Samsung finds Galaxy Note 7 fires caused by battery – Report

Samsung finds Galaxy Note 7 fires caused by battery – Report

Samsung’s investigation into what caused its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones to catch fire has found that the battery was the component at fault, according to a report by Reuters.

That's like saying a study finds that ingesting liquids makes you pee, or a study finds that jumping off a 100 story building makes you dead.

We know that that was the problem. We wanna know if it will happen again.

haha
 

That's like saying a study finds that ingesting liquids makes you pee, or a study finds that jumping off a 100 story building makes you dead.

We know that that was the problem. We wanna know if it will happen again.

haha

Nope many people believed it to be a design flaw attributed to the battery compartment and tiny size of the phone coupled with strict time deadlines and Sammy trying to compete with the iPhone 7 launch. Now we know it's not the case...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...n-in-rush-to-capitalize-on-uninspiring-iphone

Earlier this year, managers at the South Korean company began hearing the next iPhone wouldn’t have any eye-popping innovations. The device would look just like the previous two models too. It sounded like a potential opening for Samsung to leap ahead.

So the top brass at Samsung Electronics Co., including phone chief D.J. Koh, decided to accelerate the launch of a new phone they were confident would dazzle consumers and capitalize on the opportunity,
 
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