Where have S20 phones been the last 30 days?

[Android Central Question]

Where manufactured? Who packaged? Should I quarantine the box when it arrives?

 

[anon(10614692)]

Not sure how you would expect us to know.

 

[dov1978]

Where manufactured? Who packaged? Should I quarantine the box when it arrives?

Quick clean with a household spray cleaner. Many actually state they kill Corona Virus on the back

 

[hallux]

Many actually state they kill Corona Virus on the back

If I recall, the cold and Flu are both considered forms of "corona" virus. This is a different strain and may not be covered by that statement as those cleaners couldn't possibly have been tested against COVID-19, labels printed and on your store shelves already.

Doesn't Samsung manufacture in Korea? There was discussion of supply chains on a recent Android Central podcast...

 

[dov1978]

I still doubt it's an issue either way. Even the hardiest Corona Virus can only survive on non living items for up to 9 days.

 

[msm0511]

Samsung manufactures most of their phones in Vietnam.

 

[Mike Dee]

Where manufactured? Who packaged? Should I quarantine the box when it arrives?

Use an ultraviolet light.

 

[kolyan2k]

What's wrong with you people lol

 

[DanielLoreti]

Vietnam

 

[illdini]

I doubt that the virus can survive for long in a sealed box, which is then placed in another sealed box, & then placed in either a ship (which would take longer to get here than the incubation period) or the unpressurized cargo hold of a plane.

 

[illdini]

What's wrong with you people lol

For most Americans, lack of knowledge of basic science.

 

[hallux]

or the unpressurized cargo hold of a plane.

I guess it depends on WHICH hold they're put in (main cargo where passengers would normally be or where luggage normally) but I don't think many cargo planes are unpressurized these days.

 

[belodion]

For most Americans, lack of knowledge of basic science.

You may want to include the British in that. I remember a teacher at school who, when the projector was switched on and nothing happened, suggested that we all wait for a few seconds to give the electricity time to travel along the wire.

 

[Mike Dee]

You may want to include the British in that. I remember a teacher at school who, when the projector was switched on and nothing happened, suggested that we all wait for a few seconds to give the electricity time to travel along the wire.

Is it possible he was being humorous?

 

[dendron01]

Is it possible he was being humorous?

Possibly. And when the apple fell on Isaac Newton's head, at first he blamed the tree...then I guess he had a change of heart and decided to rewrite the laws of physics instead, and invent calculus as a side project.

 

[Javier P]

Quarantine the box?!?!? Oh boy, buying a phone these days feels like living on the edge, right?

 

[jlangner]

Here ya go : minutes to an hour survival:

https://www.foxnews.com/health/packages-coronavirus-china-safe-to-handle

 

[belodion]

Is it possible he was being humorous?

It was a female teacher, and no, she was serious.

 

[Mr Segundus]

Quick clean with a household spray cleaner. Many actually state they kill Corona Virus on the back

The coronavirus is a normal common cold...but COVID-19 is a different strain with little information about it.

 

[Mr Segundus]

For most Americans, lack of knowledge of basic science.

This is true. In fact, many people in the US deny science altogether.