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Samsung's investigation into what caused some Galaxy Note7 smartphones to catch fire has concluded that the battery was the main reason, according to sources who spoke to Reuters on Monday.

Rumors had suggested Samsung pushed suppliers to meet tighter deadlines for an earlier launch in order to beat the iPhone 7, leading to critical oversights that led to some batteries catching fire. A person familiar with the matter told the news outlet today that Samsung was able to replicate the fires during its investigation and that the cause could not be explained by hardware design or software-related matters.

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The source said that the official results of the investigation will be announced on January 23, one day before the company announces its Q4 earnings. Samsung is also expected to announce new measures it is taking to prevent similar problems in future devices, the person said. Samsung declined to comment.

Samsung issued a Galaxy Note7 recall in September, and permanently discontinued the smartphone in October after some replacement devices also caught fire. Samsung urged customers to return their Note7's at once, and in December began seeding a software update to prevent unreturned devices from charging. The phone remains banned on all U.S. flights as a precaution.

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Concept for the Galaxy S8 (Image: Steel Drake/Behance)

Following the debacle - said to have cost the company $5.2 billion - Samsung must now regain consumer trust, starting with the launch of its flagship Galaxy S8 in the Spring. The phone is rumored to include a 4K Super AMOLED edge-to-edge display, a home button embedded in the display, and a digital AI assistant called "Bixby".

Article Link: Samsung's Official Note7 Investigation Concludes Battery Was the Cause of Fires
 
Another bonus for devices with removable batteries
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Yet diehard Note7 fans will continue to not believe and use their Note7s, until they die hard. The irony.

What's that death count upto ?? Massive 0 and climbing at Astronimical rates ?? 0

Irony yeah...
 
I bet Samsung had to contract the best investigators on the planet Earth to get to the conclusion. Bravo!
 
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There is more to this. I cannot believe that during testing they didn't notice the battery getting blindingly hot, (even if no fires at that stage), and ignoring it.
 
User: Hey Bixby, do you think iPhone is better than the Galaxy?
Bixby: Boom!
Oh Peter I'm sorry. You didn't get our late '70's obscure reference. Here, take this clue as a nice parting gift.:)
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On topic: Hindsight being 20/20, Samsung got lucky. They would have been truly screwed had this been the S7/Edge instead of the Note. They got kicked in the balls with the Note, but it would have been castration if it was the S7 series.
 
Just because it does not kill as many people as guns it didn't kill anyone at all doesn't mean it's safe.
Fixed that for ya.;)
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I wonder what the odds are that they will be taking battery production in house.
Like @Jsameds said, it was reportedly the batteries from their in house SDI division. Rumor has it they will be sourcing batteries from LG 'til they can safely and reliably use their own again.
 
That just blew me away. Assault by battery made the phone bomb? They really exploded any doubt critics might have.
 
Just because it does not kill as many people as guns doesn't mean it's safe.

The actual irony is that there have been more iPhone related battery incidents than Note 7 by some margin.

And there have been 0 deaths due to note 7........its killed 0.... so stats wise, its a non event
 
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