(Telecompaper) Samsung has started the recall of Galaxy Note7 phablets in South Korea. Samsung Electronics distributed 100,000 new Note 7 units to smartphone vendors run by SK Telecom, KT and LG U+, Korea Joongang Daily reports. No official data has been released as to how many recalls were made on the first day. "We released one fourth of the entire volume sold since Aug. 19 today and today's recall data will help us project roughly when the recall process will wrap up," said a Samsung spokesman.