SEOUL, South Korea | Samsung’s crisis with its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone deepened Monday as the company confirmed it has adjusted its production following reports that newly released versions offered as replacements for recalled fire-prone devices have also overheated or caught fire. The South Korean technology giant urged its retail partners to stop sales and exchanges of its Note 7 that had been recalled in the U.S. after reports the handsets were catching fire

After weeks of bad press for the Note 7 smartphone, pressure is building on Samsung Electronics to give up on the troubled device. Passenger Brian Green, 43, said the device was a Galaxy Note 7 he had picked up from an authorized AT&T retailer Sept. 21 as a replacement for another Note 7 phone he returned when the global recall was announced. Officials from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission echoed that advice in their own statement, adding that they are continuing to investigate at least five incidents of fire or overheating reported since a formal recall was announced Sept. 15. Before the report of Samsung’s production suspension emerged, AT&T, one of the largest phone retailers in the U.S., stopped giving consumers replacement Note 7s and encouraged customers with Note 7 phones to exchange them for other devices.
Samsung announces an end of production of the Galaxy Note 7 after continued problems with its battery.