Samsung Electronics has presented the redesigned version of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, which it was forced to stop producing and selling last year because of repeated incidents of handsets catching fire.
This new modified version, Galaxy Note FE (Fan Edition) goes on sale on Friday in South Korea, with a price tag of 699,600 won ($A799).
Last year, Samsung had to halt production and sales of Galaxy Note 7 (the first-ever withdrawal in the history of mobile phones) because of faulty fire-prone batteries.
The phablet's fiasco led to a net operating loss of almost 6.1 billion won for Samsung.
The redesigned Galaxy Note goes on sale with 400,000 units and has a battery with a 3,200 milliampere hour (mAh) capacity, less than the original model, which had 3,400 mAh.
One of the reasons the batteries caught fire was an attempt to make them very long-lasting while minimising their size.
The latest device, available in four colours (Black Onyx, Blue Coral, Gold Platinum, and Silver Titanium) includes software like the Bixby voice assistant, used in their recently released S8 smartphone.
It is not yet known when and how many units will be available for sale in other countries.
