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COMMENT Samsung has issued a recall for the Galaxy Note7 – some 2.5 million units (over 50,000 in Australia) have been shipped and that is not to mention the unknown quality in transit for later release in other markets.

It’s official – the Samsung Galaxy Note7 has now been recalled in the US by its Consumer Product Safety Commission, with Canada and Mexico following suit.

The Samsung Galaxy Note7 saga continues with a six-year old boy in New York reportedly burned. A Reddit poster suggests Samsung will deactivate phones, Android Central says no.

Samsung Australia has confirmed that replacement stock of the Galaxy Note7 is coming to Australian customers from 21 September amid a US recall and airlines warning against Note7 use.

Samsung is to be congratulated for swiftly moving to issue a recall for its flagship Galaxy Note7 smartphone.

What was prematurely derided by some as mere "clickbait" is anything but, given Samsung has now officially halted Note7 sales.

Derided by some merely as "clickbait", where there’s smoke from exploding batteries and faulty USB C cables or adapters it means there very well could be fire.

Samsung’s new Note7 is the company’s first public offering of iris scanning technology. It feels that security needs to progress past passwords, pins, and even fingerprints.

To many, the smartphone has become the primary device to access the Internet  – and a 5.7” screen with a stylus is the way to make the most of that experience.

Samsung’s Note7 smartphone has launched and comes to market in just under three weeks and likely four to six weeks ahead of the iPhone 7’s launch.