In Seoul, South Korea Samsung Electronics Galaxy Note 7 powered-off smartphones are displayed at the company's service center . Samsung Electronics said it will announce the reason why its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones overheated and caught fire on Jan. 23.
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Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
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South Korea government
South Korea government
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South Korea, East Asia, Asia
The Galaxy Note 7 was a fiasco for the world's largest smartphone maker. Samsung recalled and eventually discontinued it after numerous reports of it overheating and bursting into flames. Initially, Samsung said it found a small error in the manufacturing process for some of the batteries in the phones was to blame.
It replaced the phones with a new battery but those replaced phones also overheated and caught fire, prompting Samsung to pull the phones from the market. That cost Samsung at least $5 billion.
The announcement comes after a South Korean court dismissed on Thursday a request by prosecutors to arrest Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong heir.
The announcement comes after a South Korean court dismissed on Thursday a request by prosecutors to arrest Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong heir.
Lee, the conglomerate's heir and de facto head, is under investigation for alleged bribery in connection with an influence-peddling scandal that led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye.
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