Fast Charging Feature Might Have Caused Note 7 Units to Catch Fire

Without an official statement from Samsung or investigators on the reasons why replacement Galaxy Note 7 smartphones caught fire, many theories are surfacing online. Analysts have said that Samsung must determine the cause of the fires quickly, if it wishes to minimize the impact that the Note 7 will have on brand image.

A report by Financial Times shows that problems with the Note 7 might have arisen from tweaks that the company made to the processor. Samsung wanted to speed up the rate at which the phone could be charged and this might have caused the phones to overheat.

“If you try to charge the battery too quickly it can make it more volatile. If you push an engine too hard, it will explode. Something had to give. These devices are miracles of technology — how much ...