Samsung has permanently stopped production on its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone following claims of replacement devices still catching fire - including one which went up in flames in a Highlands hotel room.
The phone, which belonged to a Chinese guest, burst into flames as it was charging in a room at the Highlander Hotel in Newtonmore.
Hotel receptionist Gabriel Sebestin said this was the guest's second phone after Samsung recalled millions of the high-end smartphones in September after a number caught fire.
Samsung customers were issued with replacements which the firm deemed safe, but recent reports suggest a number of those have also caught fire.
Mr Sebestin told the BBC: "They had been through the same experience before.
"The company changed the phone for them and told them it wouldn't happen again but it did."
The receptionist said he was alerted to the fire when the hotel fire alarm went off late at night earlier this week.
The guest was in his room with his wife and daughter, understood to be in her 20s.
"The room was full of smoke and they said there had been flames. The phone was very hot," Mr Sebestin said.
"They were shocked and quite scared and upset as the same thing had happened to them before."
The family were moved to another room for the night before leaving the next day and said they planned to send the phone back to Samsung.
Samsung has since said it is stopping sales of the device.
Owners of the model are expected to be able to return the phones for a refund or an exchange for a different Samsung phone.
In a statement, the company said: "We recently readjusted the production volume for thorough investigation and quality control, but putting consumer safety as top priority, we have reached a final decision to halt production of Galaxy Note 7s.
"For the benefit of consumers' safety, we stopped sales and exchanges of the Galaxy Note 7 and have consequently decided to stop production."
Samsung has already recalled about 2.5 million phones after complaints of exploding batteries, with customers being issued with replacements which are now also believed to be unsafe.
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