The incident of Galaxy Note 7 batteries last year was a heavy blow to Samsung. It could have been one of the company's best-selling smartphones, however, it succumbed due to a faulty battery that caused it to explode and catch fire.
After the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco, Samsung launched a thorough investigation about what happened and precisely determined what were the causes for which the batteries exploded. Later, the company designed a new security process and quality in order to ensure that nothing like that ever happened again.
But when we talk about technology, words are simpler than facts. Samsung has had the support of internal and external experts to the company, and has also built new facilities and redesigned the testing processes to ensure batteries are completely safe.
Recently, the leaders of the Samsung Battery Advisory Group met with a reporter from the MIT Technology Magazine to discuss Samsung's new testing process and its standard battery safety procedure based on 8 points. This article reveals some details that were previously only available to those privileged who had entered the factory.
Samsung you lose 3 percent of your monthly battery inventory during safety tests. In other words, of all the batteries that the company recodes each month, three percent of them are subjected to different tests and are ultimately destroyed.
Each battery has its own individual QR code that allows Samsung to gather unique information after each test. In this way you can make use of that information to modify your procedures when necessary.
On August 23, Samsung will unveil the Galaxy Note 8 to the world and, evidently, it does not want the shadows of its predecessor's disaster to cloud the expected success of this phablet.