Galaxy Note 7: Samsung will limit the recharge for the latest models

In France, the Galaxy Note 7 will no longer be charged beyond 30% capacity of their battery. In the US, they will be charged.

Samsung continues to struggle with its Galaxy Note 7 . After finally recalled the smartphone mid-October, the South Korean manufacturer is about to take an even more drastic measure. It will make smartphones distributed in the US unusable. In France, their recharging will be limited to 30% of the battery capacity.

The limited charging capacity in Europe. According to Samsung, a little over 10% of Galaxy Note 7 have not been returned by their owners since the launch of the recall procedure there nearly two months. To avoid any risk of explosion of these models, the company has decided to take drastic action. The options differ depending on the country. In France, but also in the UK, the manufacturer says it will deploy 15 December an update limiting recharging of the unit to 30% capacity. One way to avoid lengthy recharges and reduce the risk of overheating. The usefulness of this measure, however, raises questions, while a first expert report argues that explosions are not directly due to the battery , but the design of the Galaxy Note 7.

Smartphones blocked in the United States. Overseas, the measure is even more radical. Samsung Mobile US provides for the dissemination of updated completely blocking charging the Galaxy Note 7. In other words, once discharged smartphone, it will be impossible for the user to reload. They will also be unable to connect to any network. T-Mobile will be the first operator to deploy this update on 27 December, followed by AT & T and Sprint on January 5 on 8 January. With such a measure, more than making the phone unusable, this is mostly for Samsung to push the owners to Note 7 (finally) return their copies.

A huge fiasco. But the road is still long for the South Korean firm. Before you can hope to move on , the company must complete to recover its devices, but also unveil by the end of its investigation report on what will go down as one of the biggest fiascos of history of new technologies.