Samsung to recall Galaxy Note 7 phones after explosion claims: Report
Samsung to recall Galaxy Note 7 phones after explosion claims: Report Samsung will issue a global recall of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone as soon as this weekend after its investigation on explosion claims found batteries were at fault, according to South Korea's Yonhap News . Samsung Electronics declined to comment on the report today, but said it was conducting the inspection with its partners, it said. "We will share the findings as soon as possible. Samsungis fully committed to providing the highest quality products to our consumers," the company said in a statement. Shipments of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone were delayed in South Korea this week for extra quality control testing. The move came after reports that batteries in some of the jumbo smartphones exploded while they were being charged. Samsung launched the latest version of the Note series just two weeks ago. Citing an unnamed company official, Yonhap said Samsung 's investigat...