AT&T will stop giving consumers replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones because of reports that some of the replacement phones are catching fire, just as the original phones did before they were recalled last month. AT&T, a major phone retailer, encouraged customers with Note 7 phones to exchange them for other products. It said its replacements were safe, but several people have said those phones caught fire. On Saturday, a Kentucky man wrote in a Facebook post that his replacement phone caught fire Tuesday night, and he posted photos that he said showed the damaged phone. Sprint said customers can exchange their replacement Note 7 phones for any other device while the situation is being investigated.

Source: ABC News October 09, 2016 20:58 UTC