Greed, haste, and more greed.

rjohnson11
Poor quality control/assurance methods.

Agreed  +1

Next company to go under. They're going to have to pay people to buy the note 8 when it comes out - Who has any trust in Samsung now because of their failed products? When a company fails that bad, they usually go under or it takes them an arm and a leg to come back out.

RainStryke

stalinx20
Next company to go under. They're going to have to pay people to buy the note 8 when it comes out - Who has any trust in Samsung now because of their failed products? When a company fails that bad, they usually go under or it takes them an arm and a leg to come back out.

 
iPhones have been catching fire too and I don't hear much about their sales dwindling.

I'm not exactly an Iphone lover, but I would pick it over Samsung right now. Not to mention their mobile profit division fell by 96% because of the note 7. Regardless, Apple is just as guilty:
 
http://bgr.com/2016/10/04/iphone-6s-battery-explosion-fire/
https://www.extremetech.com/electronics/236341-apple-is-aware-of-iphone-6-touch-disease-but-refuses-to-discuss-it
 
https://www.extremetech.com/mobile/235567-iphone-7-review-roundup-a-very-good-iphone-but-not-a-clean-leap-forward
 
http://bgr.com/2016/09/29/iphone-7-exploding-fire-photos/
 
 

I don't buy new phones (or technology for that matter).  I buy right after the next gen releases because by then the price drops or I can get a used one that's being unloaded.  That said I would buy a Note 8 or whatever it is without being paid.  I've got a Samsung fridge, microwave, 2x TVs, and 3x SSDs all without issue in-fact my fridge is the best thing I've ever used with it's linear compressor.  Not to mention my wife and I have a Note 5 and GS6e phone that also work flawlessly.  I used to have an LG washer and it exploded - and the wife had a Nexus 5X that died from bootlooping - just like a good 3 generations of their phones have done.  1080/1070 VRMs are exploding.  Any company can make a bad product here and there - it happens.
 
Toyota actually killed multiple people with their accelerator issue AND lied to the public about it but I see plenty of new Toyota vehicles still being sold...  I wouldn't buy one because they're plain and fugly but that's not related to the recall.  Also many of the other automakers have had major recalls recently and I don't see car new car sales slowing directly related to these issues either.  If people will continue to spend tens of thousands of dollars on these vehicle brands after mass recalls - to think this will have any real impact on Samsung as a company is a stretch.  These issues with an $800 device will be easily forgotten in the next year.

I did not want to say it but it must be the Younger Work Force.

As a result of Samsung's problems I believe you'll see the Galaxy 8 launch sooner than expected.

Just waiting for their 70"ku6300 to go on sale this Friday at Costco.
 http://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/samsung/ku6300
They say it's a good all around 70" 4k for the price. Was considering a LG but they said that while they make some of the best when it comes to their OLED's they don't recommend their lower cost models. Thought about getting a Vizio but the reviews for their Smartcast app are not good and if I decide to drop Dish I would need some kind of a tuner for a OTA antenna.
I've been satisfied with 3 Samsung monitors, BlueRay player and my Galaxy S5.
 
Made a comment to the salesman at Costco that I was OK with getting a Samsung TV since it has no battery but it went right over his head.

Poor Gustavo can't catch a break!

Let's not forget the whole Fermi house fire era. Every company has their peaks and their valleys. This is (probably) just a valley.

Samsung washing machines are catching fire too. I bet it's due to Samsung using lower quality parts. The whole industry is racing to who can make appliances the cheapest. 

Maybe this will drop the ridiculously high price tags on their next gen phones :D