Samsung has confirmed that 35 cases of its newly launched devices exploded while being charged.

The brand’s new flagship Galaxy Note 7 has been blowing up, literally.

Samsung is now offering replacements for anyone who has already purchased the smartphone.

Koh Dong-jin, president of Samsung’s mobile business, revealed this at the weekend, two weeks after the Note 7’s launch.

He said: “We have received several reports of battery explosions on the Note 7 and it has been confirmed that it was a battery cell problem. There was a tiny problem in the manufacturing process so it was very difficult to find out.”

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