Watch out Samsung fan boys, Samsung is going after your Note 7s 
If you want to know why the Note 7 was dangerous read the second story below. In a nutshell it was poorly designed & a disaster waiting to happen.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/galaxy-note-7-in-the-us/
Samsung will remotely disable all U.S. Galaxy Note 7s on December 19
If you decided to ignore the Galaxy Note 7 recall because your love for the handset is greater than your fear of it exploding, then you only have a few more days left to use it and turn it in.
Samsung has officially confirmed that it will disable all Galaxy Note 7 handsets running on major networks through an update that will roll out starting on December 19. In other words, now that 93 percent of handsets in the U.S. have been returned, Samsung is taking this drastic step to ensure that the owners of the remaining 7 percent return their devices.
“To further increase participation, a software update will be released starting on December 19 that will prevent U.S. Galaxy Note 7 devices from charging and will eliminate their ability to work as mobile devices,” said Samsung in a statement. “If you have not yet returned your device, you should immediately power it down and contact your carrier to obtain a refund or exchange.”
In other words, if you haven’t yet sorted out a replacement device, you’d better do so soon.
Samsung has already taken steps to encourage users to return the device, issuing a reminder pop-up message each time the phone’s screen is turned on. It also issued an update to limit the Note 7’s ability to charge beyond 60 percent
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 went from hero to zero pretty much as soon as it launched back in the summer. It received rave reviews at the start, with Digital Trends, for example, praising its “stunning, comfortable design” and “fresh user interface.”
But it soon emerged that there was a serious battery issue that caused some Note 7s to overheat, and in some cases explode.
With more than 90 reports in the U.S. of the handset overheating, extending to “26 reports of burns and 55 reports of property damage, including fires in cars and a garage,” the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a formal recall notice to the more than one million U.S-based owners of the device. Samsung started circulating new Note 7 units with fresh batteries, but some of those also turned out to have serious issues. With the whole launch turning into a shambles, the company finally ended sales of the phone in October.
Owners can return the device for a refund or replacement, but it seems some people are determined never to give it back –despite its serious flaws.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/instrumental-galaxy-note-7-teardown-news/
Galaxy Note 7 broke basic engineering rules, says damning new report
A teardown of the Galaxy Note 7 may have provided insight into why the infamous smartphone was prone to explosions, causing Samsung to recall and eventually cancel the device entirely. While it’s obvious the battery was a key reason for the device’s failure, a damning new report from a third-party shows what may be the underlying cause.
After acquiring a Galaxy Note 7 — no easy feat once the phones were recalled — engineers with manufacturing technology company Instrumental stripped the phone down to see what was going on inside (and yes, they had a fire extinguisher nearby, just in case). They discovered the battery was so tightly packed inside the Galaxy Note 7’s body that any pressure from battery expansion, or stress on the body itself, may squeeze together layers inside the battery that are never supposed to touch — with explosive results.
Batteries swell up under normal use, and we place stress on a phone’s body by putting it our pocket and sitting down, or if it’s dropped. Tolerances for battery expansion are built into a smartphone during design, and Instrumental notes Samsung used “a super-aggressive manufacturing process to maximize capacity.” In other words, the Galaxy Note 7 was designed to be as thin and sleek as possible, while containing the maximum battery capacity for long use, thereby better competing against rival devices such as the iPhone 7 Plus and improving on previous Note models.
The report speculates that any pressure placed on the battery in its confined space may have squeezed together positive and negative layers inside the cell itself, which were thinner than usual in the Note 7’s battery already, causing them to touch, heat up, and eventually in some cases, catch fire. Delving deeper into the design, the engineers say the space above a battery inside a device needs a “ceiling” that equates to approximately 10 percent of the overall thickness. The Galaxy Note 7 should have had a 0.5mm ceiling; it had none.
“It breaks such a basic rule, it must have been intentional,” says the Instrumental team, adding, “they shipped a dangerous product.”
The Galaxy Note 7 fiasco may cost Samsung more than $20 billion, and reports of this nature won’t help re-establish trust in the brand. However, it’s worth repeating this isn’t a Samsung report, so none of the findings are official, and that Instrumental itself produces software and equipment for quality testing in manufacturing. This means that although it has a strong understand of what it’s looking at, it is also promoting its own products and solutions in this market.
Samsung’s next major smartphone release is expected to be the Galaxy S8, due sometime in early 2017, according to rumors.
If you want to know why the Note 7 was dangerous read the second story below. In a nutshell it was poorly designed & a disaster waiting to happen.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/galaxy-note-7-in-the-us/
Samsung will remotely disable all U.S. Galaxy Note 7s on December 19
If you decided to ignore the Galaxy Note 7 recall because your love for the handset is greater than your fear of it exploding, then you only have a few more days left to use it and turn it in.
Samsung has officially confirmed that it will disable all Galaxy Note 7 handsets running on major networks through an update that will roll out starting on December 19. In other words, now that 93 percent of handsets in the U.S. have been returned, Samsung is taking this drastic step to ensure that the owners of the remaining 7 percent return their devices.
“To further increase participation, a software update will be released starting on December 19 that will prevent U.S. Galaxy Note 7 devices from charging and will eliminate their ability to work as mobile devices,” said Samsung in a statement. “If you have not yet returned your device, you should immediately power it down and contact your carrier to obtain a refund or exchange.”
In other words, if you haven’t yet sorted out a replacement device, you’d better do so soon.
Samsung has already taken steps to encourage users to return the device, issuing a reminder pop-up message each time the phone’s screen is turned on. It also issued an update to limit the Note 7’s ability to charge beyond 60 percent
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 went from hero to zero pretty much as soon as it launched back in the summer. It received rave reviews at the start, with Digital Trends, for example, praising its “stunning, comfortable design” and “fresh user interface.”
But it soon emerged that there was a serious battery issue that caused some Note 7s to overheat, and in some cases explode.
With more than 90 reports in the U.S. of the handset overheating, extending to “26 reports of burns and 55 reports of property damage, including fires in cars and a garage,” the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a formal recall notice to the more than one million U.S-based owners of the device. Samsung started circulating new Note 7 units with fresh batteries, but some of those also turned out to have serious issues. With the whole launch turning into a shambles, the company finally ended sales of the phone in October.
Owners can return the device for a refund or replacement, but it seems some people are determined never to give it back –despite its serious flaws.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/instrumental-galaxy-note-7-teardown-news/
Galaxy Note 7 broke basic engineering rules, says damning new report
A teardown of the Galaxy Note 7 may have provided insight into why the infamous smartphone was prone to explosions, causing Samsung to recall and eventually cancel the device entirely. While it’s obvious the battery was a key reason for the device’s failure, a damning new report from a third-party shows what may be the underlying cause.
After acquiring a Galaxy Note 7 — no easy feat once the phones were recalled — engineers with manufacturing technology company Instrumental stripped the phone down to see what was going on inside (and yes, they had a fire extinguisher nearby, just in case). They discovered the battery was so tightly packed inside the Galaxy Note 7’s body that any pressure from battery expansion, or stress on the body itself, may squeeze together layers inside the battery that are never supposed to touch — with explosive results.
Batteries swell up under normal use, and we place stress on a phone’s body by putting it our pocket and sitting down, or if it’s dropped. Tolerances for battery expansion are built into a smartphone during design, and Instrumental notes Samsung used “a super-aggressive manufacturing process to maximize capacity.” In other words, the Galaxy Note 7 was designed to be as thin and sleek as possible, while containing the maximum battery capacity for long use, thereby better competing against rival devices such as the iPhone 7 Plus and improving on previous Note models.
The report speculates that any pressure placed on the battery in its confined space may have squeezed together positive and negative layers inside the cell itself, which were thinner than usual in the Note 7’s battery already, causing them to touch, heat up, and eventually in some cases, catch fire. Delving deeper into the design, the engineers say the space above a battery inside a device needs a “ceiling” that equates to approximately 10 percent of the overall thickness. The Galaxy Note 7 should have had a 0.5mm ceiling; it had none.
“It breaks such a basic rule, it must have been intentional,” says the Instrumental team, adding, “they shipped a dangerous product.”
The Galaxy Note 7 fiasco may cost Samsung more than $20 billion, and reports of this nature won’t help re-establish trust in the brand. However, it’s worth repeating this isn’t a Samsung report, so none of the findings are official, and that Instrumental itself produces software and equipment for quality testing in manufacturing. This means that although it has a strong understand of what it’s looking at, it is also promoting its own products and solutions in this market.
Samsung’s next major smartphone release is expected to be the Galaxy S8, due sometime in early 2017, according to rumors.
