Samsung Report Seen Imminent Blaming Faulty Batteries for Note7 Debacle

Samsung will blame faulty batteries for the Galaxy Note7 fiasco that twice forced the company to recall the flagship smartphone and ultimately scrap it (see 1610130044), Reuters reported Sunday, quoting unnamed sources. Samsung is expected to release a comprehensive report about its investigation into the Note7 debacle Monday, the report said. The company is to release its year-end financial results a day later. Samsung Electronics America President Tim Baxter led his company’s CES news conference saying Samsung soon will release a root-cause report on the Note7, based on “intensive efforts internally and with third-party experts to understand what happened and to make sure it does not happen again" (see 1701040074). Samsung representatives didn’t comment Tuesday.