A model poses for photographs with a Galaxy Note 7 new smartphone during its launching ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, August 11, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said that a software update for Galaxy Note 7 smartphones will be released mid-December in the United States preventing them from charging and functioning as mobile phones, rendering them useless.
The smartphone maker said that more than 93% of all recalled Galaxy Note 7 devices had been returned as a part of its exchange programme in the United States.
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