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Flight warnings\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Samsung has come under fire for its response to reports of battery problems over the past weeks.<\/p>\n On 2 September the firm said it would stop selling the phones and offered to replace the ones already sold.<\/p>\n The company last week advised people to stop using the device.<\/p>\n Samsung also said it would limit the batteries of the Note 7 to 60% of their capacity via a software update.<\/p>\n The US Department of Transportation meanwhile has ordered airline passengers\u00a0not to bring the phones on planes unless they keep them turned off and don’t charge them during the flight.<\/p>\n Passengers were even advised against packing the phones into any checked-in luggage.<\/p>\n A number of airlines around the globe have also banned the phone from being used or charged on their planes.<\/p>\n The phone was launched on 19 August and had been generally well-received by critics and consumers.<\/p>\n The Galaxy Note 7 model is the latest of Samsung’s series of so-called phablets – smartphones with very large screens.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" US safety regulators have announced a formal recall of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 after reports of fires caused by faulty batteries. The South Korean tech giant had already launched a voluntary recall after user complaints about ‘exploding’ phones. According to Samsung, the problem affects 2.5 million devices globally, including 1 million in the US. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[106],"tags":[869,284,594],"yoast_head":"\n