Samsung officially made a statement yesterday that it will start recalling all Galaxy Note 7 units worldwide. This comes after a dozen reports of faulty battery on the flagship phablet that poses hazards like explosions and fire while charging.
The company has confirmed 35 incidents of explosions and fire while the total estimate of affected devices is around 0.1% or 1 unit in every 42,000 shipped Galaxy Note 7.
Although the numbers pose a very little threat to about 2.5 million units the Korean-giant has shipped, the company iterates that they’re recalling “out of an abundance of caution”.
Samsung will start replacing all units over the weeks with the USA receiving the replacements next week. Despite the announcement, actual sales have not been halted and some authorized stores still selling the affected devices. So it would be better for potential buyers to wait until Samsung announces the availability of new Galaxy Note 7.
With Apple announcing the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus this September, this incident would likely affect the sales of the Galaxy Note 7 and other Samsung flagship phones.
We will only find out the total damage to the sales after a few months from the iPhone 7 release date.
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Full specs, Official price, Release date in the Philippines
- Display: 5.7-inch Quad HD 2K Super AMOLED, 518 ppi
- Design: Glass and metal Dual Edge curved Gorilla Glass 5, IP68 waterproof, Stylus S-Pen
- Size: 153.5 x 73.9 x 7.9 mm, 169g weight
- CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chip with quad-core processor, 2.2GHz speed or Exynos 8890 octa-core
- GPU: Adreno 530 graphics or Mali T880 MP2
- RAM: 4GB
- Memory: 64GB internal storage, microSD up to 256GB (dedicated or hybrid)
- Camera: 12MP f1.7, 4K video, LED flash, Color Spectrum Sensor
- Selfie: 5MP f1.7 wide angle front-facing, 1440p video
- Connectivity: 4G LTE Cat 12 / VoLTE, dual-SIM or single, GPS, WiFi ac, Bluetooth 4.2, NFC, FM Radio
- Ports: USB Type-C reversible version 3.1
- Security: Fingerprint scanner, Iris scanner
- Battery: 3500mAh, Fast Adaptive Charging, Wireless Charging
- OS: Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, upgradeable to Android 7.0 Nougat
- Colors (Dual Tone): Blue Coral, Silver Titanium, Black Onyx, Gold Platinum
- Price: estimated official price at P39,990 or $800+ USD
- Release date: August 20 2016 Samsung Galaxy Note 7 availability in the Philippines
