Last night, Samsung held a press conference to discuss their findings in what went wrong w/ their Galaxy Note 7 devices and why they were blowing up. After tons of testing from 3 outside firms that included 700 staff members testing 200,000 phones and 30,000 extra batteries. The results finally came in.
So bad batteries and rushing to get the Note 7s made were the root of the problems lie. It involves short circuits within the battery where a design flaw intersected. This would push some electrodes on top of each other and then it's on fire. Within the actual recalls, it gets potentially worse. The battery was welded on which could cause short circuits and also missing insulation tape.
So how do they plan on combating these issues moving forward for their 2017 devices? They unveiled a new 8-point battery safety check plan dedicated to not just their smartphones but all lithium ion batteries in their products.
The 8-point checklist is comprised of a durability test, visual inspection, x-rays, charge/discharge, testing of volatile organic compounds, disassembling tests, accelerated usage, and open circuit voltage tests. Along w/ the checklist, there is a new battery advisory board complied of academics from Cambridge, Berkeley, and Stanford.
Despite Samsung being the butt of damn-near every joke towards the end of 2016, I along w/ many others can't wait to see what they have up their sleeves in regards to the S8, Note 8, and whatever else they decide to bless us with. How about you? Are you still waving the Samsung flag after the Note 7 incident?
