YouTube video shows Note 7 ‘flamer’ in Burger KingSamsung Electronics has suspended production of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, a report said October 10, a month after a recall prompted by battery explosions and a day after two major overseas distributors halted replacements. / AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE | mb.com.phA YouTube video showing an oven-gloved Burger King employee struggling with a burning Galaxy Note 7 has become a viral illustration of the crisis facing Samsung over its troubled smartphone. The YouTube video, shot on a mobile phone by a customer, showed a Note 7 smouldering next to an empty food basket on a table at a Burger King outlet in the South Korean city of Incheon. A Burger King worker wearing large heat resistant gloves struggles to remove it from the table but it drops to the floor, causing shrieks among onlookers. A Samsung spokeswoman confirmed that the device in the footage was a Note 7 without elaborating further.

Source: Manila Bulletin October 11, 2016 03:56 UTC