Samsung's flagship terminal "Galaxy Note 7" explodes in succession and postponed shipping

Reuters reports that Samsung 's flagship terminal "Galaxy Note 7", which was released in August 2016, will explode and Samsung postponed terminal shipment for quality control testing.

Samsung mobile recovery suffers blow as Galaxy Notes 'catch fire' | Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-samsung-elec-smartphones-idUSKCN1161BL

Samsung's large-screen high-end smartphone "Galaxy Note 7" was released in some areas on August 19, 2016 as a competing horse of the new iPhone to be released in September. After release Galaxy Note 7,He showed signs of a big hit mainly in South KoreaHowever, a report saying "Exploded during charging" has been posted on the community site and so on within a week from the launch.

Writing an article Currently the contribution to the community site has been deleted but before the deletion, together with the explosion picture "The boy friend Galaxy Note 7 exploded during charging at night, I had a loud noise and a smell of smoke "I woke up with a lot of writes" indicating that an explosion has taken place. Furthermore, it is unknown whether any genuine charging cable was used in any reports.

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Multiple users are uploading movies to YouTube in the state of Galaxy Note 7 after the explosion. Looking at the following movie, for example, it is possible to check the terminal where the display or smartphone cover melted, and where the black discolored at some places.

Samsung Note 7 Caught Fire - YouTube


This is the Galaxy Note 7 after the explosion. When you see from the front, the display melts and deforms, you can see that it is discolored black in some places.


When the terminal was tilted, it was deformed in such a way that the side of the cover protruded partly.


from a different angle.


The connector part of the case has also been destroyed.


The back is like this.


Samsung did not make an official announcement on the reasons of the explosion and said Samsung SDI, one of the companies of the Samsung group and manufacturing the battery, said "We have not received information that there was a problem with the battery" However,Yonhap News AgencyIn response to the interview, anonymous Samsung employees have revealed that they are seeing problems with the battery. According to this employee, only 0.1% of the total number of terminals with battery problems can solve the problem by replacing the battery. The results of the investigation are scheduled to be held from this weekend to the beginning of next week, anonymous employees say.

Samsung expected to announce recall of Galaxy Note 7 soon
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2016/09/01/0200000000AEN20160901010900320.html

In addition, some Korean media reported that "Samsung is expected to recall Galaxy Note 7 in the near future" from information of anonymous employees. However, Samsung seems to refuse to comment on these reports as well.