In what could be the largest recall in the history of smartphones, the company reports 35 incidences of exploding batteries.
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
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Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 is being recalled
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January 22, 2017
Samsung says two separate battery issues were to blame for all of its Galaxy Note 7 problems
After months of investigating, the company says there was nothing wrong with the phone itself.
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January 4, 2017
Samsung says it is nearly ready to detail what went wrong with the Galaxy Note 7
The company kicked off its CES keynote by looking back on a rough 2016.
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November 7, 2016
Full transcript: Recode and The Verge explain Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 debacle
Recode’s Ina Fried and Kara Swisher talk with The Verge’s Lauren Goode on Too Embarrassed to Ask.
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November 4, 2016
Samsung is going to nag the 15 percent of U.S. Galaxy Note 7 owners who still haven’t turned in their phones
The holdouts will start seeing their battery limited and get a warning every time they turn on or charge their phone.
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October 25, 2016
Cash incentives are helping keep Galaxy Note 7 customers in the Samsung family
Loyalists are only grudgingly returning their recalled devices.
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October 20, 2016
Stephen Colbert demonstrates how to safely return a Samsung Galaxy Note 7
Spoiler alert: It involves two pairs of gloves and a Dalmatian.
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October 17, 2016
The Samsung Galaxy 7 fiasco may have begun with a tiny mistake on the assembly line
Imagine a factory building 100,000 units a day, and you can see how a small error can have huge consequences.
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October 14, 2016
You can now be fined or prosecuted for bringing a Samsung Note 7 on a plane
Samsung’s fire-prone phones are officially banned.
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October 14, 2016
What happens to Samsung after the Note 7 disaster?
Recode’s Ina Fried answers your questions with Kara Swisher and The Verge’s Lauren Goode on Too Embarrassed to Ask.
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October 11, 2016
The death of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 leaves lots of unanswered questions
The recalled smartphone is getting probably the most negative publicity a tech product has ever seen.
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October 10, 2016
Samsung is telling everyone to power down their Galaxy Note 7s
It’s not a second recall (yet), but it may as well be.
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October 10, 2016
The Galaxy Note 7 is dead. Samsung now has to save its reputation.
It’s about much more than the fate of just this phone.
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October 10, 2016
Samsung is halting production of its Galaxy Note 7
But it still isn’t acknowledging a safety issue exists with the replacement phones.
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October 9, 2016
Samsung needs to face reality: The Galaxy Note 7 is done for
The question now is whether the Korean electronics giant can salvage its reputation.
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October 9, 2016
AT&T and T-Mobile have halted all Samsung Note 7 distribution amid more reports of ‘safe’ models igniting
The move follows several incidents, including one smoking phone that caused a Southwest flight to be canceled.
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October 6, 2016
All major carriers will let Samsung Galaxy Note 7 owners trade their replacement devices for any other phone
The moves come after a supposedly safe Note 7 ignited on board an airplane.
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October 5, 2016
The feds are now looking into the replacement Galaxy Note 7 after one ignited on a plane
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says it is "moving expeditiously" to investigate.
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October 5, 2016
A replacement Galaxy Note 7 ignited aboard an airplane
Southwest canceled the flight before it took off.
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September 20, 2016
Samsung will start warning people every time they charge or turn on their recalled Galaxy Note 7
Users of newer models will see a green battery light indicating their phone is unaffected by the recall.
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September 15, 2016
Fewer than 15 percent of the one million U.S. Galaxy Note 7 phones have been returned
The Korean company hopes a formal recall will spur more consumers to trade in the device.
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September 15, 2016
Samsung has formally recalled the million Galaxy Note 7 phones sold in the U.S.
There have been 92 incidents of overheating in the U.S., including 26 people reporting burns.
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September 9, 2016
Samsung is finally working with the U.S. government on a formal recall of the Galaxy Note 7
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says people should not use or charge the tablets, whose batteries have been linked to a fire risk.
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September 8, 2016
The FAA is urging flyers not to turn on or charge Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 on planes
But the phone is not formally banned.
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September 2, 2016
Samsung’s handling of Galaxy Note 7 recall has raised concerns for U.S. officials
A federal official says the Korean phone maker should have gone through the U.S. Consumer Safety Product Commission.
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September 2, 2016
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 recall could hardly come at a worse time
Apple is unveiling new iPhones next week.