All major US carriers stop Galaxy Note 7 exchanges, UK tide turning as well

Samsung may be adjusting its shipments of Galaxy Note 7 smartphones to carriers and retailers, but no one in the US or UK may take them.In addition to AT&T and T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon have now stopped sales of the Note 7. All units, whether recalled or replaced, may be exchanged for other phones, CNET reported. Even Best Buy has done and offered the same.Across the pond, EE ...

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Still unwilling to return your Galaxy Note 7? Software update will soon limit battery charges

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and while Samsung insists no potentially hazardous Galaxy Note 7 units will be remotely deactivated, some kind of a backup plan needs to be worked out to keep stubborn users from hurting themselves and those around them.As BNP Paribas analyst Peter Yu recently told the ...

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Just return it already: another Galaxy Note 7 explodes, this time injuring 6 year-old boy

A picture might be worth a thousand words, but in the seemingly never-ending saga of globally-recalled Galaxy Note 7 units with faulty batteries under the hood, a written account of the umpteenth unfortunate event involving a phone explosion should well be worth a million words of caution.In case you still weren’t convinced of the gratuitous risks incurred by holding on to a ticking time bomb with a pretty ...

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