From InfoWorld: Samsung is halting sales of its recently launched flagship Note 7 smartphone and recalling phones of this model sold worldwide after reports of several units catching fire due to battery problems.
The company examined a phone that had caught fire and confirmed a faulty battery was to blame, according to a Yonhap News report. Of the roughly 1 million Note 7 handsets already sold, only 24 contain the potential problem, Samsung said late Friday in Seoul.
Users will be offered a replacement phone.
The recall is embarrassing for Samsung and its latest flagship smartphone, but the company is hardly alone. There are many reports of phones catching fire due to battery problems, but they represent a tiny proportion of the billion phones sold each year and typically don't amount to major recalls.
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