Monday, February 6, 2017

Galaxy Note 7: airlines fail to warn about risks … – Globo.com

The north american airlines are no longer obliged to issue warnings about the Galaxy Note 7 in the flights. The order to notify passengers entered into force in September 2016 by the aviation authority of the United States when the cellular Samsung presented problems in the battery. Brazilian airlines began to repeat the same warning, but in the last days the passengers no longer hear the message about the risks of loading a Note 7 on the plane.

The alert was caused by several cases of smartphones that have exploded or caught fire. According to Samsung, more than 90% of the units sold have already been returned.

the Explosion of the Galaxy Note 7: Samsung explains reasons for the cell to catch on fire

In the case of appliances still in operation, the company, along with the mobile phone operators, has released software updates that disable the Galaxy Note 7 remotely, obliterating the unit. In spite of the warning no longer be required on the flights, the successor of Galaxy Note 5 continues to be prohibited on passenger aircraft and cargo from the USA.

The Federal Aviation Administration of the United States (FAA) asserts that the warnings in the aircraft were waived on account of the recall made by Samsung and the understanding of users as to the dangers of the Galaxy Note 7. The second note of the organ to the press, "the Department of Transportation eliminated the requirement for notifications to passengers by airlines due to the high level of public awareness since the issuance of the prohibition order".

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Battery caused explosion

The Samsung ended the manufacturing of the Note 7 in the past year and, in January 2017, the company explained the reasons for the phone to catch fire. According to the manufacturer, tests with smartphones returned indicated a fault in the battery that made the device prone to explosion.

The problems have been identified both in the original project, which was sold soon after launch in more than ten countries, such as us models updated after the recall of the company.

Among the latter, supposedly "safe", a machine caught fire inside a plane in the us prior to takeoff. The Note 7 was the two indicators to see if the phone was "risk-free" and, according to the owner of the smartphone, a smoke started to come out of the model so that the instrument has been placed in the pocket.

The Galaxy Note 7 was not sold in Brazil, in spite of the National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac) to have followed the extent of the authority, north american airlines with destination to the country or on domestic flights warning passengers before takeoff due to the risk of explosion and fire. The price of the mobile in the national market would be R$ 4.299, and the model, with RAM memory of 4 GB, Super AMOLED screen and scanner to iris, promised to compete with the iPhone 7, Apple.

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