T-Mobile and AT&T halt all Galaxy Note 7 sales

Haven't Samsung suspended production?

I think I saw it on BBC somewhere that Samsung have stopped production, but I recall them saying the problem as a "rare" manufacturing error. I think it's PR 101 that you stop belittling a problem that is so severe you best pack a set of burn bandages in the box and that has gained your equipment a flight ban.

There are now also some reports of iPhone 6 fablets having a problem, not quite in the same volume, but still. I'm hoping if this is not another problem with people working with off-spec chemicals like the elco problem a few years ago where someone decided that they'd cook up their own recipe rather than license the stuff that worked, which resulted in capacitors with an increased enthusiasm for blowing up. It took years to clean up the supply chain, the damn things were everywhere.

Whatever it is, Samsung has IMHO been rather late to react and has thus suffered significant brand damage. To little, too late, well, too bad.