Samsung is planning to kill all the unreturned Galaxy Note 7 smartphones with a new software update. The company is reportedly preparing for a new remote update that will prevent Galaxy Note 7 from charging. The company initially limited the charging on Galaxy Note 7 to 60 percent and now The Korean Herald reports that Samsung will turn every other Galaxy Note 7 redundant.
Samsung announced Galaxy Note 7 in August before announcing a worldwide recall in September citing safety issues. Samsung confirmed faulty battery design and manufacturing as the cause for Galaxy Note 7's explosion early this year. Back in December, Samsung announced similar plans to turn all Galaxy Note 7 smartphones useless in the United States. The company has already disabled cellular connectivity and charging on most Galaxy Note 7 smartphones.
Samsung is set to announce Galaxy S8 and S8+ at an event in New York on March 29 and it will certainly serve as a platform for the company to apologise for Note 7 debacle for one last time. With the Galaxy S8 launch, Samsung would be hoping every prospective Galaxy Note 7 buyer to pick this one instead as their smartphone choice.