Samsung should make earnest efforts in follow-up work to recall Galaxy Note 7 smartphones and protect the legitimate rights of Chinese consumers, an official with China's top market watchdog said Wednesday.
In Vietnam, owners of Galaxy Note 7, the latest smartphone produced by South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics, are able to return the phones for a refund.
Samsung has filed a plan with China's consumer quality watchdog to recall 190,984 Galaxy Note 7 smartphones sold on the Chinese mainland, due to an overheating problem.
The U.S. government on Thursday officially recalled the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones after dozens of reported cases in which batteries exploded or caught fire.
Airline passengers should not turn on or charge their Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Galaxy Note 7 smartphones during flights or stow them in checked baggage due to concerns over the phone's fire-prone batteries, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said.
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's mobile recovery was under pressure on Thursday after it delayed shipments of its premium Galaxy Note 7 smartphone amid reports of exploding batteries, wiping almost $7 billion off its market value.
Almost 60,000 mobile phone users switched carriers over two days to buy Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 smartphone.
Company’s new handset looks strikingly similar to its predecessors
After shaking up its Galaxy smartphone design last year, Samsung is keeping much of that sleek glass and metal look for 2016.
Samsung Electronics, the world's No. 1 smartphone maker, rolled out a first-generation wearable device Galaxy Gear at the Berlin trade show on Thursday.
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