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Just by the way for anyone reading this old question:

when I posted this it was in the early days of the "Samsung exploding phones" event. Because I was traveling around I had heard nothing about the news of the batteries catching fire.

Of course, over the weeks since then it now appears the latest is that the product has been completely recalled worldwide (one of the most expensive recalls ever).

I was on a few long flights yesterday, including AA (ok, sometimes it happens).

I was interested that, with the standard announcement about the ways in which you can / can't use cellphones during the flight / take off / landing ...

... they have ADDED AN EXTRA BIT to the recording: you absolutely cannot use (specifically) a "Samsung Galaxy Note 7" at any time - whatsoever. You must turn it off (utterly!) before getting on the plane, and you can only power it up again when you are off the plane. So they say.

What's the reason for this excitement?!

Secondly, is this only AA, or are all airlines saying it?

Thirdly, is this extra anti-Note-7 feature only in the US, or other countries too? Cheers

I assume this was only added relatively recently (days?) since that model is only released recently, right?

FYI the aviation dudes have been discussing the subtleties of this from the airline side: http://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/31821/is-there-a-procedure-to-safely-handle-a-ped-battery-problem-on-a-commercial-flig

Just by the way for anyone reading this old question:

when I posted this it was in the early days of the "Samsung exploding phones" event. Because I was traveling around I had heard nothing about the news of the batteries catching fire.

Of course, over the weeks since then it now appears the latest is that the product has been completely recalled worldwide (one of the most expensive recalls ever).

I was on a few long flights yesterday, including AA (ok, sometimes it happens).

I was interested that, with the standard announcement about the ways in which you can / can't use cellphones during the flight / take off / landing ...

... they have ADDED AN EXTRA BIT to the recording: you absolutely cannot use (specifically) a "Samsung Galaxy Note 7" at any time - whatsoever. You must turn it off (utterly!) before getting on the plane, and you can only power it up again when you are off the plane. So they say.

What's the reason for this excitement?!

Secondly, is this only AA, or are all airlines saying it?

Thirdly, is this extra anti-Note-7 feature only in the US, or other countries too? Cheers

I assume this was only added relatively recently (days?) since that model is only released recently, right?

FYI the aviation dudes have been discussing the subtleties of this from the airline side: https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/31821/is-there-a-procedure-to-safely-handle-a-ped-battery-problem-on-a-commercial-flig

I was on a few long flights yesterday, including AA (ok, sometimes it happens).

I was interested that, with the standard announcement about the ways in which you can / can't use cellphones during the flight / take off / landing ...

... they have ADDED AN EXTRA BIT to the recording: you absolutely cannot use (specifically) a "Samsung Galaxy Note 7" at any time - whatsoever. You must turn it off (utterly!) before getting on the plane, and you can only power it up again when you are off the plane. So they say.

What's the reason for this excitement?!

Secondly, is this only AA, or are all airlines saying it?

Thirdly, is this extra anti-Note-7 feature only in the US, or other countries too? Cheers

I assume this was only added relatively recently (days?) since that model is only released recently, right?

FYI the aviation dudes have been discussing the subtleties of this from the airline side: http://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/31821/is-there-a-procedure-to-safely-handle-a-ped-battery-problem-on-a-commercial-flig

Just by the way for anyone reading this old question:

when I posted this it was in the early days of the "Samsung exploding phones" event. Because I was traveling around I had heard nothing about the news of the batteries catching fire.

Of course, over the weeks since then it now appears the latest is that the product has been completely recalled worldwide (one of the most expensive recalls ever).

I was on a few long flights yesterday, including AA (ok, sometimes it happens).

I was interested that, with the standard announcement about the ways in which you can / can't use cellphones during the flight / take off / landing ...

... they have ADDED AN EXTRA BIT to the recording: you absolutely cannot use (specifically) a "Samsung Galaxy Note 7" at any time - whatsoever. You must turn it off (utterly!) before getting on the plane, and you can only power it up again when you are off the plane. So they say.

What's the reason for this excitement?!

Secondly, is this only AA, or are all airlines saying it?

Thirdly, is this extra anti-Note-7 feature only in the US, or other countries too? Cheers

I assume this was only added relatively recently (days?) since that model is only released recently, right?

FYI the aviation dudes have been discussing the subtleties of this from the airline side: http://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/31821/is-there-a-procedure-to-safely-handle-a-ped-battery-problem-on-a-commercial-flig

I was on a few long flights yesterday, including AA (ok, sometimes it happens).

I was interested that, with the standard announcement about the ways in which you can / can't use cellphones during the flight / take off / landing ...

... they have ADDED AN EXTRA BIT to the recording: you absolutely cannot use (specifically) a "Samsung Galaxy Note 7" at any time - whatsoever. You must turn it off (utterly!) before getting on the plane, and you can only power it up again when you are off the plane. So they say.

What's the reason for this excitement?!

Secondly, is this only AA, or are all airlines saying it?

Thirdly, is this extra anti-Note-7 feature only in the US, or other countries too? Cheers

I assume this was only added relatively recently (days?) since that model is only released recently, right?

I was on a few long flights yesterday, including AA (ok, sometimes it happens).

I was interested that, with the standard announcement about the ways in which you can / can't use cellphones during the flight / take off / landing ...

... they have ADDED AN EXTRA BIT to the recording: you absolutely cannot use (specifically) a "Samsung Galaxy Note 7" at any time - whatsoever. You must turn it off (utterly!) before getting on the plane, and you can only power it up again when you are off the plane. So they say.

What's the reason for this excitement?!

Secondly, is this only AA, or are all airlines saying it?

Thirdly, is this extra anti-Note-7 feature only in the US, or other countries too? Cheers

I assume this was only added relatively recently (days?) since that model is only released recently, right?

FYI the aviation dudes have been discussing the subtleties of this from the airline side: http://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/31821/is-there-a-procedure-to-safely-handle-a-ped-battery-problem-on-a-commercial-flig