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Samsung inquest finds Note7 battery is to blame

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Vince 16 January 2017

Samsung Android

Reuters reports that Samsung's official investigation regarding the Galaxy Note7 fire bursts concluded that the battery mainly is to blame. The company is yet to officially announce the results of its investigation to the public.

The word "mainly" used by the anonymous Reuters source is interesting. As we reported back in December, experts from Instrumental ruled that Note7's exploding battery is caused by extreme reduction of internal margins.

If the Samsung Galaxy Note7 was designed with slightly more room for the battery, the phone wouldn't have caught fire.

Over 96% of Galaxy Note7 phones are back at Samsung and airlines are no longer warning users for the fire hazard that the smartphone imposes. We'll be waiting for the company's official statement which should come next week.

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  • Anonymous
  • wHR
  • 18 Jan 2017

But LG V20 have a weak camera lens protector: https://youtu.be/nBlUL-7Dl4U

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  • 4@j
  • 17 Jan 2017

I have been repairing electronics for over 20 years. The cellular repair/refurbish industry is BOOMING. If you cannot find a place that will change your battery for a reasonable price when your "flagship" battery has failed then you sir are a fail. I...

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  • AnonD-634382
  • 4@j
  • 17 Jan 2017

99 percent of all phones are exactly like ones with removable batteries, the battery is the same shape minus the plastic shell inside, the area that it sits in is exactly the same as ones with removable backs dedicated to the battery, only on a few H...

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