During the National Day holiday, Samsung experienced two more spontaneous combustion incidents. One was that the safety version of Note7 on Southwest Airlines, which took off from Louisville, Kentucky, spontaneously ignited when it was turned off. The other was that the safety version of Note7 of Taiwan female users spontaneously ignited in their back pockets. With the further escalation of the situation, the rumor that the secure version of Note7 is unsafe seems to have become a reality. For this reason, Verizon and T-Mobile, the two major operators in the United States, launched the replacement service of Note7.

Note 7 replacement notice issued by T-Mobile official website

Unlike Samsung's recall and replacement, Verizon and T-Mobile will make an exception to provide their contract users with the service of replacing other Samsung phones/phones of other brands, but they have not yet provided a refund service. In addition, earlier, AT&T and Sprint, two major U.S. operators, also provided this exceptional replacement service. In other words, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T and Sprint, the four major operators in the United States, are willing to provide free replacement for Note7 contract users. In addition, according to Bloomberg, AT&T has been considering a more radical measure - permanently stopping the sale of Samsung Note7, and the final decision will be announced soon.

Since contract users cannot refund, most users will definitely choose a contract machine whose price is close to that of Note7 when changing the machine. There are few contract machines whose price is similar to Note7. iPhone 7/7 Plus may become one of the best choices for these users.