Replacement Galaxy Note 7 starts smoking on plane

[Kevin Lancaster]

Replacement Galaxy Note 7 starts smoking on plane

A new Samsung Galaxy Note 7 reportedly started smoking on an aircraft in the United States.

 

[The_Librarian]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/10/05/replacement_samsung_galaxy_note_7_aircraft/

no laughing matter now, all units should be recalled.

 

[Coasti]

It probably did not see the sign.

 

[FiestaST]

 

[maumau]

bad news I'm still hoping for one.

 

[cerebus]

It's really impossible to defend Samsung in any way for the way they've managed the Note7 rollout and recall.

 

[Dlamaqhinga]

Samsung must write it off and take the financial beating on this.

 

[FiestaST]

Still think they should take the Note7 internals & source a completely new battery in a slightly different body & call it a "Note7 SE" or "Note7 (2017)".

 

[eXisor]

If devices can start smoking on a plane I don't see why I shouldn't be allowed to.
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[Lindiswa]

this is bad...

 

[bigboy529]

Still think they should take the Note7 internals & source a completely new battery in a slightly different body & call it a "Note7 SE" or "Note7 (2017)".

+1 Make a totally different device, maybe call it S7 Note, then there's S7, S7 Edge and S7 Note.

 

[cerebus]

I think they did fairly well with customer safety being a high priority.

Seems like I underestimated the boundlessness of fanboysim

 

[AfricanTech]

Still think they should take the Note7 internals & source a completely new battery in a slightly different body & call it a "Note7 SE" or "Note7 (2017)".

If the replacement phones are exploding as well, then I reckon that the use of the number 7 in any model of Samsung phone is toast.

 

[FiestaST]

 

[falcon786]

Has it been confirmed that it is from the new batch by Samsung or somebody reliable?

 

[Dave]

Has it been confirmed that it is from the new batch by Samsung or somebody reliable?

The phone was confirmed as supplied by AT&T under the replacement program on September 21st, and the Verge confirmed the IMEI was from a new "safe" (lol, yeah right) Note 7.

Running the phone's IMEI (blurred for privacy reasons) through Samsung's recall eligibility checker returns a "Great News!" message saying that Green's Galaxy Note 7 is not affected by the recall.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/5/1...te-7-fire-replacement-plane-battery-southwest

 

[Jola]

The phone was confirmed as supplied by AT&T under the replacement program on September 21st, and the Verge confirmed the IMEI was from a new "safe" (lol, yeah right) Note 7.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/5/1...te-7-fire-replacement-plane-battery-southwest

More worrisome is the fact that the phone in question was a replacement Galaxy Note 7, one that was deemed to be safe by Samsung. The Verge spoke to Brian Green, owner of the Note 7, on the phone earlier today and he confirmed that he had picked up the new phone at an AT&T store on September 21st. A photograph of the box shows the black square symbol that indicates a replacement Note 7 and Green said it had a green battery icon.

Hmm, pretty bad news for Samsung !

Starting to get nervous about my S7 edge which also has a 3500mAh battery. But I have had it for about 6 months, and it has been fine thus far.

 

[dualmeister]

So Samsung spend billions each year on R & D and then they release phones that explode.

:erm:

 

[NiTeD]

So Samsung spend billions each year on R & D and then they release phones that explode.

:erm:

Maybe that's what they wanted, a disposable phone. R17k after every charge, great business acumen

 

[Dave]

UK’s Royal Mail won’t ship the Galaxy Note 7 for you

The Galaxy Note 7 might be one of the best smartphones of the year but the high-profile recall threatens to derail the handset before it has fully launched. After making the no-fly list on several airlines – not surprising after the Note 7 caught fire on a plane – some couriers are also stopping you from shipping your handset, even if it’s back to Samsung themselves. In some cases, it’s not just the Galaxy Note 7 and instead, all Samsung phones.

If you want to ship a parcel in the UK, there’s several carriers you can use – most are international names such as DHL, FedEx, ParcelForce and DPD – but we also have Royal Mail, which is the equivalent of the United States Postal Service (USPS). Most customers will simply post to their local Post Office and ship something using Royal Mail but if you want to ship your Galaxy Note 7, you’ll be in trouble.

Thanks to a tip, we’ve been able to establish that there is a directive in place requiring the Post Office to ask about the contents of every package and to refuse any parcel containing a Galaxy Note 7.

However, some Post Offices are taking this a step further and refusing to accept packages containing any Samsung phone, although this is not an official decision; earlier today, we managed to confirm with six Post Offices that they couldn’t carry the Galaxy Note 7 and of these, two said they wouldn’t accept any Samsung Galaxy phone.

We’ve also heard that other couriers are refusing to carry the Galaxy Note 7 as well, although this isn’t confirmed as yet. We’ve reached out to the major couriers in the UK and the US, and will update as we hear more.

http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-note-7-uk-cant-ship-720507/

The Galaxy Note 7 is now beginning to taint the entire Galaxy phone range.