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The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is officially back on sale

Sep 21, 2016, 15:21 IST

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The Galaxy Note 7, Samsung's smartphone that had an unfortunate habit of exploding or setting on fire, is now back on sale, reports The Verge.

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The device was taken off the market after people complained on social media that some models were either setting on fire or exploding.

Samsung was eventually forced to issue a global recall for the Galaxy Note 7 as it found that issues with some of the batteries in phones caused the explosions.

The recall is still ongoing, but Samsung has now released updated Galaxy Note 7 models that are free of the battery issues. The Verge reports that Samsung has released 500,000 safe phones, and they're now on sale through US carriers Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, and AT&T.

That's not the end of Samsung's issues, though. It's caught up in a row in China over the Galaxy Note 7 there. Consumers reported a similar issue: The phone exploded. But this time Samsung said it wasn't to blame, and instead it said it was because the phones are too hot. It's refusing to issue a recall, and that has reportedly angered some Chinese social media users. "Samsung doesn't dare raise a fuss overseas but in China as soon as explosions are mentioned they blame other people," one user said.

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