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the Note 7 on Aug 19 in some markets, including South Korea and the US.
Shipments were delayed in South Korea this week for extra quality-control testing after reports that batteries of some of the jumbo smartphones exploded while they were being charged.
PHONE BURST INTO FLAMES IN BED FILLING BEDROOM WITH SMOKE
South Korean high-school teacher Park Soo-Jung said she rushed to buy the Galaxy Note 7, pre- ordering and then activating it on Aug 19, its official launch date.
The 34-year-old living in the port city of Busan said by email that she was bruised when she rushed out of bed after her phone burst into flames, filling her bedroom with smoke smelling of chemicals.
Ms Park said she's having second thoughts about buying another newly released tech gadget, especially after losing all her personal data stored in the destroyed Note 7.
OFFER OF $269 IN COMPENSATION, NOT ACCEPTED
An employee of a Samsung service centre in Busan who visited Ms Park's school to retrieve the scorched phone confirmed that her Galaxy Note 7 caught fire and said the sample was sent to the company's headquarters.
Ms Park said Samsung offered her a full refund and compensation of 300,000 won ($269). She did not accept the compensation.
"If the exploded phone in flame was near my head, I would not have been able to write this post,'' she said in a popular online forum on Thursday, where she shared a photo of the scorched Note 7 and described dousing the burning phone with water.