                      • iD3
                                      • 19 Jan 2018

                                      Samsung phones are obsolete at birth they do not want to

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                                        • mtY
                                        • 19 Jan 2018

                                        If they are not slowing down their phones then this is even worse .They have real problems in their software by nature and it is not well optimized out of the box. Forget touchwizz Samsung and go for something else.At those prices you find better future proof phones at a more resonable price or at least at the same price.We like all those features that you have shown us over time but at the end of the day we want a phone that flies trough everything you threw at it with a long lasting battery life.And please... More software updates!!! I dont want to spend loads of money into a top of the line product to become obsolet and vulnerable in just a couple of months