Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Is Coming Back As Renovated Device But Not In The US
After the global recall of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 handset device, the company releases a statement regarding the recycle plan of the controversial device. According to them, the recycling process comes in three phases, to extract metal parts, save some useful components such as camera modules, and refurbished and resell the device.
As cited by the Verge report, there are rumors that the South Korean company will use smaller batteries for the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 to prevent the device from overheating that causes fire and battery explosion. Also, Samsung is working with local regulators to of the sale and to determine available markets to sell the renovated device.
Millions of units of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 were reclaimed by the company throughout the world and estimated 7% percent of the sold units are still in the market, waiting to surrender by the users. Just earlier this week, the Samsung also announced their plan to issue a mandatory software update to make those remaining Note 7 device unusable.
This recycling of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 plan come after the Greenpeace protestors interrupted the South Korean company's MWC 2017 keynote last month, wanting to know what the company will do with the more than 4 million units' device.
The Samsung spokesperson told CNET that they will not offer the renovated or refurbished device in the US, for what reasons, they still mum about it. They also added that the product details including name, specification and price will be announced when the device are complete.
Samsung will unveil the 2017 most anticipated smartphones this coming March 29, 2017, in Lincoln Center in New York, the Samsung Galaxy S8. They teased the event as the "New Beginning" as they could certainly use a fresh start from the Galaxy Note 7 failure last year.
