AT&T Stops Samsung Phone Exchanges After Reports of Replacement Phones Catching Fire

(NEW YORK) — A&T will stop exchanging Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones because of reports that some of the replacement phones are catching fire, just as the original phones did before they were recalled last month.

"We're no longer exchanging new Note 7s at this time, pending further investigation of these reported incidents," A&T said. [f500link]AT&T[/f500link], a major seller of the phones, encouraged customers with Note 7 phones to exchange them for other products.