Stocks, Owned by Samsung Electronics and Affiliated Persons,” Chosunbiz,
August 5, 2014, http://biz.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/08/05/
2014080502438.html. This source is in Korean. The author’s researcher
translated the headline and text into English.Hong Kong–based Amperex: Yoolim Lee and Min Jeong Lee, “Rush to Take
Advantage of a Dull iPhone.”
“We were sensitive to the iPhone’s”: Samsung mobile manager, interview by the
author, September 27, 2016.
“Apple’s taunts that Samsung”: Yoolim Lee and Min Jeong Lee, “Rush to Take
Advantage of a Dull iPhone.”
“The pressure was tremendous”: Samsung mobile manager, interview by the author,
September 27, 2016.
repeatedly changing their minds: Yoolim Lee and Min Jeong Lee, “Rush to Take
Advantage of a Dull iPhone.”
“The pressure was huge”: Samsung mobile manager, interview by the author,
September 27, 2016.
They sent off models to carriers: Yoolim Lee and Min Jeong Lee, “Rush to Take
Advantage of a Dull iPhone.”
“We faced skeptics who doubted us”: “Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 7 (Galaxy Note
7)—Live Event Steam (Recap)—August 2nd 2016!” posted by YouTube user
Tech 101 on August 2, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=fCE3xc9_dLQ.
“You know the kind”: Samsung marketer, interview by the author, September 8,
2016.
Samsung had to push back launches: Robert Triggs, “Note 7 Delayed in Malaysia,
Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine, and Maybe More,” Android Authority, August
12, 2016, https://www.androidauthority.com/note-7-delayed-netherlands-
ukraine-russia-malaysia-709516/.
“The Galaxy Note 7 is a beautiful”: Dolcourt, “Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Review.”
“took Samsung’s best phone”: Matt Swider, “Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Review,”
TechRadar, January 23, 2017, https://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/
mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-note-7-1325876/review.
“The company wound up making”: Chris Velazco, “Samsung Galaxy Note 7
Review,” Engadget, August 16, 2016, https://www.engadget.com/2016/08/16/
samsung-galaxy-note-7-review/.
“How can you believe that?”: Samsung senior manager, email message to the author,
October 10, 2016.
she didn’t believe the reports at first: Brad Stone, Sam King, and Ian King,
“Summer of Samsung: A Corruption Scandal, a Political Firestorm—and a
Record Profit,” Bloomberg Businessweek, July 27, 2017,