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Samsung Tells Partners to Stop Sales, Exchanges of Note 7 Phones
Samsung under pressure to drop its high-end smartphone
11 Oct 2016, 06:24 AM IST 
A woman walks past an advertisement for the Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy Note 7 smartphone at the company’s D’light flagship store in Seoul, South Korea. (Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said its retail partners should stop sales and exchanges of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, which was recalled in the U.S. last month after reports the handsets were catching fire.
“We remain committed to working diligently with appropriate regulatory authorities to take all necessary steps to resolve the situation,” Samsung said Tuesday in a statement.
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