During a mini brainstorming session at Mashableon Tuesday,the art of eroticism a few of us that have been following Samsung's Galaxy Note7 fiasco tried (with little help from Samsung, which has been quite vague in its statements) to establish a timeline of events.
It appeared to us that, after receiving 92 user complaints of Note7 overheating and/or bursting into flames, the company quickly pinpointed the problem to one of the batteries used in the device (the Note7 was originally shipped with batteries from two different plants).
But replacement phones appeared to suffer from the same or similar problem, making it unlikely that it's just the battery causing the overheating. So Samsung decided to stop the bleeding and just pull the device altogether -- likely before it really figured out why the phones are bursting into flames.
The above is mostly speculation, but a new report from the New York Timesappears to confirm the theory. According to the NYT's sources, Samsung employees testing the devices (and there were "hundreds" of them) could not replicate the problem as of this week. The decision to permanently stop production of the Note7 came Tuesday.
SEE ALSO: Samsung Galaxy Note7 goes up in smoke in surveillance footageWhen you can't replicate an issue, that pretty much means you don't know the exact cause. One of the NYT's sources for the story, former director of the Center for Advanced Batteries at the Korea Electronics Technology Institute Park Chul-wan, says the issue is probably "far more complex" than some error with the battery or the chip board.
"In a race to surpass iPhone, Samsung seems to have packed it with so much innovation it became uncontrollable."
Although this is an educated guess, it's still a guess. Yes, it could be a complex combination of factors -- perhaps both inside and outside factors -- that's making those batteries boil. It's also still possible that the cause for all those Note7 devices bursting into flames is relatively simple, but Samsung simply hasn't figured it out fast enough. It could even be two entirely separate problems, as this report suggests.
Samsung never clearly stated the reason for the Note7's exploding issues; the company said it was a "very rare manufacturing error" that causes the anode to come into contact with the cathode, which in turns causes the overheating of the battery cell, but that explanation now sounds sorely lacking.
We've contacted Samsung for an updated explanation of what's really happening with the Note7, but have not yet heard from them.
Regardless of whether Samsung knew, exactly, why the Note7 batteries' keep bursting or not, the decision to recall the device for good was the right one. It might cost the company billions (up to $17 billion by one estimate), but it was just too dangerous to leave that phone in the hands of consumers. For an idea why, just check this surveillance footage of a Note7 bursting into flames -- the sixth publicly reported case of the phone exploding in the U.S.
As we've said many times this week, if you own a Note7, regardless of whether it's a pre-replacement or a replacement device, you should immediately turn it off, return it to the place of purchase and exchange it for a different phone or money.
Topics Samsung
How to live stream the New York Knicks in 2025
What Makes Sad Songs Sad?
Staff Picks: Continentals, Cocoons, Comics by The Paris Review
I Lost an Idea Last Night
Meta says some AGI systems are too risky to release
What Makes Sad Songs Sad?
Hustle and Trust: Notes on the Knicks (and Edmund Spenser)
Robert Frost’s Death Wish
Best early Prime Day deal: Save 40% on the Ember Mug at Amazon
Garrett Price’s “White Boy” Is an Unlikely Slice of History
Golden State Warriors vs. Los Angeles Lakers 2025 livestream: Watch NBA online
How to Be Perfect: An Illustrated Poem by Ron Padgett
Robert Frost’s Death Wish
The Fine Art of the Armchair Cookbook
Best IPL deal: Save $80 on Braun IPL Silk·Expert
Jean Debuffet’s Savage, Chaotic “Art Brut”
Shakespeare’s First Folio Goes on a Wild Cross
Party on the Thames: The “Frost Fairs” of the Little Ice Age
NYT Connections hints and answers for February 1: Tips to solve 'Connections' #601.
El Chapo Given “Don Quixote” to Cheer Him Up in Prison
Bluetooth headphones will connect wirelessly to United's new planesHow to buy bitcoin as a gag gift this holiday seasonEurope’s new internet regulations should make most Americans jealousRome spent $57,000 on the world's saddest excuse for a Christmas treeBitcast gives you sexual pleasure from your Bitcoin investmentsNFT of the World Wide Web's source code sells for $5.4 millionHow to turn off comments on a Facebook postHow to turn off location services on an iPhoneOf course Kristen Bell makes being pregnant look like so much funThis Twitter contest to crown the best Christmas song ended exactly as it should haveJaden Smith channels his inner Michael Jackson and does the greatest moonwalk of the 21st centuryTrump has joined Disney's Hall of Presidents, and it's unsettling AFMatt Damon says we should talk more about men who don't assault peopleA look into a failed influencer deal to promote a cryptocurrencyThe Museum of Selfies is here to clog your News Feed'Letterkenny' is the wholesome, filthy, endlessly quotable hangout comedy of your dreamsOf course Trump's Christmas card is obnoxiously largeThe Purge has never been subtle, but the mask is fully off in 'The Forever Purge'Netflix kicks off R.L. Stine's 'Fear Street' saga with a splashStartup wants to give you crypto—just let this orb scan your eyes first Inhumanitarians Suffer the Little Children True Colors The Art of Propaganda Sniffed Out Lost Companions Volutions The Involuntary Misandrist Death by Video Strangers in our Midst A Violent Enterprise What Makes Foreign Policy “Feminist”? The New Neurasthenia Patterns of Meaning Raging for the World That Is Cruel and Unusual Nourishment At the Safari Carabobo Same as the Old Boss Prelude to a Redeployment Steering the Fed
1.2818s , 10196.8046875 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【the art of eroticism】,Openness Information Network