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Re:FAA Urges Passengers to Not Use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on ... by mhmiles on Friday September 09, 2016 @12:51AM (#12459705)
It's an issue with batteries manufactured by Samsung SDI. Hong Kong Note 7's have batteries from ATL and are not subject to the recall
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Re:FAA Urges Passengers to Not Use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on ... by hackuser on Friday September 09, 2016 @01:20AM (#12459799)
What are SDI and ATL?
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Re:FAA Urges Passengers to Not Use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on ... by mhmiles on Friday September 09, 2016 @01:38AM (#12459851)
Samsung SDI is their battery manufacturing subsidiary. ATL is Amperex Technology Limited, a Chinese battery manufacturer.
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Re:FAA Urges Passengers to Not Use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on ... by Hydraulix989 on Friday September 09, 2016 @02:41PM (#12464945)
Can anyone more familiar with batteries please describe the issue to us?
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