Note 7 not our fault claims Samsung
Acting oddly over flaming phones
Samsung Electronics is denying that that its design had anything to do with the incredible Note 7 and is putting the blame squarely on its two battery suppliers.
Boffins create built-in battery fire extinguishers
Smash iPhone in case of fire
A team of boffins from Stanford University have emerged from their smoke-filled labs with a lithium-ion battery which has its own built-in fire extinguisher.
Note 7 fiasco shows the scale of the failure of other brands
10 percent of Note 7s are still outclassing rivals
After two months of an official global recall more one in ten of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 are still in use but they are still beating the competition
The Galaxy Note was a flawed design
Putting 50 pounds of mud in a five-pound bag
It seems that the Galaxy Note caught fire because it had the same problem as Dolly Parton at an award’s ceremony. If you stick 50 pounds of mud in a five-pound bag you are going to get a flaming wardrobe malfunction.
Note 7 may have been a victim of its design
Latest theory
The latest theory as to why the Note 7 had battery problems suggests that its rather cool thin design made it go bang.
iPhone 7 catches fire too
Don't expect a swift recall
It seems when the iPhone 7 catches fire no one pays any interest and no one calls for an immediate recall, or for them to banned on aircraft.
Note 7s back on sale on Saturday
October 1
Samsung will put its Galaxy Note 7 back on the market next week after pulling millions off them after discovering faulty batteries were causing some to melt.
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall could cost $1 billion
2.5 million phones being returned
The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall sounds like one of the biggest in the last few years and it looks like the company has to recover as many as 2.5 million phones from its customers. This is likely to cost Samsung close to a billion dollars and it will eat up any potential profits it was making from these phones.
Samsung Galaxy Note 7s really do catch fire
Company stops selling and gears up for a recall
The Tame Apple Press has been delivered an early Christmas present as its rival Samsung stops selling its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones after reports some of their batteries exploded while being charged.
Galaxy Note 7 explodes
Tame Apple Press celebrates
There is nothing the Tame Apple Press loves more than when one of their favourite company’s rivals products catch fire. In this case a bloke in China’s Galaxy Note 7, caught fire and exploded and the way the story has been reported you would think there was something wrong with the product.