What will happen, in this world of self-entitled delicate little flowers, is mayhem. They won't keep themselves informed, and when answering positive to the question 'are you carrying a Note 7' at check-in/in the gate*, their world will collapse. These are not people who can be far detached from their insta/twitta/face accounts for any length of time, and removing the mobile from a millennial is akin to slicing their wrists open.
Has Sam's son offered a full refund to all unlucky owners of the Note 7?
* Not onboard PAs. They are not heard by the aforementioned demography.