Technology | Samsung Samsung Has to Replace 2.5M New Smartphones The Galaxy Note7 has been recalled worldwide By Rob Quinn Posted Sep 2, 2016 1:00 AM CDT Copied A customer holds a Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphone in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday. (AP Photo/ahn Young-joon) Disaster for Samsung: The company is recalling its hot (and occasionally explosive) new phone worldwide because of a battery problem that can cause it to catch fire when charging, CNNMoney reports. Sales of the Galaxy Note7 have been halted. Samsung says it's aware of at least 35 cases of faulty batteries and will replace all 2.5 million Galaxy Note7 phones that have been sold. TechCrunch notes that the timing is very painful for Samsung, since Apple is releasing its latest iPhone next week. "We are currently conducting a thorough inspection with our suppliers to identify possible affected batteries in the market. However, because our customers' safety is an absolute priority at Samsung, we have stopped sales of the Galaxy Note7," Samsung said in a statement. "For customers who already have Galaxy Note7 devices, we will voluntarily replace their current device with a new one over the coming weeks." (After its release less than a month ago, reviewers called the device "the most impressive smartphone ever created.") Read These Next A Delta flight got wild with an allegedly unruly passenger. Mark Sanchez hospitalized after stabbing. A Trump coin looks to be in the works, with legal questions swirling. Virginia's Dem nominee for AG is in hot water over 2022 texts. Report an error