Replacement Galaxy Note 7 catches fire on flight, forces evacuation
Last month, Samsung shipped 500,000 replacement Galaxy Note 7 units to in the United States following a global recall of the flagship phablet.Unfortunately for Samsung, though, one of those replacement units reportedly caught fire and forced a flight to evacuate before it left the ground.As reported by USA Today and The Verge, Brian Green picked up his replacement Galaxy Note 7 from an AT&T retail store on September 21.
Samsung's 'cannot fail' attitude behind Galaxy Note 7 disaster
Samsung's disastrous launch of its latest smartphone, which ended in a global recall, is a symptom of the family-controlled company's hierarchical structure that has left it prone to group think and has hindered innovation, according to a leading figure in South Korea's burgeoning tech start-up scene.The South Korean conglomerate, whose $US305 billion revenue ($397 billion) in 2014 is equal to about 20 per cent of the country's gross domestic product, recalled the Galaxy Note 7 early this month - just weeks after it went on sale - after it emerged faulty batteries were overheating and exploding.While Samsung says most customers are accepting replacement models with new batteries, David Sehyeon Baek, head of international affairs at the Gyeonggi Centre for Creative Economy and Innovation, a tech start-up accelerator just outside Seoul, said it was a sign Samsung could be following companies such as Nokia and Sony by allowing success to breed complacency.
A Replacement Galaxy Note 7 Caught Fire on Southwest Airlines
A Replacement Galaxy Note 7 Caught Fire on Southwest AirlinesWhile this incident doesn't mean the new, replacement Galaxy Note 7 units are having the same issue as before, this certainly doesn't bode well for Samsung.This person on Southwest Airlines says he had his Galaxy Note 7 replaced by AT&T on September 21st.If we remember back, we told you that AT&T had new units of the Samsung smartphone to replace the defective ones on that very date.
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