So this is a heavily editorialized headline, and is false.<p>Samsung has changed the 970 Evo controller to the one used on the 980.<p>They have updated the packaging, SKU and advertised performance to reflect this.<p>The new revision isn't slower or faster either. It's a bit faster in some tests, a bit slower in others, and the exact same in real world tests.<p>This is how you do hardware revisions if you don't have the components.<p>To claim they're cheating customers and put them in the same boat as WD and other vendors which do not change SKU's and use inferior components is incredibly dis-ingenious.<p>here's some more reputable links
<a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/news/samsung-is-swapping-ssd-parts-too" rel="nofollow">https://www.tomshardware.com/news/samsung-is-swapping-ssd-pa...</a>
<a href="https://hexus.net/tech/news/storage/148295-samsung-latest-ssd-maker-spotted-swapping-components/" rel="nofollow">https://hexus.net/tech/news/storage/148295-samsung-latest-ss...</a><p>Gonna add extremetech to my black list now.
Its amazing to see the disinformation at work. Samsung literally upgrades their 970 EVO SSDs with the 980 PRO controller, making the drive faster in almost every scenario. But media outlets who make a living generating outrage act like "Shamsung" is lying and cheating customers.<p>And people fall for it. Even people in this thread are calling for a class action lawsuit because they accidentally bought an upgraded 970 EVO - even though all advertised specs are correct. Its ridiculous.
Great the new PC I just built has the "BLU" version.<p>I've always bought Samsung drives without even comparing.<p>Edit: OP article says BLU is the new "inferior one", while Tom's hardware says BLU is the old one. According to above comment with The Facts™ it's fine either way.<p>Jebaited again.
I wonder if articles like this could trigger enough people returning their purchases stating this reason… the manufacturer must eventually notice that the cost savings they had by swapping parts was not worth it right?