In conjunction with the Consumer Product Safety Commission. electronics giant Samsung has launched a voluntary recall of some 160,000 Jitterbug phones because they may fail to connect to 911 services from other carriers if they are out of their service area. Mobile phones are supposed to be able to connect to 911 emergency services from any carrier in range, even if they can’t connect to the user’s specific network operator. In the Jitterbug’s case, users could get an “out of range, try again later” message when trying to connect to 911 services when outside of service range.
