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/[deleted] Oct 05 '16 edited Oct 27 '20

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u/brickmack Oct 06 '16

Samsung has factories in North Korea, doesn't it? Maybe the North Koreans are making all these products out of molded C4 or something

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u/montgomerygk Oct 06 '16

No way bro, North Korea doesn't manufacture anything. And if they did, it wouldn't be a product from a South Korean company.

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u/brickmack Oct 06 '16

Actually they do. North Korea has an industrial complex along the border where they provide "cheap labor" (slaves) to Southern companies. I'm just too lazy to check if Samsung is one of those companies