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According to Consumer Reports, not me, Samsung is required to report any recall to the CPSC that is potentially life threatening or could pose serious harm. This isn't voluntary reporting when danger to life or limb is involved. This is the law. While I failing to report this was an oversight on Samsung's part, they should now report this recall to show everyone, both Samsung supporters and naysayers, that they have nothing to hide.
It will do little or nothing to slow the recall. But it will insure we are issued any necessary warnings while waiting for the replacement phones. So far, Samsung hasnt done that. Furthermore, the CPSC will insure the replacements are safe ones. More importantly, by being totally open and allowing oversight, Samsung will, perhaps, gain back some of the confidence lost in this fiasco by showing they are doing everything possible, including impartial outside ocersight, to fix a serious issue.
It wouldn't seem like they're allowing oversight though. It would seem like oversight is being imposed on them and they can't take responsibility. It may make you feel better, but I'm fairly confident that it would lower Samsung's standing. And it would make it slower, as then this independent body would have to take steps to ensure certain things before it could go on sale, which would take an indeterminate amount of time.