One month after launching the Galaxy Note 7 in August 2016, Samsung was forced to suspend sales of the flagship phone when a manufacturing defect was discovered in its batteries that caused them to generate excessive heat and occasionally light on fire. After more problems were reported with the first batch of replacements, Samsung issued a second recall, and ceased production of the Galaxy Note 7 altogether, once and for all.
The catastrophic episode resulted in the company implementing a new eight-step testing and inspection process for its batteries in all future devices, and in the years since, there haven’t been any widespread issues of note. But even isolated incidents are enough to set off alarm bells following the Note 7 debacle.
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