500,000 safe Samsung Galaxy Note7 devices arrive in stores

Samsung is ready to give you a choice. Turn in your original Samsung Galaxy Note7 and get a new one immediately, or live with a Note7 that never stops reminding you to turn in your original, dangerous Note7.

In other words, you really have no choice.

In the nearly three weeks since reports of the recently shipped Samsung Galaxy Note7 devices exploding during recharge (and at other inopportune times), the company has scrambled to identify the issue (a bad batch of lithium ion batteries), the source (one battery supply partner) and the solution (an almost too-late decision to issue a recall). Now, with the recall firmly in place, Samsung is finally ready to invite Galaxy Note7 owners to pick up brand new, safe replacement Note7 smartphones at various retailers.  Read more...