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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsU.S. and Samsung tell Galaxy Note 7 owners: Power down now
Source: CNNMoney
U.S. and Samsung tell Galaxy Note 7 owners: Power down now
by Jill Disis @CNNTech
September 9, 2016: 5:48 PM ET
The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Samsung are urging owners of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 to stop using their phones while they work to formalize how a recall will work.
The warning comes a week after Samsung (SSNLF) announced a voluntary recall of 2.5 million phones worldwide because of a battery problem believed to affect 0.1% of all devices. Some customers reported that their Note 7s caught fire.
A government recall would outlaw the selling of the phone. In its statement, the agency asked owners of the Note 7 "to power them down and stop charging or using the device" in the meantime.
Details on an official recall will come "as soon as possible," the agency said.
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by Jill Disis @CNNTech
September 9, 2016: 5:48 PM ET
The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Samsung are urging owners of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 to stop using their phones while they work to formalize how a recall will work.
The warning comes a week after Samsung (SSNLF) announced a voluntary recall of 2.5 million phones worldwide because of a battery problem believed to affect 0.1% of all devices. Some customers reported that their Note 7s caught fire.
A government recall would outlaw the selling of the phone. In its statement, the agency asked owners of the Note 7 "to power them down and stop charging or using the device" in the meantime.
Details on an official recall will come "as soon as possible," the agency said.
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Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/09/technology/galaxy-note-7-consumer-product-safety-commission/
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U.S. and Samsung tell Galaxy Note 7 owners: Power down now (Original Post)
Eugene
Sep 2016
OP
I hate those phones with permanent batteries--they are designed for obsolescence. nt
MADem
Sep 2016
#4
yup. Actually Apple started that crap with sealing the battery, and they do it for their
still_one
Sep 2016
#6
OhZone
(3,212 posts)1. Yeah, maybe if they had an old fashioned -
replaceable battery, then they wouldn't have had this issue.
I kinda hope LG wins over the Samsung / iPhone debacles.
MADem
(135,425 posts)4. I hate those phones with permanent batteries--they are designed for obsolescence. nt
still_one
(92,394 posts)6. yup. Actually Apple started that crap with sealing the battery, and they do it for their
computers also. Samsung followed suit with their Smart Phones.
They don't use memory cards because they hope people will use the cloud, exceed the free minimum, and allow another source of revenue.
malaise
(269,157 posts)2. Did you see that SUV burning
as a result of the Galaxy7 fire?
Egnever
(21,506 posts)3. Something that could easily have been avoided if the battery was removeable.