Samsung stops sales of Galaxy Note 7 – bbc

The south Korean phone giant Samsung will stop sales of its new phone model Galaxy Note 7 after that retailers the world over have already done it.

Customers who have already purchased the accident-prone phone calls to shut it down immediately to avoid the accidents on the lithiumbatteriet overheat and begin to burn.

the News comes a month after Samsung recalled 2.5 million Note 7 phones the world over.

It was the first time ever that the company has withdrawn a product.

a week ago, it was also clear that, although the ersättningstelefoner that was handed out to the customers can begin to burn.

Share price plummets

Samsung will ask all dealers to stop the sales and exchanges of the Galaxy Note 7 as long as the investigation is ongoing, because consumer safety is our top priority, ” says the company in its statement.

the Warning comes too late. Major retailers have already stopped the sale of the dangerous cell phone.

Airlines and aviation authorities around the world have also banned the passengers to use the model during flight. It is also forbidden to stop them in the luggage.

Samsung’s share price has plummeted and the company gets more

criticism because it came too early out with the new model due to the tough competition among mobile manufacturers.

Ägardynastin criticism

the Cost to recall and replace the phones are getting too big – according to general estimates, at least 2 billion dollars.

the Family of Lee, who founded Samsung gets criticised, among other things, to have responded so late.

the Family still controls phone giant through complicated arrangements despite the fact that it takes only five per cent of the shares.

Other shareholders, especially in the united states, requires that the company be reorganised and divided into two parts.

the Samsung still made a surprisingly good result during the third quarter of the year, thanks to increased sales of including memory card