“This measure is to avoid the possibility of these devices’ batteries causing fires”, it said.
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Several air carriers and aviation authorities have even banned the device from being used or carried in the US, Australia, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia and India.
Samsung’s Note 7 had sought to up the ante on Apple’s iPhone with its dual-curved screen and water-resistant technology.
After faulty batteries led to a global recall of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, Samsung Electronics will only use batteries made by China’s ATL for its replacement devices, Yonhap news agency reported. In the meantime, Samsung is loaning its customers mobile phones and working to produce batteries that do not contain the flaw that began this controversy.
Before the full-scale recall The US Federal Aviation Administration, warned passengers to not pack the Note 7 into check-in luggage or charge it while on-board. On September 2nd, Samsung announced that it would be recalling every Galaxy Note 7 due to a battery related issue that it suspects affects 24 out of every million phones it has manufactured so far.
The sharp fall on the Korean stock market comes after U.S. aviation authorities warned travellers not to turn on or charge the Note 7 during flights or store them in checked bags.
“However, because our customers’ safety is an absolute priority at Samsung, we have stopped sales of the Galaxy Note7”, the world’s largest smartphone maker said in a statement on Saturday. “We will voluntarily replace your Galaxy Note 7 device with a new one, beginning on September 19th”, the company said in a statement.
Samsung said it was aware of the two incidents, with local authorities investigating the case in the US.
Samsung Electronics’s board directors proposed Monday a plan to nominate Lee’s son, J.Y. Lee, as a new board member.
The junior Lee has been vice chairman of the company since 2013 but has not taken an official board seat, maintaining a relatively low profile.
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