Samsung investigation reportedly finds batteries at fault for Note 7 fires

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by Sindy Cator on January 16, 2017 at 7:12 am

Last September, Samsung faced the biggest setback in its plans of world domination when its hugely popular Galaxy Note 7 smartphones began catching fire after millions of them were sold worldwide. At the time, the Korean megacorp suspected that faulty batteries manufactured by its sister company SDI were to blame, but hadn’t arrived at a conclusion. Now, Reuters reports that a person familiar with the matter said that it was indeed the batteries that were the cause of the fires. When manufacturing firm Instrumental tore down the Note 7 last month, it said that the phone’s design was what caused…