The fire department specifically cited lithium batteries as the fuel behind the conflagration.
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The two handsets are rumoured to be 8mm thick, will feature the USB Type-C ports and a 3.5mm audio jack. The company produces the batteries for Samsung’s own devices as well as battery packs for electric vehicles and power storage products for industrial use.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 is claimed to be coming in two screen sizes, though so far only one has been detailed in leaks. It’s been said that the absence of a home button in Galaxy S8 is because of the fingerprint sensor being built into the glass itself. Forbes reported that US buyers will get the Galaxy S8 running with the latest mobile processing chip, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. The Mobile World Congress event is scheduled to take place by the end of February where Samsung has planned to launched a couple of devices including a new tablet, hybrid laptop and possibly smartphones.
Previous leaks suggested that the Galaxy S8 will be powered by the latest Snapdragon CPU. To the right one can espy the bottom-firing speaker.
According to VentureBeat, this is alleged to make the devices 11 percent faster than the Galaxy S7 with 23 percent faster graphics processing.
If you’re in the states and looking to buy a Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge, Samsung has a great deal for you. Photos which showed plumes of black smoke rising into the air were circulated on Weibo.
The company blamed the fire on “faulty batteries” which were being disposed of.
It’s also widely believed that the Galaxy Note 8 will come with a dual-camera set-up similar to the iPhone 7 Plus and perhaps, the iPhone 8 Plus (if that’s what it’s going to be called). Needless to say, this incident may not exactly reflect the safety status of the next Samsung phones.
According to the report, the firm is working toward a 60-million shipment goal – much higher than some of its more recent Galaxy S devices.
As reported by Samsung, the production was not affected and the plant was not shut down.
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A fire in a Samsung factory’s waste depository was caused by discarded faulty batteries, emergency services have confirmed.
