If the recall by the Consumer Product Safety Commission didn’t kill the Note 7, then the FAA ban Display phones, with mising spaces where the Galaxy Note 7 used to bedid. As of October 15^th, Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones were banned on all US flights by the Federal Aviation Administration. The Korean company’s flagship phone, which was the successor to 2015’s Note 5, met with spectacular failure in September. A few weeks after its release, the phone’s battery was discovered to catch fire when being charged. Within a month, the Note 7 had been issued a recall, and at this point has been banned by multiple mass transportation companies. The most recent case of this was a ban on all Amtrak trains, stations, and platforms. The real question is, why are these phones catching fire?

According to Cnet, the Battery in the Note 7, a standard Lithium Ion battery most smartphones use, has too much pressure on it due to a manufacturing error. The liquid inside the battery is extremely flammable, so the manufacturing error gives the battery a much higher chance of breaking and catching fire.  Even with this glaring issue, there are still some who refuse to return their Note 7s, due either to brand loyalty or the low likelihood of a phone failure. Even though the chance of a Note 7 actually catching fire is low, the CPSC and Samsung are urging customers to return their phones. What is surprising is even after this horrible technical failure and loss of enormous amounts of profit, Samsung’s stock prices are at a record high. Thought it may not directly affect the tech giant, it’s likely that many consumers will be hesitant to purchase Samsung products in the future.