Samsung only most recent hit with tech failures

Here are the largest device recalls in the past 20 years. This handout photo taken and released by Gwangju Bukbu Police Station on Sept. 13, 2016, shows a blown-up Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphone in Gwangju, 270 kms south of Seoul. The owner claims he received burn injuries on a finger while attempting to extinguish his burning phone after he was jolted from his bed by the sound of an explosion early Sept. 13. SAN FRANCISCO -- Troubles with Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 phones put the South Korean company at the head a long line of companies that have faced major tech recalls. Some go back to the beginnings of the personal computer era, with many linked to overheating and fire danger from malfunctioning lithium ion batteries.