Samsung in trouble
Samsung has been forced to recall its flagship Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after customers complained that phones are exploding during charging.
“We have received several reports of battery explosion on the Note 7 that was officially launched on August 19… and it has been confirmed that it was a battery cell problem,” the president of Samsung’s mobile business Koh Dong-jin told reporters.
The phone giant is offering customers a new phone in exchange for the defective handset. The firm said it would take about two weeks to prepare replacement devices.
The news comes as Apple is set to launch its new iPhone later this month.
Back in July, Samsung beat expectations with record earnings in the latest quarter thanks to strong smartphone sales. The results were the South Korean giant’s best quarterly results in more than two years.
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