Oh please. We've seen your previous posts. If this had happened to Apple, you'd be crowing about it until the cows come home.
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Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone Banned From All U.S. Flights
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Oh please. We've seen your previous posts. If this had happened to Apple, you'd be crowing about it until the cows come home.
I'd call it Schadenfreude.
Apple wouldn't make an ad about Samsung's misfortune, but I'd bet a lot of money that if Apple had this dumpster fire of a fiasco... Samsung would be dancing with joy, running the type of petulant ads that Samsung is famous for.
Imagine riding one of those exploding Hoverboard things while chatting on your Note 7...
Oh man. Now we will have to put our cell phones in a tray for TSA to inspect.
On a positive note, this should lead to a forced redesign of the whole product category. If said device has a li-ion battery in a polymer bag (wrongly called "Lithium Polymer"), there then needs to be room for battery to expand.
In other words, you can replace the battery with your fingernail cause there has to be a pop-off battery cover.
On a positive note, this should lead to a forced redesign of the whole product category. If said device has a li-ion battery in a polymer bag (wrongly called "Lithium Polymer"), there then needs to be room for battery to expand.
In other words, you can replace the battery with your fingernail cause there has to be a pop-off battery cover.
You mean like this article from yesterday?
https://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/13/samsung-note-7-customers-100-credit-stay-loyal/
Probably just ask to see everyone's phone
It's not profiling saying you can't bring something potentially explosive on board a plane. Geeez...
There are plenty of banned items that you can't bring on board a plane. Of course, you can lie and board the plane with said item. But if it does explode, you'll be fined $250-$1000, serve jail time, and be placed on the no-fly list. So, go ahead. It's up to you.
According to this: https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/dot-bans-all-samsung-galaxy-note7-phones-airplanes
The Samsung Galaxy Note7 device is considered a forbidden hazardous material under the Federal Hazardous Material Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-185), which forbid airline passengers or crew from traveling with lithium cells or batteries or portable electronic devices that are likely to generate a dangerous evolution of heat. PHMSA has issued a special permit to Samsung to facilitate commercial shipment of the recalled devices by ground transportation.
Passengers who attempt to evade the ban by packing their phone in checked luggage are increasing the risk of a catastrophic incident. Anyone violating the ban may be subject to criminal prosecution in addition to fines.
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Profiling is generally based off of something that people can't change, like their race, sex (well, usually), old age etc. In other words, you're treating someone differently because of a factor that's pretty much out of their control. Even though there is sometimes a correlation between that factor and something you don't like, profiling is seen as mean-spirited precisely because the person was just born that way. Some people also believe that practicing profiling tend to reinforce bad behavior and create a "we-vs-them" mentality that perpetuates problems and generates mistrust.
This is different because they are not targeting a person; they are targeting an object, and people can control whether they have that object.
No, it's petulance. Lots of macrumors members are celebrating. Don't deny it.
Haha this is amazing. Someone at Samsung is probably drinking in depression now.
Sorry, your favoritest phone in the whole wide world catches fire. Being mad about it isn't going to help.
Silly goose. If anything, I'm an HTC and Moto fan. You can trash Samsung all you want, as long you do it with facts.
But more importantly, I'm a fan of flight, and I really hate the way some agencies use fear to keep themselves in power, instead of using the chance to educate passengers about what is really dangerous and what is not.
I.e. in cabin fires are not a huge threat at all. In-hold checked baggage fires, on the other hand, are immensely deadly, and it's just a matter of time before a checked tablet or other lithium cell device brings down an airliner, if people don't pay attention to the rules.
That's what he should've emphasized.
Prior to boarding, all passengers are asked to remove any metallic or electronic devices from their person and place it into a tray for X-ray inspection. I suspect this is the stage where the devices get seized. If they try to sneak it in their pockets, it will set off the metal detector gate and if they try to hide it in checked luggage, it will show up on the X-ray scan.
No. It was an appropriate move considering the substantial risk as evidenced by Note 7 fires. You may want to rely on after-the-fact suppression possibilities, but I suspect many, including pilots and flight staff do not.
I'm not sure I would call it poorly run. They are pretty damn successful. They did what every company has done. First spin, then accept some liability, usually blaming it on something not specific to their company, manufacturing bug etc, then the last thing, and only last thing, is to admit there's an actual problem. Apple would have done the same thing. They haven't even admitted there's a screen bug in the iPhone 6 and 6s. Par for the course.
TSA agents will "inform the owner that the phone is not allowed on the aircraft and direct the passenger to leave the checkpoint and come back without the phone.”
I'll come out and say it, this should be a lesson to any company that cuts corners to make deadlines.
Rofl "in cabin fires are not a huge threat at all"
This really is on the cutting edge of Samsung defending
That's not true. There have been plenty of good news from Apple Competitors.
Also there was already an article about the $100 credit Samsung is providing.
Where's the recall for touch disease defect with iPhone 6 and 6 Plus?
Travelers with Note 7 phones can step out of TSA lines and make other arrangements should they want to keep their phones.
Rofl you again. Touch disease isn't likely to kill people or bring down planes so... sorry!
PS: hope you exchanged your Note 7 in time!
- If passengers attempt to travel by air with their Samsung Galaxy Note7 devices, the phones may be confiscated and passengers may face fines.
- Passengers who attempt to evade the ban by packing their phone in checked luggage are increasing the risk of a catastrophic incident. Anyone violating the ban may be subject to criminal prosecution in addition to fines.
