'Samsung Galaxy S8' Latest news & Update: The Device May Have A Delayed Launch; Battery Issues Of Note 7 Reason For Delay?

It has recently been revealed that the "Samsung Galaxy S8" is will not be launched at the Mobile World Congress in February as planned. The delay for the device's launch may be caused by the previous battery problems with the Note 7.

According to a report, the "Samsung Galaxy S8" will not be launched at the Mobile World Congress as confirmed by Samsung's mobile chief Koh Dong-jin. The event will take place in Barcelona which will start on February 27.

The reason for the delayed launch of "Samsung Galaxy S8" may be the battery issues on the Note 7. It can be remembered that the Note 7 has been launched in the MWC in February 2016. It then had been sold by March of the same year. However, due to batteries exploding, a recall of the device was done by September still of the same year.

It is reported that when the Note 7 has been faulty, there has been several reasons why the batteries exploded. One reason was that the battery had issues with its design. It has been designed where the edge will push n the device which triggers for it to explode.

However, even with the reasons found, Koh has not been vigilant in suing the manufacturers of the batteries for the Note 7. In fact, he admits that it has been partly the company's fault since it is their responsibility to check the quality.

Meanwhile, it is reported that there are two manufacturers for the Note 7's battery. One is the Samsung SDI which is a sister company of the Samsung group. The other manufacturer is the Amperex Technology Ltd. (AWL).

The batteries which are manufactured by these two companies had each a different defect. The Samsung SDI had the design defect while the AWL had welding problems. These had been mainly the reasons of the issues on the Note 7 and may be the reason for Samsung Galaxy S8's delayed launch date.