U.S. Note 7 customers must wait patiently for replacements
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Korean electronics giant Samsung plans to resume sales of its maligned Galaxy Note 7 phablet in its home country beginning on September 28, but American consumers must prepare to wait the better part of a month to get their presumably large hands on an updated hardware revision of the phone. American sales of the handset are not expected to begin again until October 21, according to leaked Samsung planning documents acquired by VentureBeat.
The embargo on Note 7 sales affects prospective buyers as well as those who already spent the $860 Samsung commands for its large format flagship smartphone. Samsung recalled all 2.5 million Note 7 phones shipped worldwide due to lithium ion batteries that could overheat and catch on fire ...