KEY FACT Galaxy Note 7 was the flagship smartphone produced by Samsung and announced as “the best smartphone money can buy right now.” The first explosion case of Note 7 was reported in South Korea. More Gadgets. We engaged in a real failure analysis (FA) process. Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 saga appears to have reached an end after the company says it is 'truly sorry', in an open letter to its customers. To find the cause of the Galaxy Note7 incidents, Samsung examined every aspect of the Galaxy Note7, including hardware, software and related processes over the past several months.

Samsung's Exploding Galaxy Note 7: A Case Study In How Not To Release A Smartphone.
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All samples provided by Samsung FIELD EVENT SAMPLES ANALYSIS Tear-down examination of 10 damaged Note 7 devices with COMPANY A’s batteries to understand the failure mechanism and potential causes of failure Study battery failure mechanisms on 110 new COMPANY A batteries under various abuse conditions to identify potential battery safety issues

Samsung has spent the better part of this month managing a crisis that is hurting them globally.

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The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 (stylized as Samsung Galaxy Note7) is a discontinued Android-based phablet designed, developed, produced and marketed by Samsung Electronics.Unveiled on 2 August 2016, it was officially released on 19 August 2016 as a successor to the Galaxy Note 5.It is Samsung's first phone with a USB-C connector and the last phone in the Galaxy Note Series to have a home …

By Xavier Harding. Blowing up the launch. Some of the replaced Note 7s exploded again. October 11, 2016. Image: ZDNet.

Justin Denison, senior vice president of product strategy at Samsung, speaks during a launch event for the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 at the Hammerstein Ballroom, August 2, 2016 in New York City. A Samsung investigation shows that fires in its Galaxy Note7 were caused by faulty batteries and were unrelated to other parts of the smartphone’s design and construction.

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Latest. 24 August: The first report of a Note 7 "exploding" appears in the news, soon followed by images of more smouldering Samsungs. By Xavier Harding. More Gadgets.

Beyond the Teardown: How we think about failure analysis, Samsung Galaxy Note 7 edition. Latest. The fallout from the Galaxy Note 7 is going to cast a long shadow over Samsung for many years to come. The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is the high-end product in Samsung's Android phone line. Read The Article

It all started at the beginning of September when several Galaxy Note 7 … HONG KONG — Samsung, the South Korean conglomerate, blamed battery manufacturing problems and design flaws for the embarrassing and costly failure of its Galaxy Note 7 … October 11, 2016. Samsung Electronics started an exchange program for Note 7’s consumers.

Blowing up the launch. A Samsung investigation shows that fires in its Galaxy Note7 were caused by faulty batteries and were unrelated to other parts of the smartphone’s design and construction. Samsung’s investigation, as well as the investigations completed by three independent industry organizations, concluded that the batteries were the cause of the Galaxy Note7 incidents.

Samsung Note 7 - how events unfolded. When Sam and I decided to teardown a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 to see if we could understand why some of them had caught fire, we didn’t just rip it apart and take some photos. Samsung's Exploding Galaxy Note 7: A Case Study In How Not To Release A Smartphone. Samsung will launch the Galaxy S8 in the next few weeks, with the Galaxy Note 8 likely arriving this summer, whether Samsung retains that brand name or not.