US President Barack Obama takes a dig at burning Galaxy Note 7 as well

Galaxy Note 7 has been put to rest by Samsung. The Korean giant will not be making any Note 7s and is in the process of recalling all the Note 7s which are currently with users. But it looks like the stigma of burning and exploding phones is not going to wean off for a while.

While everyone has been having their say on the matter on social media sites and the like, the burning phones got yet another mention at an unlikely platform.

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The US President Barack Obama while addressing an audience at the Miami Dade College took a slight dig at Samsung Galaxy Note 7. While defending the Affordable Care Act which is being criticised by Donald Trump who wants to repeal the act, Obama made a not so subtle reference to the burning Note 7.

He said, “When one of these companies comes out with a new smartphone, and it has a few bugs, what do they do? They fix it, they upgrade. Unless it catches fire and then they just, then they pull it off the market. But you don’t go back to using a rotary phone. You don’t say “well, we’re repealing smartphones.”

Samsung is doing all it can to control the damage caused to its reputation by the Note 7. It has already announced that it will take back all the Note 7s in the market, even second hand ones. These phones will either be replaced with a Galaxy S7/S7 edge or any phone of the buyers choice in that price bracket. Samsung has also sent out fire proof boxes for users to transfer their phones into.

A lot of airlines have banned the use of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 onboard or in checkin baggages. Here is the complete list .

With even POTUS taking a dig at the Note 7, Samsung surely will have to double its efforts to change that perception.