Samsung has a real problem of exploding Galaxy Note 7 on its hands, and it has spent almost a month trying to deal with the issue.
The company has announced that it will replace all the faulty Galaxy Note 7 units with brand new ones, as long as you bring them in. It also recently launched a website to check if your galaxy Note 7 is safe.
But a recent occurrence in China has got me thinking "are the safe Galaxy Note 7 smartphones really safe?". According to reports, A Galaxy Note 7 unit that’s supposed to have a non-exploding battery pack inside exploded in China.
China is one of the countries that have been most unaffected by the explosion saga. That’s because all Galaxy Note 7 units shipped to China have ATL batteries inside, which according to Samsung is safe. The same ATL batteries are found inside all of the supposedly safe Galaxy Note 7 handsets.
Both Samsung and ATL are independently investigating the Galaxy Note 7 explosion in China. The device went up in flames a few days ago, and both Samsung and ATL say the battery is not the cause of the explosion.
A popular chinese site TechWeb obtained an official statement from Samsung that stated that the product was damaged from external heating. ATL reached a similar conclusion after its investigations.
It is currently not clear what the source of that external heating was. It’s also unclear whether 'external' means it came from outside the phone, or whether it means the fire did not come from the battery, as is the case with the other Galaxy Note 7 explosions.
Should we worry about all Galaxy Note 7 units out there, safe and unsafe? Are all of them dangerous regardless of what batteries they have? It's too early to tell since it is just one incident.
Whichever way, it really doesn’t look good for Samsung.
The company has announced that it will replace all the faulty Galaxy Note 7 units with brand new ones, as long as you bring them in. It also recently launched a website to check if your galaxy Note 7 is safe.
But a recent occurrence in China has got me thinking "are the safe Galaxy Note 7 smartphones really safe?". According to reports, A Galaxy Note 7 unit that’s supposed to have a non-exploding battery pack inside exploded in China.
China is one of the countries that have been most unaffected by the explosion saga. That’s because all Galaxy Note 7 units shipped to China have ATL batteries inside, which according to Samsung is safe. The same ATL batteries are found inside all of the supposedly safe Galaxy Note 7 handsets.
Both Samsung and ATL are independently investigating the Galaxy Note 7 explosion in China. The device went up in flames a few days ago, and both Samsung and ATL say the battery is not the cause of the explosion.
A popular chinese site TechWeb obtained an official statement from Samsung that stated that the product was damaged from external heating. ATL reached a similar conclusion after its investigations.
It is currently not clear what the source of that external heating was. It’s also unclear whether 'external' means it came from outside the phone, or whether it means the fire did not come from the battery, as is the case with the other Galaxy Note 7 explosions.
Should we worry about all Galaxy Note 7 units out there, safe and unsafe? Are all of them dangerous regardless of what batteries they have? It's too early to tell since it is just one incident.
Whichever way, it really doesn’t look good for Samsung.
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