We had a feeling that something is still wrong with the new Galaxy Note 7 as Samsung is said to be still receiving new complaints with the battery replacement. The South Korea tech giant has been busy with the phone exchange program and has resumed sales in some countries. Before all these happened, Samsung quickly did a recall and announced that the first batch of Note 7 units be returned to them or to the retailer or carrier where they purchased the phone.

Mobile carriers have announced their exchange process while airlines warned about not bringing the phone inside the aircraft. The FAA discouraged its use and charging on flights after much deliberation. In Australia, three airlines officially ban use and charging of the phone.

We’re not really sure what happened here but a Note 7 reportedly caught fire while inside a plane. It’s not an old Note 7 but a replacement unit already. Flight 944 of Southwest Airlines (Louisville to Baltimore) was delayed when a Note 7 started to smoke. This incident happened when the phone was turned off and placed inside the owner’s pocket.

There’s no actual mention of explosion but you know what they say, “Where there’s smoke there’s fire”. The owner Brian Green said he bought the phone on September 21 from an AT&T store. Ideally, the unit should be safe because of the date it was purchased. Green also said the green battery indicator is there so we know it’s supposed to be really “safe”. There’s also that black square symbol on the box so somehow, Green was certain the phone has been approved for safety.

The problematic Note 7 unit is now with the Louisville Fire Department for investigation. Samsung. There are a lot of questions why this still happened because if proven there’s still a problem, Samsung might do another recall. Now that’s going to be a big blow on the company who is already losing a heartbreaking amount.

Samsung has yet to make an official statement regarding this matter but we know the company will make its own investigation.

VIA: SlashGear

3 COMMENTS

  1. I think all this fake just a propaganda. 4 Days ago..MAN LEFT TOOTHLESS AFTER EXPLOSION OF HIS SAMSUNG ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH (News). Now, “Galaxy Note 7 replacement phone reportedly catches fire on the plane”…It’s an American FASCISTS drama. Another Samsung Haters propaganda. “Oh no don’t buy Samsung products “. The Apple fanboys and Americans are dangerous fascists (Some). In fact, This is an American FASCIST Business drama. What a shame!

    The fascist US Media campaign against Samsung. There are plenty of reports recently about iPhone 6 and 7 explosions as well. But they are no news about that. American fascist media are very good at masking Apple problems. The American media (fascist U.S. media) are shameless American resellers. They’re jealous of Samsung because Samsung is only the brand, that can fuck apple. iPhones(6) are exploding but it’s sales are continuing. Because Apple is the biggest money sucking company in the world. Apple is just a wicked, selfish, and evil company. Samsung is an honest company (Galaxy Note 7 recall). New safe units just don’t explode. another fraud.

    Wait and see…truth

    https://i.imgur.com/3tWOSA8.png

  2. It’s nice that they give you all this free cloud storage (free for now at least). Why not include a slot for a micro SD card instead of burning through your data plan sending photos to the cloud and back?

  3. If Samsung does another recall hopefully it will take forever and they will just exchange them all for S8s. Even though I love the Note 7 its beyond a pain in the but to go through another recall just to get a device that is 6 months into its 2 year lifecycle already.

    On a positive note, I did get 2 Gear Fit 2s with the Note 7 I already have, maybe this time they will throw in a Gear VR. Which would basically make the Note7 free after I sell all of the accessories and keep the phone.

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