Samsung: the battery was the cause of the fires of the Galaxy Note 7 – The Republic

SAMSUNG Electronics has identified in the design and manufacture of the batteries, the problem of fire in the past few months has hit its Galaxy Note 7, forcing the group to withdraw from the markets and to suspend in October, the production for safety concerns. And this is the conclusion of an internal investigation, early last Friday from the Wall Street Journal, and now confirmed by Samsung.

“our investigation, as well as the other completed by three industrial organizations are independent, and has concluded that the batteries were at the origin of the incidents of the Notes, and 7″, has detected the company south-Korean in a note at the end of the investigation.

In particular, the internal investigation would have established that the problem of the batteries produced by Samsung SDI is related to the irregular dimensions of the batteries, that did not allow them to adhere well to the cell, causing overheating, which then emitted to the explosions.

“However, we have to target the requirements of the batteries of the innovative Notes, 7 and we take over the responsibility of the failure occurring and indentificando via a vital issue in the process of design and manufacture of the batteries before the launch of the 7″, is still read in the press.

The company has identified the risk of fire by leaving to a further study into the causes of the overheating of the batteries: in particular, about 700 scientists and engineers at Samsung have worked “on the replication-accident” testing more than 200 thousand Notes 7 complete and more than 30 thousand batteries.

Koh Dong-jin, head of the division of smartphones, has renewed the excuses of the company in the hope and the commitment to regain the trust of consumers in the world. To this regard, “have been taken several corrective actions to ensure that this does not happen more in the future, including security measures in the design phase and the plan of the eight-point check of the batteries.”

In recent months, together with the independent experts of the field, “we conducted an investigation to reconstruct the cause of the problems of the Galaxy Note 7. Now, more than ever, ” concluded Koh -, we are determined to earn the trust of our customers with innovation as much as you can about security as the door to unlimited and incredible possibilities for new experiences.”

Samsung has estimated the costs of the recall of 2.5 million of Notes 7 in $ 5.3 billion: while blaming in September, lithium-ion batteries given by a supplier, after it emerged that even the models with the new batteries were a fire risk.

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Koh Dong-jin