U.S. and Samsung tell Galaxy Note 7 owners: Power down now

[Eugene]

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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Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/09/technology/galaxy-note-7-consumer-product-safety-commission/

[OhZone]

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]

4. I hate those phones with permanent batteries--they are designed for obsolescence. nt

[jberryhill]

5. Yep

[still_one]

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]

2. Did you see that SUV burning

as a result of the Galaxy7 fire?

[Egnever]

3. Something that could easily have been avoided if the battery was removeable.