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François Beya

1 reviews | Active since May 2022

13 Oct 2025, 22:28

You bunch of charlatans

Update has bricked my phone.

I have a Samsung S22 that I bought cash from your online store for R23,000.00. It has worked exceptionally well for 3 years without a single glitch. You latest update has ruined my phone. It will not turn on on some days and keeps struggling to boot up. I took it to a service centre and they tell me the motherboard is fryed and that this is a worldwide issue affecting millions of S21 and S22 users.

I am extremely reliant on my phone for work and I have no choice but to buy another phone tomorrow at a cost of another R22,000.00. How is the F*&^% have you gotten away with creating such a dumpster fire, this is unacceptable.

My data is backed up to the Samsung cloud, so I am very little choice but to buy another Samsung product.

I have countless reddit post and posts on your own community forums which users suffering the exact same issue. How are you going to reimburse us?

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Samsung South Africa
Samsung South Africa's reply13 Oct 2025, 22:35
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Good day François 
 
Thank you for bringing your query to our attention, we apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused. 
 
We have noted your concerns and we are currently investigating the matter further. 
 
Your complaint has been assigned to our escalations department and we will be in contact with you. 
 
Kind Regards, 
SamsungZA
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François Beya's update14 Oct 2025, 21:59
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Unsurprisingly your dumpste have more jor fire of an organisation has been silent for a full day, this is a similar joke to the last complaint I filled with you 3 years ago. You could not organise a **** up in a brewery. I have now spent another R24,000.00 on a new phone and for what? To be ignore like this. How do you get away with lack of customer service like this. I will tell you how, decent products, but heaven forbid you ever have to stand behind them and actually service queries. I have more joy dealing with goverment institution than your fly by night, excremetitious business.

I am going to swear at someone at your head office in the morning, mark my words

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François Beya's update15 Oct 2025, 08:12
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Would help if you gave turn around times?