|
Samsung first halted sales earlier this month of the Note 7 in
10 markets, including South Korea and the United States, but not
in China where it said the model was equipped with batteries
from a different supplier.
The recalled phones were partly sold in China through an
official Samsung website before the Sept. 1 launch, as part of a
testing scheme, the General Administration of Quality
Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said on its website.
Samsung, the world's biggest smartphone maker, has urged users
of the Galaxy Note 7 to turn them in, and has run advertisements
in Korea apologizing for the recall.
A series of warnings from regulators and airlines around the
world has raised fears for the future of the flagship device,
pushing Samsung shares lower.
Also on Wednesday, China's civil aviation authority said it will
outlaw the use and charging of the Galaxy Note 7 on flights, and
not allow them to be placed in checked-in baggage.
(Reporting by Paul Carsten and Beijing Monitoring Desk; Editing
by Christopher Cushing)
[© 2016 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.] Copyright 2016 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
 |
|
