BLACKWELL: Hey, do you have the new Galaxy Note 7? If you do, pay attention. It was revealed just a month ago, and already, Samsung is recalling millions of those new phones after reports are that the batteries can catch fire while charging, sometimes exploding. Embarrassing setback comes just a week before its rival apple unveils its new phone. Our Rachel Crane is joining us with more. So an exploding phone, right? Anything you have to hold up to your face or anything that you leave on your night stand when you go to bed. This is serious. And it's going to cost them a lot.</s>CRANE: Yes, it certainly is going to cost them a lot. Samsung is not revealing exactly how much it will cost the company. But they are issuing this recall. Samsung put out a statement yesterday saying, "We acknowledge the inconvenience this may cause in the market, but this is to ensure Samsung delivers the highest quality products to its customers. We are working closely with our partners to ensure the replacement experience is as convenient and efficient as possible. They now say next week in the U.S. viewers can go into Samsung to exchange the Galaxy Note 7 for another model. They also issue a refund as well as a $25 credit. Certainly, we hope the users backed up their information to the cloud. As you see, the phones are just exploding, melting, catching on fire. There have been 35 cases out of the 2.5 million models they have sold that have had the battery malfunction. Now, the recalls are only happening in ten countries. The U.S. being one of them. In China, the phones are not being recalled because there was a different battery maker. Victor?</s>BLACKWELL: All right. We'll watch that. Rachel Crane, thanks so much.</s>PAUL: A prestigious university with past ties to slavery now plans to give prior admission to 300 descendants of slaves.
Samsung Recalling Galaxy Note 7 After Batteries Explode