Samsung opens airport booths for users to hand in Galaxy Note 7 phones

Company sets up stalls for passengers to exchange phablet or obtain refund, as airlines around world ban exploding device from planes

Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 is now banned on so many airlines worldwide that the company is opening up stalls inside airports to let owners swap or get a refund for the phablet before boarding their flight.

The booths are opening in airports around the world, including Australia and South Korea, following the ban of the device on those countries' largest airlines, Korean Air, Virgin Australia and Qantas. The Australian bans are at the airlines' discretion, however: in other nations, including Korea, the US and Japan, the Note 7 is banned from flights under the order of the country's airline regulators.