Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is Officially Discontinued

Updated 12/20/2016: Via The Korea Herald, Samsung has completed their investigation behind the exploding Galaxy Note 7. According to the publication, it is attributed to a manufacturing defect of Samsung’s SDI battery as well as the engineering of the phone itself. The Note 7 was constructed too small for its own battery. This pinched the pins too close to one another which subsequently increased the risk of fire and explosions. 

Due to the Samsung Galaxy Note 7-catching-fire situation in both the original and redistributed models, Samsung has officially put the pyro-prone phone to rest.

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is Officially Discontinued

As Engadget confirms, the Galaxy Note 7 is “permanently discontinued.” Samsung said that  “taking our customer’s safety as our highest priority, [so] we have decided to halt sales and production of the Galaxy Note 7,” as reported by the Bloomberg Tech.

As HypeBeast points out, “the company’s shares dropped eight percent today, wiping approximately $17 billion USD from its value, which marks the biggest one-day decline in almost a decade.”

This comes a day after Samsung reported they stopped production on the once popular cell phone model after numerous reports of the cell phone catching fire. The halt in production was in response to the evacuation of a Southwest Airlines flight owed to a smoking Galaxy Note 7 in the cabin, last week.

In September, AT&T as well as T-Mobile both took action against the sale and distribution of the dangerous device – with AT&T no longer replacing the smart phone, while T-Mobile stopped selling them all together. Both retailers encouraged customers to find a replacement. And seeing as the phones are still sparking I’d say find that replacement fast and turn off and chuck that thing immediately.