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.