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philbert81 said:

I am a pilot at American Eagle (Envoy Air) as of this weekend the gate agents, and flight attendants are required to make the fallowing PA 

"DUE TO A RECALL OF THE SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 7, THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION ADVISES THESE DEVICES SHOULD BE POWERED OFF, AND NOT CONNECTED TO ANY POWER SOURCE WHILE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT. IF YOUR BAG IS CHECKED AT THE GATE, PLEASE REMOVE YOUR GALAXY NOTE 7, AND PLACE IT IN YOUR CARRY-ON. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COOPERATION."

Every emplyee recived a notification regarding this.  The FAs I flew with don't even know what a Note 7 is and probably wouldn't do a thing if someone was using one in flight lol. 

I  however know what one looks like, and will tell the passenger to turn it off or get off the aircraft.  Fires on a plane are not good. 

gatorguy said:

anantksundaram said:

gatorguy said:

I'm not aware of Samsung blaming suppliers. 

Hmm, from The Guardian:

"Koh Dong-jin, president of Samsung’s mobile business, said on Friday, two weeks after the Note 7’s launch: “We have received several reports of battery explosions on the Note 7... and it has been confirmed that it was a battery cell problem. There was a tiny problem in the manufacturing process so it was very difficult to find out.”

Koh refused to name the supplier of the faulty battery, but said that Note 7s sold in China used batteries from a different supplier and were unaffected. He said that Samsung was working with two or three different battery suppliers for the smartphone, including its own Samsung SDI."

Oh, you consider that blaming someone else? Sounds like they're identifying where the problem is and which regions are affected. Sounds like what most companies do, tell users what the issue is.

 I think you're trying to read something there that isn't.  

anantksundaram said:

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singularity said:

apple ][ said:

Screw those new jobs that Apple was planning in that country!

Apple should take its business elsewhere, there are plenty of other places to choose!

So where in the EU should they go? They still need an eu Base and would still have to pay the tax.

Good point! I suppose that they do need a EU base.

In that case, Apple should raise the price of all products offered in the EU zone, to compensate for the illegal tax rape and to offset any loss of profits and income, because of the mob shake down.

They probably will raise prices in the EU, if this were to come to pass. However, it's a long ways away, and affects many US companies (Amazon, Google, Starbucks, etc.) not just Apple.

cnocbui said:

If Cirrus say they will be making more money then that implies that either Apple will be making less or consumers will have to pay more.   Not hard to predict which of those two will eventuate.