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Samsung is launching a new smartphone using parts from its Galaxy Note 7, which was axed after a battery fault led to some devices catching fire.

The company said the Galaxy Note Fan Edition would “minimize the environmental impact” of its high-profile flop.

The Note Fan Edition will go on sale only in South Korea on July 7, with a safer, smaller battery, Samsung added.

Samsung stopped production on its iPhone rival late last year after an earlier botched recall and re-release.

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About 2.5 million pieces of Galaxy Note 7 have since been recalled. The new phone features components from those recalled devices, as well as unused parts Samsung has in stock.

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Environmentalists had been putting pressure on the firm to reuse Galaxy Note 7 components to reduce the amount of so-called e-waste.

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It is thought about 400,000 handsets will be made available from July 7.

Note Fan Edition will be priced about 30% cheaper than the Galaxy Note 7 at around 700,000 Korean won ($615).

The devices will be fitted with 3,200 mAh batteries that company says have passed strict safety tests. The Note 7 used 3,500 mAh batteries.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8, the successor to the original Note 7, is due for release later this year.

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Samsung shares dropped more than 6% on September 12 after the South Korean company urged users not to use its flagship Galaxy Note 7 phone and exchange the device due to fears it might catch fire.

The company hit a two-month low after recalling 2.5 million phones last week following reports of the Galaxy Note 7 exploding during or after charging.

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Photo Samsung

Airline passengers were warned by the FAA not to use or charge the phones while on board.

Aviation authorities in several other countries and individual airlines have since then also banned the use of the devices on their flights.

Samsung had already said it would replace all devices that customers would hand in.

According to the company, battery problems were behind the phones catching fire, but Samsung said it was difficult to work out which phones were affected among those sold.

The Galaxy Note 7 was launched last month and has been otherwise generally well-received by consumers and critics.

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Samsung Electronics has decided to recall its flagship Galaxy Note 7 smartphone saying that battery problems were behind phones catching fire.

According to US and South Korea reports, the phone “exploded” during or after charging.

Samsung said customers who already bought Galaxy Note 7 will be able to swap it for a new one.

The recall comes just one week ahead of Apple’s expected presentation of a new iPhone model.

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Samsung’s mobile business president Koh Dong-jin told reporters: “We have received several reports of battery explosion on the Note 7 that and it has been confirmed that it was a battery cell problem.”

The South Korean company said it would take about two weeks to prepare replacement devices.

According to Samsung, the Galaxy Note 7 has been launched in 10 countries so far but with different companies supplying the batteries.

Over the past days, several users had reported their phones caught fire or exploded while charging, and Samsung said it had confirmed 35 such cases.

The Galaxy Note 7 was only launched on August 19 and has since them been generally well-received by critics and consumers.

The model is the latest of Samsungs’ series of so called phablets – smartphones with very large screens and, in the case of Samsung, featuring a stylus.

Samsung also added an iris scanner to the Note 7, which lets users unlock the phone by detecting patterns in the eyes.

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