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Samsung celebrates Note 9 release by pretending Note 7 didn’t happen
July 24, 2025
A few weeks ago,Samsung released a teaser adto hype up the then-upcoming launch of theSamsung Galaxy Note 9. The teaser ad ran through the numerical entries in the Note line, but very conspicuously skipped over theSamsung Galaxy Note 7.
Today, to celebratethe global release of the Galaxy Note 9, Samsung posteda neat infographicthat goes over the entire history of Galaxy Note devices, even including theGalaxy Note Edge. But the Samsung Galaxy Note 7? Well, it’s still missing.
This is further proof thatSamsungis apparently moving forward pretending that the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 simply didn’t exist.
For those of you who missed out on the craziness two years ago, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 launched to much fanfare with rave reviews from multiple publications (including here atAndroid Authority). However, not long after the device made it into customers’ hands,battery problemscaused a small-but-significant number of units to spontaneously explode and/or catch fire.
Samsung initially responded with assurances that it was an isolated problem that it would handle on a case-by-case basis, but eventually realized the issue was beyond control. Eventually, it issued a full recall for all Note 7 devices around the world.
With that in mind, it’s not hard to imagine the desire to strike the Note 7 from the record. But it does seem a bit like revisionist history, especially when you consider the following:
Samsung is allowed to do what it wants with its historical reflection on its line of releases, but this assumption that we simply won’t notice that Sammy is glossing over the Note 7 in full is a little insulting.
Let us know your opinions on the matter in the comments below. And here’s the infographic in question:
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