There’s a report making the rounds: Samsung’s now-deceased Galaxy Note 7 may be resurrected as a refurbished model and sold in India and Vietnam. For now, though, this is just a rumor, since Samsung has said nothing to confirm the its validity. And yet, there have been rumors regarding what Samsung could do that the company denied – only to turn around and do them. Remember the Galaxy Note 7 death update that Samsung initially said it would not release but finally did some weeks later?

Tech enthusiasts have been weighing in on the idea of the refurbished Galaxy Note 7, with some supporting it and others disregarding it. The critics of this alleged rumor say that there’s no need to re-release a Galaxy Note 7 (a third time) because the Galaxy Note 8 is expected to arrive in a matter just a few months. And then, there’s the question of whether or not the refurbished Galaxy Note 7 will ever receive Android Nougat, future Android system updates, and security patches – and if so, for how long.

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves though. Does a refurbished Galaxy Note 7 actually make sense at all? Well, it depends on whom you ask, but as weird as it may sound, there’s a smartphone in existence right now that is just as weird (if not more) than a refurbished Galaxy Note 7. What is it, you ask? The new iPhone 6.

No, it’s not a typo: Apple released a new iPhone 6 in Asia a few weeks ago. Now, the idea of a refurbished iPhone 6 makes sense, of course, but this new iPhone isn’t a refurbished one. When Apple released the iPhone 6 back in 2014, the fruit company only released it in 16GB, 64GB, and 128GB storage configurations. Today, though, you can find a 32GB storage option mentioned on the iPhone 6 technical specifications page, a nod to the new storage configuration, newly released.

The company terminated the 32GB model two years ago and hasn’t revived it, even in the most recent iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, as well as the iPhone SE that resurrected the 4-inch screen for iPhone fans who prefer smaller screens. What this means is that Apple never released a 32GB iPhone 6. But Apple released this non-existent iPhone 6 storage option some weeks ago in China and, on March 10th, at Taiwan Mobile, in a special edition Gold color option.

The new iPhone 6 has me even more puzzled because of not only the storage configuration being new, (32GB, which Apple eliminated from its lineup) but also its direct competition with the iPhone SE. The iPhone SE was released by Apple a year ago this month, March 21st, and, with a starting price tag of $399, offers better specs (such as the 12MP back camera with 4K video recording) than the new iPhone 6. Why Apple would release a two-year-old phone instead of a year-old phone (iPhone SE) for Asian customers is anyone’s guess. Samsung fans would scratch their heads if Samsung decided to launch a Galaxy Note 4 (2017) model or a special UK edition of the Galaxy Note 5 (Samsung didn’t release the Note 5 in the UK) to appease Galaxy Note 7 faithful who have had to surrender their favorite smartphone – no matter how budget-friendly its price tag.

The iPhone 6 was released in 2014, so Apple has returned to 2014 iPhone specs to craft a smartphone it thinks will sell well, with the right storage configuration, in a more budget-conscious market. If Samsung decided to resurrect the Galaxy Note 7 as a refurbished model, it would be returning to a smartphone that had launched in August of 2016. Whereas Apple’s new iPhone 6 hails in specs from two years ago (three this Fall), Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 hails from 7 months ago and, with Android updates, would have nearly a year and a half left before reaching its End-Of-Life (EOL) phase.

In the final analysis then, regardless of how you feel about the possibility of a refurbished Galaxy Note 7, the idea of the recalled phone’s rebirth doesn’t seem that far-fetched due to the new iPhone 6’s release. The Galaxy Note 7 is just a few months old, and Samsung has gotten to the heart of the matter behind both phone recalls. Now that the fiasco is over, Samsung can get back to its business of selling cutting-edge smartphones.

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