Galaxy Note 7 shipments halted. Handsets pulled from sale

Following reports of exploding handsets, Samsung has taken the decision to delay shipments of their newest handset for “quality assurance inspections”.

Galaxy Note 7 shipments halted. Handsets pulled from sale

Fingers are being pointed at the battery, with phones reportedly catching fire during or after charging. However, Samsung are obviously going to be doing further investigation into the cause of these melted handsets.

Here’s a video showing a rather poorly Note 7..

We’re hearing that handsets are now getting pulled from shelves. The paused shipments and testing have hit Samsung shares too. It comes just as rival Apple are about to launch their new iPhone handsets.