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Samsung now faces three tough choices with its Note 7

Are we looking at the beginning of the end of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7? Passengers evacuated a plane at Louisville International Airport after a man's Samsung cell phone started smoking when he tried powering it down. No one was injured from the incident. Ref. Source 1f.

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Samsung halts production of Galaxy Note 7 after replacement phones catch fire, reports say

Samsung has temporarily halted production of the Galaxy Note 7 after multiple replacement devices caught fire, according to reports from the Yonhap News Agency and Wall Street Journal. These incidents came after Samsung was forced to recall 2.5 million of the original Note 7 phablet-sized phones last month when lithium-ion batteries in some of those devices caught fire. Ref. USAToday.

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U.S. Government bans Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on all flights over fire concern

The Transportation Department announced Friday it is banning Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones from all airline flights because of nearly 100 incidents of the devices overheating and sometimes injuring owners. The Federal Aviation Administration previously urged travelers not to turn on the phones or charge them during a flight, and not to pack them in checked luggage. The new ban is effective Saturday at noon. Ref. USAToday.

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Samsung reveals cause of exploding Note 7 cellphones

Samsung has revealed the causes behind those exploding Note 7s: design and manufacturing battery flaws Ref. Source 6f.