“…AT&T is discontinuing all sales and exchanges of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones following a number of fires caused by supposedly ”safe” phones that had been replaced under recall.”
Like Volkswagen, Samsung should be held responsible for their actions in the market place.
Corporations should not be too big as to not jail and be held responsible. If the U.S. Supreme Court gives a corporation the status of a ‘person’ it should be punished and made responsible as a ‘person’.
I was traveling this week, via American Airlines on domestic routes. The flight out last week, I thought the attendant was making one of those “funnied” up safety talks when he specified the Samsung Galaxy Note 7’s MUST be turned off for the flight. The other three flights also had the same announcement over the course of a weeks worth of flying….
Seems that this may be their main thing remembered for the next ten years or so. Like the old joke about being a talented craftsman, but they don’t call you that because you are the fellow they caught boinking a goat… Or in this case, the Samsung goat 7 boinks you!
Every and all beings are fully responsible for what they are, nothing is random. There's no excuse.
What do you mean by “punishment”? As a fear based energy, I do not prejudically condone it any longer. It can be rooted in our beliefs, obviously for no good reason. This doesn't means we should just shut up and do nothing, yet this shouldn't prevent us from being loveful with those who commit “errors” and provide fair and fruitful solutions for all of the involved.
If I were to speak… well, I ain't got time to bleed. May all beings be happy. :-)
The U.S. has a larger percentage of prisoners based on population than even China; a new documentary “13th” has provided evidence that ‘prison labor’ is being used by well known U.S. business’s.
allegedly the plane fire was because the phone went down into a seat and got bent - damaging the battery physically - when the seat back went up.
which means it wasn;t strong enough.
also - the ‘’battery problem’‘could also be called a ’‘phone power use’’ problem.
Civil crimes usually don’t result in prison time. The typical means for redressing the wrongs are monetary damages. Or are you saying that Samsung intentionally did a poor job on the phone/battery?
Caveat this is based on my understanding of the US legal system.
Careful with the political side of this issue please!
What I don’t understand about this is how turning it off prevents a fire? It’s just a “soft” switch that never actually breaks the circuit, and I suspect it draws about as much power when “off” as it does when powered-up in Android’s deep sleep mode.
Ah ok, thanks for the explanation. It just seems like it’s still not a very good safety measure, since many of the new fire reports were from phones that were just lying there without being used.