The South Korean government has put a report out on its findings regarding the exploding Galaxy Note7 handset and its possible battery flaws. The government’s findings corroborated Samsung’s own results , and finally put the Note7 saga to rest.
The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS), a part of the government, found that the batteries were the primary cause of the fires and explosions that happened during the short life of the Note7 handset. The agency found through utilizing the Korea Testing Laboratory (KTL) that the phone’s hardware itself was not to blame for the fatal flaws that plagued the device. Echoing Samsung’s own claims and reports, KATS said via a press release:
KATS was one of the government agencies that suggested the Note7 should be recalled after multiple incidents of exploding handsets were reported.
