But it appears that Samsung won’t just kill battery life on all Galaxy Note 7 units just yet.
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Samsung is nearly facing the hardest times in the last decade or so because of the series of battery explosions of its devices. The update would allow owners of a Note 7 to charge the battery up to 60% instead of a full charge. However, Samsung won’t take such measures in the U.S. where the company is finally working with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission on the recall, after initially circumventing the procedure.
This update is going to roll out on 20 September, apparently.
The latest action by Samsung in its series of disaster management steps is the software patch it released for Note 7 for users in South Korea who aren’t very keen on returning on their devices for the exchange offer.
Samsung announced a software update that will limit battery recharges to 60 percent of capacity in a half-page advert carried by major South Korean newspapers.
The timing of the Note 7 recall could not be worse for Samsung.
The Chinese authorities have recalled 1,858 Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones partly sold “through an official Samsung website before the September 1 launch, as part of a testing scheme”, according to Reuters.
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“Following recent incidents and concerns raised by Samsung about the Galaxy Note 7 and the recommendations of the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration), Royal Air Morocco shall inform passengers of the prohibition of lighting or to recharge the onboard equipment and the prohibition of their acceptance in all hold baggage”. A week later, it urged local users to immediately power off their phones. Shares plunged 11% since Friday, the biggest two-day decline for the Korean giant since 2008. Already Chinese airlines including Hainan Airlines and Capital Airlines prohibited the users from carrying the Galaxy Note 7 devices.
