Originally Posted by
eternaltransit
This solves the previous poster's problem though:
Passengers currently traveling with Samsung Galaxy Note7 phones should contact Samsung or their wireless carrier immediately to obtain information about how to return their phones and arrange for a refund or a replacement phone. Samsung has provided guidance for customers about refund and replacement options, as well as how to contact wireless carriers, at
http://www.samsung.com/us/note7recall/ [external link]. Samsung is also answering customers’ questions at 1-844-365-6197.
Also I'm not suggesting one should generally evade such a ban, but in the specific case that you're travelling and need to return the device at DDF, a place only accessible by air unless you get to DXB by ship and then fly out, that in such a specific case I think it would be fine, on a balance of probabilities. If one were at home and had to return it at DDF I'd say figure out another plan, but being away the only option left is to basically discard the device and lose hundreds of $$$.