Samsung has reportedly decided to use batteries from a different manufacturer for its upcoming Galaxy S8 smartphone. The Korean tech giant is taking no chances after the fiasco that was the Galaxy Note 7's battery exploding.
Samsung to outsource battery to an experienced Japanese manufacturer. The company's Note 7 was an excellent and high-performing smartphone save for its exploding battery. The company is not taking any chances this time around with the upcoming Galaxy S8 and will be coordinating with a new Japanese manufacturer for the smartphone's battery.
A report from Korean news website HankYung says that the company will be manufacturing 80 percent of the battery. The other 20% will be passed on to Japanese company Murata Manufacturing. Murata uses the factory that used to house Sony's battery manufacturing business which it took over the last year.
Previous reports claimed that LG Chem, a rival of Samsung's, would be helping out with the battery. However, this doesn't seem to be the actual case. Samsung SDI, the company's own battery division and the manufacturer of the Galaxy Note 7's battery has been demoted to the secondary supplier.
The Korean tech giant had determined that the cause of its Galaxy Note 7 exploding was the battery. It has since changed methods in testing batteries for its devices.
Speculations are saying that Korean tech giant will be teasing the Galaxy S8 at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) convention later in February. The actual unveiling, however, is expected to happen late in March. These speculated timelines should be able to give Samsung enough time to work out any kinks in the Galaxy S8.
The Galaxy S8 is expected to come in two sizes, one with a 5.8-inch screen and another one with 6.3 inches and feature edge-to-edge Infinity display, a fingerprint sensor, an iris scanner, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, and an IP68 certification. It is also expected to have a specific hardware button for its new virtual assistant, Bixby.
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