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Samsung has been forced to cease production of its disastrous Galaxy Note 7 Smartphones because they keep catching fire, but it still has to address the problem of cleaning up its mess. The phone has been recalled twice, and owners now have to send their incendiary handsets back to the South Korean firm. And that poses a bit of a problem: if you need to issue a recall for a phone that is prone to spontaneously combust, you don’t want those phones catching fire in transit.
This concern has already seen the phones banned from planes, and the UK’s Royal Mail is also refusing to handle them. Samsung’s solution is a fancy “Note 7 Return Kit,” and it has sent one to XDA Developers.
The kit contains a special “Recovery Box” that’s lined with ceramic fiber paper to provide some protection against incineration. Samsung warns that some people will have a bad reaction to this lining, so the recovery kit also includes some gloves to protect your hands. They don’t appear to be flame retardant, so if your Note 7 is currently ablaze, we’d suggest minimizing contact with it.
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Source: Ars Technica – Samsung ships flameproof boxes for Note 7 returns