📚 Samsung Could Start Second Note 7 Recall After “Safe” Model Exploded on Plane

Samsung might launch a second recall of the Galaxy Note 7 after one of the safe replacements units caught fire on a passenger jet on Wednesday, former officials working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) explained. The South Korean firm has nearly finalized the original recall of 2.5 million units, but preliminary data shows that a certain percentage of the replacement units are also suffering from overheating, which in some cases leads to devices catching fire even when not charging. The most recent case took place on Wednesday when what was believed to be a replacement Note 7 – this hasn’t been confirmed just yet, but Samsung and the CPSC are currently investigating this possibility – caught fire on a Southwest Airlines flight, just when the plane was getting ready to take off. The smoke emitted by the phone triggered the evacua... ...