After the Galaxy Note 7’s explosive failure to launch, Samsung is in talks with LG in an effort to widen its battery supply base. The Korean tech giant has been working on a new version of its flagship smartphone for several months now, and it seems that it’s finally ready to launch it. The Note 7 was recalled when handsets started to catch fire, a fault attributed to defects in its Samsung SDI battery. In October, it pulled the plug on the $882 device after replacement phones using batteries from China’s However, the device was abandoned entirely when batteries from Amperex Technology also caught fire. It is likely that Samsung will begin sourcing its batteries from LG as early as the second half of 2017.
After the Galaxy Note 7’s explosive failure to launch, Samsung is in talks with LG in an effort to widen its battery supply base. The Korean tech giant has been working on a new version of its flagship smartphone for several months now, and it seems that it’s finally ready to launch it. The Note 7 was recalled when handsets started to catch fire, a fault attributed to defects in its Samsung SDI battery. However, the device was abandoned entirely when batteries from Amperex Technology also caught fire. It is likely that Samsung will begin sourcing its batteries from LG as early as the second half of 2017.