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© 2016 AFPSamsung rolls out replacements for Galaxy Note 7s plagued by exploding batteries in S Korea
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Fred Lewis
According to US news reports I watched the defective batteries were sourced in Korea and the batteries that were reported as OK ( in the vast majority of phones sold - btw ) came from Chinese manufacturers...
A bit of a reversal from normal stereotypical "Chinese products = cheap / unsafe"...
iradickle
Man this really sucks. The note edge was my first Note. I really love the phone and I'm looking forward to getting this one. Hopefully everything gets straightened out and it still comes to Japan.
gokai_wo_maneku
Who made the batteries, or where were they made?
Samit Basu
gokai_wo_maneku
The battery supplier was Dongguan ITM Electronics from Dongguan, China.
Samsung SDI is focused on high margin EV battery and scaled down own consumer electronics battery production.
Two suppliers of Note 7 battery
Samsung SDI -> Outsourced significant portion to Dongguan Electronics to meet volume on short order. Dongguan manufactured batteries are catching fire while Samsung SDI manufactured batteries are OK. ATL -> Chinese subsidiary of TDK Japan.