Samsung Electronics will on January 23 announce its investigative findings related to Galaxy Note 7 overheating and fire.
According to reports, the announcement will be livestreamed in Chinese, English and Korean on its websites. Koh Dong-jin, Samsung's mobile president, will give details of the probe.
A person familiar with the matter said that the company’s probe had found the battery was the main cause of Note 7 fires.
During the press meet, the world’s top smartphone is expected to reassure consumers that its devices are safe to use.
The Galaxy Note 7 was a fiasco for the world's largest smartphone maker. Samsung recalled and eventually discontinued it after numerous reports of it overheating and bursting into flames.
Initially, Samsung had said that it found a small error in the manufacturing process for some of the batteries in the phones was to blame. It replaced the phones with a new battery but those replaced phones also overheated and caught fire, prompting Samsung to pull the phones from the market.
The move came as a big hit for the company with estimates pegging the losses arising out of the decision at xxxxx
The announcement comes after a South Korean court dismissed a request by prosecutors to arrest Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong heir.
Lee, the conglomerate's heir and de facto head, is under investigation for alleged bribery in connection with an influence-peddling scandal that led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye.
