It halted shipments to local telcos on Wednesday following multiple reports of the exploding batteries in both Korea and overseas.
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The Samsung flip phone will have an 8-megapixel rear camera, a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, 2GB of RAM and 8GB of expandable storage.
Samsung’s statement was very straightforward that it did not include specific details on what additional tests would the company be conducting.
The Galaxy Note 7 is available in several different configurations with different suppliers for the SoC and batteries, so it might not be all devices, but we’ve seen fire reports come from South Korea, China, and the US.
Samsung has previously said demand for the new Galaxy Note phone is far exceeding supply, forcing it to push back the launch date in some markets.
Today, however, it looks as though a wide-scale recall may actual be coming for the Galaxy Note 7 smartphones that have already been delivered to retailers or are already in the hands of customers.
Samsung’s other premium smartphone models that launched in March, the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, have been huge hits with customers and lifted earnings in the first half.
Is this now standard with the Galaxy Note 7? She said media reports that Samsung has stopped shipments of the flagship phone are not true.
An official from Samsung Securities has stated, “The identification through the Note 7’s iris scanner, along with the public digital authentication certificate, will be available on Samsung Securities’ mobile trading system”.
THE WORLD’S biggest smartphone maker has delayed shipments of its latest flagship device following reports of exploding batteries. However, matters didn’t end with this as similar explosions seemed to have impacted numerous others Galaxy Note 7 users.
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With Apple all set to unveil the iPhone 7 on 7 September, Samsung will be hurting badly over the inevitable loss of sales with Note 7 following the shipment delays in the current scenario.
