Samsung temporarily halts production of Galaxy Note 7

The incidents involving phones that were sleeping and not having the batteries being actively charged seem to indicate some major design issue.<p>To battery experts: Is this a one-off design and&#x2F;or manufacturing error or are we reaching some limits to what we can do with current lithium battery technology with respect to Ah rating, size, weight, quick charging ability, heat generated with fan-less dissipation, etc.? In other words, is it just a matter of time that other phone manufacturers would hit such issues too?

What gets me is the fact that they did the recall and produced a new version of the phone which was supposed to fix the issue, yet now there are reports of the replacement units doing the same thing.<p>Seems like they either jumped to conclusions and mis-identified the problem, or they attempted to fix the problem with a band-aid solution with the hopes of reducing the probability of failure just enough to make the issue &quot;go away&quot;.<p>On a more personal note:<p>I hope this gives other Android phone manufacturers a chance to gain some market share. Primarily, I want HTC to do well. They seem to be one of the most friendly when it comes to unlocking the bootloader (you can do it via their website). I really wanted to get the Galaxy S7, but after finding out that the versions with the SnapDragon SoC will have locked bootloaders, I decided not to. In my experience, Samsung&#x27;s version of Android has never been that great. Without the ability to flash custom ROMs and remove some of that useless crap, I just couldn&#x27;t bring myself to make the purchase.

Samsung has been dragging their feet on this. Their response has lacked clarity and urgency.<p>Paradoxially this kind of tepid circumspect response designed to first protect the brand has a far greater chance of damaging the brand permanently than coming clean unequivocally and proactively taking full responsiblity.<p>The second approach you take a loss but live to fight another day, the first the public begin to harbour doubts about your commitment to safety and your users and that can cast a long shadow on your future products.

Hopefully now people will realize that every battery powered laptop and phone on an airplane is a potential bomb.

In my opinion, other than the whole catching-on-fire-thing, the Note 7 was one of the best, if the the best Android device out today. Least amount of bloatware on a Samsung yet, they unified the software for the S Pen, the S Pen is better this time around, and it just looks gorgeous.<p>I&#x27;m not sure what the problem is. Maybe Samsung rushed it, maybe it&#x27;s a defect in some supplier made component, etc I have no idea but it does seem rather unfortunate and kinda sad to see such a nice phone not only be effectively done but it likely caused a lot of brand damage to Samsung in general (lots of reports of airline employees saying Samsung Galaxy phones, not just notes, are not allowed which granted is probably a misunderstanding but the brand impact is there).<p>My wife currently has a replaced Note 7 and she absolutely loves it and hates that she&#x27;ll probably have to give it up.

I wonder why, I mean, it&#x27;s a battery after all. They&#x27;ve pulled off probably a hundred other phone designs and they aren&#x27;t new to the market.<p>What&#x27;s particularly wrong with the Note 7 that they can&#x27;t fix in a PCB or battery redesign?

What are the financial consequences for Samsung and its suppliers ?

This is so sad. I recently saw a Note 7 in action and after only 2 minutes I was ready to shell out $700 and buy my first ever Samsung phone.<p>Anyway, maybe this gives other good Android manufacturers (specially HTC and Sony) a chance to make a comeback.

They really need to do a full recall and refund for all sold Note 7 phones as well.

Are those accidents caused by faulty batteries, or by the way the electronics make use of them?