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IT IS KNOWN FOR CATCHING
FIRE AND THIS SUV CAUGHT ON
FIRE WITH IT.
THIS IS A FOX 23 CONSUMER
INVESTIGATION.
Reporter: YOU WILL NOT FIND
A GALAXY NOTE 7 FOR SALE IN
TULSA.
BUT WE FOUND ONE ON CRAIGSLIST.
LOOK AT THIS, THIS ONE IS $700
IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
WE TOLD YOU LAST WEEK THAT THE
FAA WARNED NOT TO BRING THIS
PHONE ON TWO PLANES.
SINCE THE PHONES LAUNCH, WE
HAVE SHOWN YOU THE PROBLEMS.
UP WAY WAS HURT FROM THE PHONE
CATCHING ON FIRE IN HIS HAND.
SIMP SON SAID -- SAMSUNG
THAT IT GETS OVERHEATED WHILE
IT IS CHARGING.
THEY SAID THAT THEY WILL WORK
TO REPLACE THE FAULTY PHONES IF
YOU RETURN A. THE COMPANY
SHIPPED 2.5 MILLION PHONES OUT.
THEY ARE PILED UP SITTING
INSIDE THE WAREHOUSE IS NOW.
YOU CAN TAKE IT BACK TO THE
STORE AND SWAP IT OUT FOR A
DIFFERENT TYPE OF PUMP.
THEY ARE TRYING TO DELIVER AN
OVER THE AIR UPDATE THAT WILL
LIMIT YOUR BATTERY TO A 60%
CHARGE.
WITH THE OVER THE AIR UPDATES
THERE ARE DELAYS FOR ALL THE
DIFFERENT CARRIERS TO GET ON
BOARD.
SO FAR, THEY HAVE ONLY ISSUED A
STRONGLY WORDED CONSUMER
WARNING AND NO OFFICIAL RECALL
YET.