Samsug
has finally given an explanation into what actually happened after many
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones caught fire while in use.
Illustrative photo: A burnt Samsung Galaxy phone
A statement by the South Korean company, Samsung on Monday has
shown that the design and production of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7’s
batteries caused the mobile phones to catch fire.
“Our investigation, as well as investigations completed by
three independent industry organisations, concluded that the batteries
were found to be the cause of the Note 7 incidents.
“Some 700 engineers examined 200,000 devices and 30,000 batteries during the investigation into the cause of the fires,’’ Samsung said in a statement.
Samsung began selling the phone on August 19, but said in October
it was discontinuing production following a global recall and multiple
reports of some of the devices catching fire.
The discontinuation of production was estimated to cost the South
Korean tech giant 3.5 trillion won (three billion dollars) in operating
profit from the fourth quarter of 2016 through the first quarter of
2017.
The 940-dollar device was aimed at the premium end of the market, where it was intended to compete with Apple’s iPhone.
Over one million phones were recalled.
Following the recall, the U.S. Department of Transportation
strengthened an earlier Federal Aviation Administration warning by
ordering airline passengers not to bring Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones on
planes unless they keep them turned off and don’t charge them during
the flight.
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