It kind of sounds like a lot of people are saying, ehh, you know what, that lesser phone that was new 6+ months ago - I'm ok with that after all. That is what Samsung, Verizon and the various carriers are hoping for. People just saying, ohh, we get an S7 instead? Ohh great, thanks! Nope, not gonna cut it with me. Even if the S7 was a BETTER phone, I would still demand that I get an actual safe, working model of the phone I paid premium for. Hey, you wanna give me an option for another phone - ANY other phone, OK. Give the OPTION. But right now the way they are handling this is shuffling sheeple into other phones when they actually entered contracts or payment plans for a NOTE 7, not an S7, or Lumia, or whatever else they are trying to shuffle sheeple into being "OK" with. It is about money, plain and simple, and if they can shuttle people into lesser phones when they actually paid for and wanted a newer NOTE 7, then win, win for them.
This whole recall process is a scam. For a couple weeks now they have known about the recall, in that time they could not figure out a uniform recall process for CURRENT Note 7 owners?? You know, the ACTUAL people who have a possibly dangerous phone in their hands?? Nope, that is not what is the most important to Samsung or the carriers. What is the most important is making those million+ people who actually bought a brand spanking new Note 7 be forced/nudged/ushered into accepting an older, lesser phone instead of the NOTE 7 THAT THEY PAID FOR. Like I have said in other threads, there should be a very large class action lawsuit here, but it appears a lot of people are going to roll over and take whatever puddin' is given to them, even if it is made of sand and gravel with 6 month old rotten milk.