Customers with a Galaxy Note 7, whether\u00a0an original or replacement model, must\u00a0power down and stop using the device, said Samsung.<\/p>\n
This follows reports that\u00a0new Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones people received as replacements during a global recall were also catching fire<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n “We are working with relevant regulatory bodies to investigate the reported cases involving the Galaxy Note 7,” said Samsung.<\/p>\n “We remain committed to working diligently with appropriate regulatory authorities to take all necessary steps to resolve the situation.”<\/p>\n Samsung said consumers’ safety remains its\u00a0top priority, and it\u00a0will ask all carrier and retail partners to stop sales and exchanges of the Galaxy Note 7.<\/p>\n Samsung has issued a statement telling Note 7 owners to switch off and stop using the phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":178139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17934],"tags":[36,645,38384],"class_list":["post-182416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smartphones","tag-active","tag-samsung","tag-samsung-galaxy-note-7"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182416"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182420,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182416\/revisions\/182420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Now read:\u00a0Samsung to stop production of the Galaxy Note 7: Report<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"