'SMOKE AND FIRE WAS POURING OUT'

Samsung urges customers to switch off Galaxy Note 7 phones after ANOTHER explosion

Tech fan reveals the terrifying moment his phone 'went pop' and burst into flames

SAMSUNG has urged thousands of customers to switch off their Note 7 smartphones after one of the devices exploded in an Australian hotel room.

The company's Australian wing advised the nation's 51,060 Galaxy Note 7 buyers to turn off the handsets immediately and return them to stores as a precaution in part of an unprecedented, potential billion-dollar worldwide recall.

late on Monday night, recommending users backup their data and turn the potentially dangerous phones off, return them to the company, and “use an alternative device until a remedy can be provided”.

The world’s leading smartphone maker also said it was “currently investigating a small number of reported incidents” in Australia, which had yet to be confirmed as caused by faulty batteries in the Note 7 smartphone.

Melbourne business analyst Tham Hua said his Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone had shown no signs of overheating before it erupted into flames while connected to the power point beside his hotel bed on Monday.

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