The federal government wants you to get off your Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphone immediately – because its battery could explode.
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Samsung announced the recall on September 2 after about three dozen of the premium smartphones were found to have batteries that caught fire or exploded. India is not alone in banning the Note7 from its flights.
In the USA, the Consumer Product Safety Commission urged users to power down their phones and said it would be providing guidance about an official recall “as soon as possible”.
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Galaxy Note 7 battery explode had gone viral soon after its launch. For example, US law prohibits the sale or resale of any recalled item once CPSC acts. Samsung Electronics has also halted the sale of the newest Note series worldwide.
The mobile business accounts for a major share of profits for Samsung, which also produces home appliances and memory chips.
The commission is still deciding whether Samsung can issue replacement Galaxy Note7s.
“We are asking users to power down their Galaxy Note 7s and exchange them as soon as possible”, Koh said in a statement late Saturday, adding the firm was “collaborating with national regulatory bodies” around the world.
On Thursday, Australia’s Qantas Airways Ltd, Jetstar Airways and Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd announced they had banned passengers from using or charging the phones in response to the recall. Samsung plans to provide Galaxy Note 7 devices with new batteries in South Korea starting September 19, but schedules for other countries vary.
Even travelling with the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is seen as a risk; if you plan on travelling with your S7, expect to be requested to turn your phone off and leave it in your overhead luggage with no charging allowed as airports (with good reasons) do not approve of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 onboard airplanes due to the potential risk that it poses.
But cases of exploding batteries continued to emerge following the recall announcement, as users claimed a burning device had damaged a hotel room in Australia or set a auto in the U.S. on fire. Several airlines around the world asked travelers not switch on the jumbo smartphone or put it in checked baggage, with some carriers banning the phone on flights.
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Samsung now uses batteries made by a number of different companies including its sister Samsung SDI.
