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Re:Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone by kalleboo on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @11:30AM (#12685285)
They could just rebrand. Here in Japan, Korean companies are unpopular so they're just branded "Galaxy" with no "Samsung" to be seen.
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Re:Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone by etrevino on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @12:48PM (#12686097)
Is that because of longstanding racial animosity or some other reason?
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Re:Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone by kalleboo on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @02:32AM (#12690818)
Well that, and financial competitiveness. Samsung and LG have been eating Sony/Panasonic/Toshiba/etc's lunch the past decade.
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