| The name of the base system (platform): | Samsung Galaxy (series of smartphones) |
| Developers: | Samsung Electronics |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | August 2, 2016 |
| Technology: | Tablet computers and smartphones |
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2017
Return to the market
On March 27, 2017 the Samsung Electronics company announced return to the market of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphones which are earlier recalled because of potential of explosion. They will receive the updated components and will become absolutely safe for users, the producer claims.
Galaxy Note 7 will be on sale as the recovered electronics. In such devices which were in the use the body, the screen and the rechargeable battery, as a rule, changes, the freshest version of the operating system is established and the new serial number is assigned. These products have an official warranty from the producer and are packed into a box with new accessories. Thus, the recovered devices look as new.
The updated Galaxy Note 7 will be offered both for sale, and in lease. For this Samsung still it is necessary to approve the campaign with regulators and mobile operators in the different countries. By the end of March, 2017 it is unknown when and in what markets Galaxy Note 7 after recovery will be on sale.
In phones which are not subject to return to the market, Samsung will take component parts (chips, modules of cameras, etc.) which will be used in other devices or test samples on a production stage.
Besides, South Korean will extract from unusable products metals, such as copper, gold, nickel and silver, for further melting and use. Will attract the relevant organizations offering services according to environmental standards, said in the message of the company to these purposes of Samsung.
Having recovered the rejected smartphones for further sale, Samsung can minimize damage of profit on a large-scale response and also save itself from the heavy expenses connected with harming the environment at utilization of a huge batch of electronics (more than 3 million devices are recalled). Earlier the ministry of environmental protection of South Korea warned that Samsung can be fined in case of liquidation of stocks of smartphones not properly.[1]
Official reasons of self-ignition
On January 23, 2017 the Samsung Electronics corporation published the official reasons of self-ignitions of the flagman Galaxy Note 7 smartphones . As well as it was reported earlier, in devices accumulators are problem.
For drawing up the closing statement engineers of Samsung jointly with specialists of independent organizations investigated more than 200 thousand copies of Galaxy Note 7 and 30 of one thousand accumulators and also checked hardware and program components, build processes and the product deliveries. During the investigation it became clear that defects of design of batteries and technology build process of devices became the reasons of malfunctions.
Accumulators for Galaxy Note 7 delivered Samsung SDI and Amperex Technology. Products of both companies had too thin partitions between electrodes that as a result led to short circuit. Besides, overheating of Samsung SDI batteries was caused by deformation of the upper corners because of what electrodes bent and located too close to each other.
The head of mobile division of Samsung Dong-jin Koh whose words are cited in the press release, said that "the headquarters of the company takes the responsibility that it could not identify and fix possible problems before Galaxy Note 7 went on sale".
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The company also announced introduction of new procedures of quality check of products. Among them — "the multilevel protocol of security" and the check program of batteries of all devices of the company consisting of 8 points.
Samsung created the working group of external consultants and experts of the academic and research community which will be engaged in support of the company at problem solving, the accumulators connected with security and new developments in this area.[2]
2016
Termination of sales and influence on GDP of South Korea
On October 25, 2016 the authorities of South Korea stated that failure of Samsung Electronics from sales of Galaxy Note 7 because these smartphones were explosive, will negatively affect national economy. The company will not get more than $5 billion operating profit.
According to the stopped sales and production Galaxy Note 7 will lead Reuters news agency with reference to the representative of the South Korean Ministry of Finance who refused to tell the name as he is not authorized to disclose information to media to reduction of GDP growth of South Korea by 0.1-0.2 percent points in the third quarter 2016 concerning three last months.
This comment followed several hours later after the Central Bank of the country estimated GDP growth for 0.7% in July-September, 2016.[3]
Sales of Galaxy Note 7 began in August, 2016, however already a month later Samsung began to withdraw about 2.5 million these tubes because of problems with the battery which strongly overheated worldwide, and sometimes and lit up. At the beginning of October the company announced turning of production and sales of Galaxy Note 7. In the Russian shops Galaxy Note 7 did not manage to appear, but Samsung promised that it will replace to Russians the rejected smartphones purchased in other countries including at "gray" suppliers.
By estimates of Samsung, a failure exit of Galaxy Note 7 will reduce operating profit of the company by $2.3 billion in the third quarter of 2016, and next two quarters the negative impact will be measured by $2 billion and $900 million respectively. Thus, the South Korean giant will lose more than $5 billion income that corresponds to about a half of profit of corporation for all 2015.
In connection with scandal over Galaxy Note 7 against Samsung class actions in the USA and South Korea are submitted.
Announcement of Galaxy Note 7
On August 2, 2016 the Samsung Electronics company presented the flagman Galaxy Note 7 smartphone which was hit biometric identification on eyes and the high level of protection against water and dust.
Innovation is supplied with the 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display with permission of Quad HD (2560 x 1440 points) and the Corning Gorilla Glass 5 glass bent on two edges. The hardware basis selects the eight-nuclear Exynos 8890 processor with clock rate to 2.3 GHz executed on 14-nanometer technical process.
The volume of an operational and fixed memory is 4 and 64 Gbytes respectively. The main camera has a 12-megapixel array, LED flash, a phase auto focus and "smart" optical stabilization of the image. The front camera is created by 5-megapixel.
Samsung calls Galaxy Note 7 the first smartphone which supports video in the HDR format (High dynamic range). The technology expands the color range and brightness, providing realistic video with exact transfer of color.
The scanner of an iris of the eye of an eye became one more feature of innovation. It serves for biometric authentication at phone unblocking, an input in applications and carrying out payments in Samsung Pay service. Unlike fingerprints the iris of the eye cannot be duplicated as it has the unique drawing (the sensor of fingerprint recognition in Galaxy Note 7 is too).
The system of data protection of Galaxy Note 7 also includes the Samsung Knox platform, The Protected Folder and Samsung Pass functions. These solutions allow to store in the folder photo and video files and also appendices which data on payments contain.
The improved S Pen allow to carry out usual tasks quicker and more effectively. Users will be able to take notes on the switched-off screen, to create GIF animation using the Select and Save function, to translate any text or to enlarge the images simple touch.
The phablet is powered from the rechargeable battery with a capacity of 3500 mAh and works under the administration of the operating room of Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow.
Sales of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 in the Russian market start at the end of August, 2016. The retail cost of the smartphone will be 65 thousand rubles.
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