In South Korea, half of the owners of Galaxy Note 7 exchanged smartphones on the new – Газета.Ru

25.09.2016 | 07:59

More than 200 thousand South Koreans owning smartphones Samsung Galaxy Note 7, exchange their device for a new one, after the start of the global opinion of the smartphones of this brand because of problems with the batteries, according to Yonhap.

it is Noted that in the country it was sold about 429 million copies of the Galaxy Note 7.

however, only 5% of the owners of the faulty devices received a full refund.

the company said that the resumption of sales of smartphones in South Korea is planned for September 28. However, the start of sales will not begin until the exchange of defective Galaxy Note 7, Samsung said.

Previously reported that the market value of the South Korean company Samsung over the two trading days fell by 11%, or $ 22 billion because of the problems with smartphones Galaxy Note 7, whose batteries were defective.

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