Smoke and rapidly - draining batteries have been cited as a new issue surrounding replacement Galaxy Note 7 handsets identified in the latest production run in Korea . However , a Samsung spokesman claimed the isolated incidents related to " mass production issues " , not batteries . Samsung is in the middle of an unprecedented global recall of the handsets , which the US Consumer Product Safety Commission claimed exploded or caught fire due to the battery being slightly too large for the handset .
Overheating and rapidly-draining power have been cited as a new issue surrounding replacement Galaxy Note 7 handsets identified in the latest production run in Korea. However, a Samsung spokesman claimed the isolated incidents related to "mass production issues", not batteries. Samsung is in the middle of an unprecedented global recall of the handsets, which the US Consumer Product Safety Commission claimed exploded or caught fire due to the battery being slightly too large for the handset.