Samsung says 23 Note 7s overheated in the past month
October 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
Samsung and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission formally recalled the Note 7 overnight, requesting that every single unit immediately be powered down and returned. That’s 1.9 million phones in total — 1 million of the original Note 7, and 900,000 “replacement” Note 7s — that need to go back.
To date, Samsung has received 96 reports of overheating phones in the US, with 23 of those coming after the initial recall. But most of those were the original devices. The CPSC says that it’s only looking into six reports of overheating replacement phones right now. Though it’s aware that there might be more.
Samsung says there have been 13 reports of burns and 47 reports of property damage due…
