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Samsung temporarily halts production of Galaxy Note 7

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Smsung_note71212South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics has temporarily suspended the production of its flagship device Galaxy Note 7 after several reports said a few Note 7 replacements have caught fire.

The halt is to comply with consumer safety regulators from South Korea, the US and China, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported quoting a company official.

"This measure includes a Samsung plant in Vietnam that is responsible for global shipments (of the Galaxy Note 7)," the official told the news agency.

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Galaxy Note 7, Samsung's latest flagship device, was launched on 2 August. It went on sale in 10 countries on August 10 and was launched in India a day later.

After several cases of battery exploding emerged on the social media, Samsung on September 2 said it will replace Galaxy Note 7 devices globally. Issuing a global rollback, the Korean firm confirmed that there is a battery cell issue with the phone and that there are at least 35 confirmed cases around the world.

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However, in the last week alone, three separate cases of the replacement devices catching fire were reported.

Southwest Airlines flight 994 from Louisville to Baltimore was evacuated on 5 October while still at the gate due to a smoking Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, according to a report published by The Verge.

Another incident was reported on 8 October when a Samsung Note 7 caught fire in Minnesota.

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Priced at Rs 59,000, the phone has a 3,500 mAh battery. It comes with a curved 5.7-inch QHD Super AMOLED screen and is equipped with 64 Bit, Octa-Core processor (2.3GHz Quad + 1.6GHz Quad) and 4GB RAM.

This is the first device in the Note family to be water resistant to a maximum depth of 1.5 metres for up to 30 minutes.


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