"We are working with relevant regulatory bodies to investigate the recently reported cases involving the Galaxy Note 7," was the only comment a Samsung spokesman was willing to make on the matter.

　　Samsung has yet to reveal exactly how many Note 7s it made before pulling the plug on Tuesday.

　　On 2 September, the South Korean company said 2.5 million devices were subject to its initial recall.

　　On 27 September, it added that more than 60% of the Note 7s that had been sold in South Korea and the US had been replaced with new devices.

　　Those two countries accounted for the vast majority of the phones sold - only about 50,000 devices made it to Europe.

　　And the Note 7 only briefly returned to sale to new customers in South Korea last week.

　　All of which gives a rough tally of four million units.

　　IHS had originally forecast Samsung would have made about six million Note 7s by this point if all had gone according to plan.

　　It is less clear how many actually overheated

　　Samsung said it had received "35 reported claims" at the time of the first recall, and there were seven reports in the media of replacement models being affected.

　　Samsung has said it will take "all measures" to get the devices back.

　　For now, that involves sending emails and notifications to registered users.

　　notifications

　　n. 通知

　　例句：

　　Nagios offers pager and e-mail notifications by default.

　　在缺省情况下，Nagios提供了寻呼机和电子邮件通知方式。

　　At the time of the original recall, it also issued a software update that prevented some of the batteries from being fully recharged.

　　There is speculation that other restrictions - or a full lockout - could be imposed if users now refuse to give the devices up.

　　There is also the question of what Samsung does with the mountain of returned mobiles.

　　A spokesman declined to say whether it might strip them down and re-use components in other products.

　　But one environmental pressure group urged it act responsibly.

　　"Mobile phones have valuable and precious materials within them, the mining for which can cause significant environmental harm - and can sometimes be carried out in appalling working conditions in developing countries," said Friends of the Earth's policy director, Mike Childs.

　　"All phones should be 100% recycled at the end of their lives, or when they have to be returned due to faults.

　　"The environment shouldn't suffer because of the mistakes of mobile phone firms."

　　Many consumers bought cases, a Blackberry-styled keyboard cover, a wide-angle lens attachment and spare styluses and power packs for their Note 7s.

　　A spokesman for Samsung said it was still in discussions with vendors about how to cover these costs.

　　Some owners are also wondering if they will be offered extra cash for handing back the second-generation Gear VR virtual reality headset that was bundled with pre-orders.

　　bundle

　　n. 捆; 一批(同类事物或出售的货品); 一大笔钱; 风趣的人;

　　vt.收集，归拢，把…塞入;额外免费提供(设备等)，(尤指出售计算机时)赠送软件;

　　例句：

　　She produced a bundle of notes and proceeded to count out one hundred and ninety-five pounds

　　她拿出一捆钞票，接着数出了195英镑。

　　其他：

　　第三人称单数：bundles 复数：bundles 现在分词：bundling过去式：bundled 过去分词：bundled

　　It costs abut ￡100 to buy separately.

　　The spokesman said the company considered this to have been a "gift" but did not rule out some kind of additional compensation.

　　Samsung's Galaxy line-up used to distinguish itself against Apple's iPhones by allowing users to take off the phones' backs and swap out their batteries.

　　But the S6 and Note 5 phones changed that, helping Samsung offer more compact designs with added water resistance as a bonus.

　　Some people have pointed out Samsung might have avoided its current problems if it had not made that choice.

　　And it is notable its domestic rival LG has included removable batteries in its two current top-end models.

　　Unsurprisingly, Samsung would not comment on its future designs.

　　But one expert said all smartphone-makers would be reviewing their plans.

　　"There are greater power demands on modern smartphones - they have bigger, higher-resolution screens, faster processors, and 4G data - but there is also greater pressure to keep them very compact and also enable owners to charge them quickly," said Ian Fogg, from IHS.

　　"Those are competing demands.

　　"Everyone will be looking at their forthcoming smartphone launches and tasking their engineering teams to have another look at the way their charging and the batteries work to make sure they don't have the same problem.

　　"And Samsung will be looking at its upcoming models in a particularly close way, as it's possible they were set to share some of the same design elements as the Note 7."

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