Samsung is offering replacements for the 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7 phones it’s sold globally, but they’re not available yet.
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Following the recall of millions of Samsung Galaxy Note 7s last week, air-safety regulators in the US are urging passengers to avoid using the mobile phones on airliners. (This isn’t going super-smoothly however, with Gizmodo reporting that many carriers don’t have replacement phones – and customers are potentially waiting for weeks to get one.) Likewise, airlines are warning passengers not to use the risky handsets (or to charge them) mid-flight.
He said written warnings had been placed at check-in counters at airports where the carrier operated.
“We plan to carry out the Galaxy Note 7 software update starting from 2 a.m. on September 20”, Samsung said, adding that the measure would only apply to phones that hadn’t been exchanged for new ones in a recall planned for September 19.
Not long after the global recall of the Galaxy Note 7, reports of the phone exploding have been increasing worldwide. By limiting the battery capacity of recalled Note 7, Samsung hopes to reduce the chance of explosions due to overheating. The next step may be to issue an over-the-air (OTA) update that limits battery charging of the phone to just 60% in an attempt to keep phones from overheating and then catching fire. -Samsung’s sister company. For the new devices, reports ZDNet, batteries will be sourced from China’s ATL, which was the company’s secondary supplier. “We are now investigating the battery issue in cooperation with battery manufacturers”, the company told KATS.
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More than 21,900 Samsung Galaxy Note 7 are now in recall in Canada by the giant tech company due to overheating coming from the phone battery. On Sept 1, there had been 35 cases of battery explosion that resulted to injuries and even causing house fires.
