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Samsung was riding high on the success of phones similar the Galaxy S7 last year when it launched its most ambitious telephone nevertheless; the ill-fated Galaxy Note 7. The phone was sleek and capable with a born stylus and the prettiest display on any phone in the world. Still, lacking batteries led to numerous fires and forced a full recall. Now, Samsung is gearing up for the Note 8 launch, and it'south seeking to assuage fears of a repeat by detailing its revamped testing process.

Several months ago, Samsung began piece of work with MIT Technology Review to produce a whitepaper (PDF) that describes how it tests batteries. That total report is at present available, and details a new test program Samsung uses to ensure information technology doesn't take another incident like the Annotation vii. Those failures were eventually traced back to ii singled-out bombardment defects. In the first circular of phones, compressed battery corners caused the negative electrode to wrap around and create a brusk circuit. After the beginning call back, Samsung's replacement batteries suffered from welding burs that allowed the positive and negative electrodes to come in contact. Again, this caused brusque circuits and fires.

Samsung says it has decided to open up its testing process to the public for iii reasons. First, information technology wants anybody (fifty-fifty its competitors) to run into what it takes to test batteries so processes can be improved. Second, Samsung believes that its testing procedures could spur new innovations in battery technology to do good everyone. And finally, Samsung says that "reflection and learning are integral to innovation." Translation: It wants you to trust your Samsung phone won't blow up.

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New batteries for Samsung devices are at present put through an eight-bespeak inspection process, whereas before it merely had 5 battery tests: a physical durability test, a visual inspection, an x-ray examination, a disassembly test, and an OCV (voltage) examination. Samsung at present runs these tests on more than units, and it's added three entirely new tests including a accuse/belch exam, a volatile organic compound exam, and an accelerated usage (battery crumbling) test.

Some of these tests are intentionally subversive, like the physical durability puncture exam, so Samsung destroys about 3 per centum of the batteries it gets. If even a unmarried unit fails, the unabridged lot is sent back to the supplier for analysis.

Samsung says its new process is working, simply we don't have real data on that yet. Although, at least anecdotally there accept not been any reports of battery failures in the Galaxy S8. I would await even a single bad unit to become plenty of coverage afterwards the Note vii fiasco, and then far not a peep.

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