But after the incident on the plane, he bought a new iPhone 7 from Apple, rather than take his chances with yet another Samsung Note. AT&T, one of the nation's largest phone retailers, said Sunday that it will stop giving customers the replacement phones. Sprint said customers can exchange their replacement Note 7 phones for any other device while the situation is being investigated. A Minnesota father says his daughter suffered a minor burn to her thumb when her replacement Samsung smartphone melted in her hand last week. Zuis told The Associated Press on Sunday that the family had acquired the new phone on the day the replacement phones were released.

Source: ABC News October 09, 2016 19:52 UTC