Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Samsung just recalled the Galaxy Note 7 without using the word recall Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 17:31:27 +1100 Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <57fda029$0$25211$c3e8da3$e408f015@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net ZzYuG7635jBZQRUhEqFDAA+pRBtYXvB/+fWzzDkGPIDTaUSj4= Cancel-Lock: sha1:5mqrzlzhcYQPcRoU+JQNMALLweE= In-Reply-To: <57fda029$0$25211$c3e8da3$e408f015@news.astraweb.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 Xref: csiph.com misc.phone.mobile.iphone:94006 comp.mobile.android:35255 "JF Mezei" wrote in message news:57fda029$0$25211$c3e8da3$e408f015@news.astraweb.com... > On 2016-10-11 04:15, Chris wrote: > >> Ouch. That's going hurt Samsung. > > The Note 7 is basically dead as a product. And because Samsung hard > glued the battery onto casing, recycling will not yield much value. And > from what I read, the recyling outfits that have to deal with glued > batteries tend to have a lot of fires (due to batteries). > > > Ironic that it was just a year or two ago that Samnung had replaceable > batteries and had ads mocking iPhone users without them, needing to sit > on floors at airports to recharge (wall huggers). > The danger here is that it took decades to have > airlines OK the use of electronic devices in flight For other reasons. > and this may get much worse if they must be turned > off during flight AND all power outlets removed (since > recharging is one of the problem areas with those batteries). Taint gunna happen. Its easy enough to use a fire extinguisher if the phone does catch fire.