Ouch. As bad as it is though, the whole saga could work out well for me.... heres my reasoning:
The contract on my S6 runs out midway through next year, and my plan was to upgrade to a Note as my next phone. I figured once my contract is up i'll hold out a few months for the Note 8 to release then, assuming i like it, ill get one.
My thoughts go like this. Its not like Samsung are going to let this happen again, theres too much at stake. Also, because the Note 7 was such a PR nightmare, Samsung are going to have to hit it out of the park with the Note 8 if they want to win back fans.
Basically, Samsung can't afford for the Note 8 to be anything short of Brilliant. And that suits me just fine.