Finally, it's safe to say that almost all units of the ill-fated Galaxy Note 7 are now out of circulation. This phone was subjected to criticism and bad publicity when the initial problems revealed that they were just the beginning of a catastrophe that Samsung itself has suffered.
Samsung has announced that over 96% of the Galaxy Note 7 phones found on the streets have been returned. The U.S. Department of Transportation has even decided to eliminate the requirement for airlines to specify onboard notifications regarding the dangers of a defective phablet.
It was in October of last year when the FAA banned the presence of Note 7 phones on any flight due to the result of a unit exploding on a Southwest Airlines flight.
Prior to the December software update that disabled charging on Note 7 units , Samsung had already received the update on approximately 85 percent of the devices. So it seems the decision to disable charging has been a success, reaching 96 percent after several weeks.
This month we'll finally find out what happened to the Note 7, as Samsung will publish the results of the investigations carried out over the past few months. In any case, it seems that Samsung will indeed launch the Note 7's successor in the second half of 2017, so all is not lost for fans of the brand and its high-quality phablets.
What remains unknown is the fate of the remaining 4 percent of Note 7 devices. Now, we can only hope that there will be no more accidental incidents like those that began occurring in September in various regions of the world.
