Consumer Reports warns Samsung’s Note 7 ‘recall’ isn’t official

After releasing what many pundits consider the best phone around, Samsung recalled the Note 7 after it started straight-up exploding. Consumer Reports says that’s not good enough. Though Samsung is voluntarily taking Note 7 handsets back, Consumer Reports notes it’s not an actual recall. From its report: Samsung said on Friday it had stopped selling the Note7, and would replace models that consumers had already purchased. But the company’s action was not an official recall, which would have involved the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), and would have made it illegal to sell the phones. Consumer Reports shoppers checked multiple retailers…

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