This reports the Wall Street Journal.
Samsung’s share price fell in the autumn, after the whole party with nysatsningen Galaxy Note 7 had to be taken off the market. This is because of several cases of that the phones began to burn.
Internetterforskningen of the problems that led to that teknologigiganten pulled smarttelefonmodellen, shows that some batteries with irregular size caused overheating.
Moreover, some mobile phones also have had other manufacturing defects.
the Report, prepared by the three agencies that are specialized in the field of quality control and leverandørkjedeanalyse, writes the Wall Street Journal. They report further that it is expected that Samsung will present the conclusions in the report Monday.
Fails krisegrep
It was in last fall that Samsung withdrew all of the around 2.5 million smartphones of the type of Galaxy Note 7, after several messages, if these had begun to burn.
Bekymringsmeldingene had meant that the phones were prohibited on a number of flights – also here in Norway.
the Galaxy Note 7, which went on sale in august, had the original batteries from suppliers, Samsung SDI Co. and Amperex Technology, where the latter produce in a factory in China.
the Company thought in the first place that it was the batteries manufactured by Samsung SDI that was the problem, and increased the production of phones with the chinese batteries. But the problems persisted, which meant that Samsung had to recall all the phones in the series.
Expensive
According to the Wall Street Journal shows the investigation report that the batteries from Samsung SDI were of irregular size and did not fit properly into the phone, while the other batteries are to have had a manufacturing defect that is due to the rapid escalating of production to erstatningstelefoner.
None of the two sub-contractors have commented on the matter.
It is expected that the Galaxy fadesen will cost Samsung at least five billion dollars, in addition to that it has made a significant dent in the company’s omdømmefasade. The problems are referred to as “the most expensive sikkerhetsfeilen in history”.
Samsung is planning for the way forward quarterly figures on Tuesday.
2. august: Samsung presents its new smartphone Galaxy Note 7 on a grand launching in New York city. The company ridicules at the same time its competitor Apple for the lack of headphone jack on his new telephone.
19. august: Samsung starts sales of the phone in 10 countries, including the united STATES and South Korea.
24. august: The first message that a Note 7 has exploded in South Korea.
2. september: Samsung is recalling 2.5 million phones. The reason stated to be fire and explosion of the batteries.
8. september: the American aviation authorities ask passengers not to use or charge his Note 7 on board the aircraft.
10. september: SAS forbids the Galaxy Note 7 on board their planes.
12. september: Samsung asks the users of the phone model Galaxy Note 7 immediately stop using their phones.
14. september: Samsung alerts a software update to prevent fire.
15. september: American forbrukermyndigheter recalling 1 million Samsung phones.
16. september: A man from Florida is suing Samsung after the to have received burns as a result of a Note 7-explosion.
19. september: Samsung starts work with to replace Note 7-phones in South Korea.
22. september: South Korea require additional steps for battery safety in Samsung’s Note 7-phones.
29. september: Samsung says over 1 million people now use the Note 7-phones with secure batteries.
1. October: Samsung resumes the sale of the new Galaxy Note 7-phones in South Korea.
6. October: A plane be evacuated in the united STATES after the smoke from a Note 7 on board.
9. October: telecommunications companies AT & T and T-Mobile say they have stopped the sale of Samsung’s new phone due to security concerns.
10. October: Samsung will stop temporarily the production of the Note 7-phones.
11. October: Samsung asks its customers to cease all use of the Note 7-phones. The company will stop the sale of the phone all over the world while these explosions to be investigated. Later comes the message that the production of the phone skrinlegges for good.
(Source: Reuters)
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