CPSC issues an official recall for Samsung Note 7s in the USA
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Two weeks after it first came to light that the batteries in some Samsung Galaxy Note 7s could short out and cause a fire, the company has officially partnered with the United States' Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a recall through that agency. The CPSC estimates that about a million Note 7s are affected by its recall. The move comes after 92 incidents with the devices' batteries were reported to the agency, comprising at least 26 incidents where owners were burned and 55 incidents where property was damaged.
USA Note 7 owners now have a somewhat clearer set of instructions for exchanging their potentially dangerous devices. Samsung USA has set up a portal with an IMEI database ...