Samsung is still enmeshed in the batteries explosive its Galaxy Footnote 7. Other cases are brought to the surface regarding the ” new ” model. In the United States, operators have stopped the sale and the exchange, while Samsung would have suspended the production.
The Galaxy Footnote 7 Samsung has been known to start more than difficult because batteries present a risk of explosion. Shortly after it was launched commercially, the manufacturer has stopped the sales and put in place a recall campaign in the world. The ” new ” Galaxy Footnote 7 are now in service since several weeks, but this is not a finished story.
other new Galaxy Footnote 7 would have caught fire, the investigations continue
last week, we were talking about a first case of a new model that would have caught fire in a plane. Samsung wants the smartphone to confirm that it is indeed a new version, before you speak more extensively on the subject. For its part, the u.s. agency Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has opened an investigation. In the course of the weekend, other similar cases are brought to the surface, as reported The Verge and Engadget for example.
Our colleagues talk about the smartphone for a teenager who would have taken fire while she was holding it in his hand, and that of a man while the mobile was placed on the bedside table of his room. Always according to our confreres, the first had a minor burns, against acute bronchitis for the second (because of fumes).
The manufacturer indicated to our colleagues that it survey course on these incidents and that ” if a security problem exists, Samsung will immediately take measures approved by the CPSC in order to resolve this situation “. For its part, the CPSC looks at least on the first, and probably on the second. For the moment, no investigation report is available.
operators stop the sale of the new Galaxy Footnote 7
in Addition to-Atlantic, several large mobile operators have decided to suspend the sales of the new Galaxy Footnote 7, but also the replacement of old versions. They invite their customers to exchange it for a different smartphone, whether it’s a Samsung or another manufacturer.
according To our colleagues from Reuters, who cite sources close to the matter, Samsung would have decided to suspend the production of its Galaxy Footnote 7, without it having to be confirmed for the time being.
Sébastien Gavois
Journalist, never far from an internet connection. Specialist storage in all its forms and of the decryption of PDF for mobile network operators.
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