Report: Samsung’s scramble to beat ‘dull iPhone’ led to Note 7 crisis

Faults in the production of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 leading to a global recall of 2.5 million devices may have been caused by the company's eagerness to outmaneuver Apple. According to a report from Bloomberg citing "people familiar with the matter," Samsung executives heard earlier this year that the new iPhone would only be an incremental update without major new features. The executives then decided to capitalize on their primary rival's perceived lack of innovation by pushing the design of the Note 7 as far as it would go.

This, says Bloomberg, led to tighter deadlines in the Note 7's production and greater demands on the phone's capabilities. One update for the phone was a larger battery than the previous year's model (3,500mAh...

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Report: Samsung’s scramble to beat ‘dull iPhone’ led to Note 7 crisis