By all accounts, Indiana resident Brian Green did everything right. As an owner of one of the millions of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones at risk of overheating and exploding, he, like so many others, exchanged his unit for a replacement phone that had been deemed safe by the manufacturer.
So, as he sat on a Southwest airlines flight in Louisville, Kentucky waiting for the plane to push back from the ...
continue reading...According to customer reports, some replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones are experiencing similar overheating issues to the ones that caused a global recall on the devices as well as the banning of the phone from U.S. flights by the Federal Aviation Administration.
The issues have, thus far, only been acknowledged for replacements issued in South Korea; Samsung’s home country. The company states, however, that ...
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1.3 billion people. One of the world’s most coveted markets.
The Chinese marketplace is one that most companies will work hard to get into. And the expectation is that when they do, they are ready to do business.
With mobile technology being such a dominant force in Asian markets, this goes double for smartphones. So, the suggestion that Samsung Galaxy Note 7s in China may show the same overheating ...
continue reading...A Florida man has filed suit against Samsung Electronics after his Galaxy Note 7 smartphone allegedly exploded in his pocket and caused severe burns to his leg and hand. While Samsung Galaxy Note phones have been in the news recently over the battery defect, this is likely the first lawsuit over the issue.
U.S. regulators cite to nearly 100 reports of overheating ...
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