Samsung plans to resume sales of "explosive" Galaxy Note 7
The South Korean company Samsung plans to return for sale its latest flagship Samsung Galaxy Note 7, reports ZDnet with reference to the Korean edition of Hankyung . Previous versions of the smartphone suffered from problems with fire and explosion of the battery.
The restored Galaxy Note 7 will be sold with a replaced battery of a smaller capacity (3000-3200 mAh vs. the original 3500 mAh). It is planned to sell smartphones only in the developing and third world countries - in India, Vietnam and so on. Perhaps, Galaxy Note 7 will return to the shelves and at home in South Korea. This will allow the company to close the gap before the release of Galaxy Note 8 in the line of devices on the most loyal market for itself.
In late August and early September 2016, shortly after the Galaxy Note 7 entered the global market, reports began to appear that the phone was starting to warm up and then explode. Samsung recalled several batches of devices for diagnostics , but this did not solve the problem. After the Koreans had to recognize a significant part of the already finished devices defective and run the program to return and exchange for similar smartphones with a new battery. Also, consumers had the opportunity to return their money in full.
But it did not help. After the owners of Galaxy Note 7 were no longer allowed on airplanes, and also after the appearance in the media of reports of explosions of already “safe” devices, a uniform harassment began against the Korean company. For example,stories have surfaced about unreliable top-loading washing machines that have been torn apart due to high revs. At a certain moment, under pressure from the public, the manufacturer gave up and announced a full recall of all Galaxy Note 7 devices at full cost, as well as a complete cessation of sales of new devices.
The main version of smartphone battery explosions was the aggressive design of the device , in which there was simply not enough space for a flattened Li-on battery in the case: any impact on the smartphone case caused unmeasured mechanical loads on the battery.
This led to the contact of positively and negatively charged electrolyte layers, which caused heating and subsequent fire or explosion. The pursuit of millimeters killed the flagship of the Korean manufacturer.
In total, Samsung recalled 98% of the 3.06 million units sold or transferred to the Galaxy Note 7 implementation. Approximately 200,000 devices were “gutted” in an attempt to find a battery explosion problem. As a result, taking into account the discarded copies, Samsung has at least 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7 for further sale to unpretentious consumers from India and other developing countries.
Samsung emphasizes that the problem was precisely in the battery that was too large and tightly clamped in the case, and not in the flagship e-filling. But they are not going to return to the US, European and Chinese market with their “explosive” smartphone.