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The Note 7 has been cancelled as we all know. Now that the device has been discontinued it is the main concern of Samsung to determine what exactly caused the Note 7 to catch fire. The investigation has revealed that Samsung has only tested their batteries in house. Companies like Apple and Lenovo have used 3rd party labs who are certified by the CTIA to test batteries. Some other companies have tested their batteries both in house and through third party labs.
Some industry analysts have argued that testing the batteries in house could lead to a conflict of interests. Samsung has been testing their batteries this way since 2009 with no issues so it has been assumed that they know what they are doing and were taking this seriously. Samsung has stated that their testing found no issues with the batteries in both the original and 2nd batches of the devices. Samsung has announced that they will make changes to how they test quality and safety of products going forward.
via Wall Street Journal