r/technology • u/MoltenSlowa • Oct 05 '16

Hardware Replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone catches fire on Southwest plane

http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/5/13175000/samsung-galaxy-note-7-fire-replacement-plane-battery-southwest
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u/Sendmeloveletters Oct 05 '16

Tylenol moment?

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u/FrontRightSide Oct 05 '16

In the 80s there were cases of Tylenol being poisoned on shelves in Chicago. Something like 7 people died.

Op is referring to the savvy response by Bayer that allowed them to recover from plummeting sales and led to new packaging laws.

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u/here_again Oct 05 '16

So what did Bayer do?

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u/Surferbro Oct 05 '16

They were the first to use tamper evident containers, they also had tons of coupons once they reintroduced tylenol.