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© Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.U.S. gov't bans Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones from airliners
By JOAN LOWY WASHINGTON©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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ThePBot
I thought they already done that.....Well, kind of slow to respond.
wontond
Samsung should just send out an update that deactivates the phone.
Aly Rustom
Personally, I think they should just scrap the note 7 and immediately go to build a better and safer 8. No one is going to buy the 7 now. They can't even get on a plane with it. Its dead in the water.
turbotsat
They did scrap it, last Tuesday ...
http://www.wsj.com/articles/samsung-to-permanently-discontinue-galaxy-note-7-smartphone-1476177331
David Van Cleef
From anecdotal experience, people travelling internationally that have their phones stranded are being left swinging in the breeze by Samsung. Samsung office in the country they're traveling in pointing finger at Samsung office in their home country and vice-versa.
Gaijindesu
This article seems to use 'lithium' and 'lithium-ion' interchangeably, when they are in fact different batteries.
Lithium batteries are primary, non-rechargeable. Whereas li-ion are secondary, rechargeable batteries, which is what is in question here.
bicultural
Sumobob, already banned : http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20161016-00000063-jij-bus_all
Aly Rustom
Thank you for the info. Turbostat. I did not know that
Strangerland
They are banned from Japanese flights now as well.
Lost-in-Nagoya
And this crap was horribly expensive.