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Update: Samsung Electronics says to halt Galaxy Note 7 sales on battery problem

Published Fri, Sep 2, 2016 · 08:29 AM

[SEOUL] Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday it will halt the sales of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones and will prepare replacement devices for phones already sold after finding problems with the battery cell used.

Samsung, in a statement, said it will take about two weeks to prepare replacement devices for the phones already sold. It was not clear when new sales of the devices would begin.

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