14 DAY TRIAL // Samsung America's President and COO posted a video apologizing to Galaxy Note 7 users and announcing that safe units will start arriving on September 21 in the US. Samsung is working with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission on the matter.
According to a report by ABCNews, the CPSC is currently looking into reports of Samsung smartphones catching fire, other than the Galaxy Note 7. The matter is quite worrisome for Samsung, which voluntarily offered to recall 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7 units sold all over the world.
While the recall procedure is close to entering the stage in which most consumers will receive their safe Galaxy Note 7 units, owners of other Samsung smartphones are starting to worry about their safety.
At least six incidents involving Samsung phones have been reported
The report reveals that there have been at least six incidents worldwide that involved Samsung phones catching fire. It seems that an incident was reported in St. Lucie, Florida, where a Galaxy S7 blew up while charging in a car.
Recently, we reported that a woman saw her Galaxy S7 going up in flames in a coffee shop. Another report stated that a Galaxy S7 edge caught fire while charging with the original Samsung charger. There's also the case of the boy from Brooklyn, New York, whose Galaxy Core smartphone burst into flames while he was watching videos, causing him burns.
Samsung has stated that it isn't aware of any battery issues on other smartphones from its lineup. Obviously, the company is vulnerable right now at any incidents involving smartphones bursting into flames. However, there have been a number of reports recently and the CPSC seems compelled to investigate for customer safety reasons.
The South Korean did recently mention that there have been 92 incidents of Galaxy Note 7 smartphones catching fire in the US and a few more all over the world.