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Samsung recall 'rare given phone's price'

Samsung has suspended sales of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone just two weeks after it was launched due to 35 incidents of the phones setting on fire.

Rhiannon Williams, a consumer technology writer, tells ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4's The World at One how surprising the problem is given the phone will retail for about £700.

(Photo: Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphones on display Credit: Getty Images)

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