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I'm surprised this airline still doesn't have Planegard or something similar on board their aircraft. Burning/exploding devices are going to happen often enough that this should be a necessity.
What percentage of Galaxy Note 7 owners know they have a Galaxy Note 7? I imagine some break down is: I have an Android phone. I have a Samsung phone. I have a Samsung Galaxy. I have a Samsung Galaxy Note. But Samsung Galaxy Note 7, specifically? I'm guessing at best 50% might know that.
Closer to 100%. It's a flagship device released less than two months ago (Aug 19), notable for its stylus (that regular Galaxies don't have).
My friend works at a Samsung store and had people trying to return their Galaxy S4s.
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This isn't their only appliance that has been catching fires. There are several washing machines in Australia, made by Samsung, that have caused house fires.
Source?
Is it theoretically possible that malware could be designed that would cause a Lithium Ion powered smart phone's battery to catch fire? I'm thinking it would be more of a low-level firmware update where a programmable logic device was used as part of the battery protection circuit.
Thoughts?
What percentage of Galaxy Note 7 owners know they have a Galaxy Note 7? I imagine some break down is: I have an Android phone. I have a Samsung phone. I have a Samsung Galaxy. I have a Samsung Galaxy Note. But Samsung Galaxy Note 7, specifically? I'm guessing at best 50% might know that.
I don't follow this at all. I definitely have a very skewed sample, but I haven't ever met a single person who didn't know exactly what type of smartphone they own. Phones are expensive, a Note 7 would be nearly brand new and is the most expensive and highest quality phone out there. I would guess that 99% of owners know what they have. People don't just pick up top-of-the-line flagships on a whim, only the most rich…
That said, it's relatively unlikely that these folks would have a brand new flagship phone so soon after release.
Unless I see statistical evidence that replacement Note 7 is catching on fire (random, different circumstances), then I do not see a reason to believe Note 7 replacement is b0rked.
Unfortunately, most people do not reason like that. Samsung's reputation will suffer, even after this single "Replacement Note 7 on fire" incident.
Samsung will have to release a Note 8 soon. Note 7 users will have a hard time even in future and it's bad for Samsung's brands.
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And the event taking place on an airplane is close enough to the nightmare scenario of catching fire during a flight that it will be firmly placed into the public consciousness.
I flew Emirates last week, and the preflight announcement about electronic devices said use of all devices was ok, except Galaxy Note 7 which need to stay turned off during the whole flight. I can't imagine much worse PR, when yoir products are routinely called out by neutral third parties for being an actual hazard source.
One of the airlines last week shorted the warning to "Samsung 7 phone".
Bad PR for Samsung.
Samsung really needs to cut bait here, accept and admit fully that they made a major engineering mistake, come clean, and forcibly recall ALL the devices, before there is a major disaster. The time for serious, adult action was several weeks ago. From here on out, they deserve what they get.