U.S. owners of smartphones Samsung Galaxy Note 7, which is popularly called explosive, in December, will have to think about buying a new gadget. The fact that the manufacturer has decided to remotely lock all the phones.
a Forced disconnection may occur 19 Dec, NBC television reported.
How will it happen? This day will be updated, after installation, which all potentially hazardous smartphones will not be able to charge – the program will block the ability to feed energy to the battery. Even if the phone stays charging, then it will be impossible neither to call, nor to check the mail. The update will block access to the gadget mobile and wireless networks.
“It will completely deprive them of the ability to work as a mobile device,” the channel quoted a statement from Samsung.
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the actions of the manufacturer is justified, experts say. If there is even one chance in a hundred that the smartphone will turn on and will cause harm to health or property owners, it is better to disable gadgets. It should be noted that this is an extreme step, up to this point, Samsung asked to voluntarily surrender the “tube”. However, in the United States returned was only 93 percent of the smartphone Galaxy Note 7, the remaining seven percent (about 133 thousand) are still on hand and pose a serious fire hazard.
Recall that the production of smartphones this model and their sales were suspended in October after mass reports of fires and even explosions. Then the company said that it has fixed the problem and offered to exchange the phone for a new one. However, after that there had been complaints about the ignition of the phone.
as for Russia, all the Russian owners of the smartphone Galaxy Note 7 is obtained through pre-orders or bought outside our country, are invited to contact the representative office for replacement of the explosive devices on other models.
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