Galaxy Note 7 US flight ban The US Federal Aviation Administration is extending its ban on the self-destructing Samsung Galaxy Note 7. The regulator is set to ban the device on any US flight – even when the exploding gadgets are powered down. While use of the fire-prone Note 7 had already been forbidden on flights, the FAA had been letting users carry …
You'd seriously better considering implementing some tight safety standards on the lithium batteries in your gadgets, and on their integration into the gadget, to ensure that THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.
If we ever get to the point where entire classes of gadgets are banned from flights, then the repercussions are enormous.
This requires Industry wide standards, like NOW.
They can copy and paste them from the nearest MIL-STDs.
WAKE UP CALL.
To answer my own Q flying out of san francisco airport last night no extra checks just a message on the TVs (every now and then) saying note 7 is not allowed. No mention of criminal charges just you would be denied boarding.
Note 3 with android 4.4.x is about as perfect a phone as i could hope for.
Given Samsung has permanently recalled and stopped manufacturing the Note 7, there really is no reason for anyone to still have (other than its bloody fine phone unless you have one that self-combusts) one. My original nor the replacement showed any signs of any issues, but I wasn't going to take the risk (nor did I want to lose 750 quid worth, if you go by list price, of kit.
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