Samsung gelds Note 7 battery capacity to limit fire risk
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If you've recently spent any time online, you've almost certainly heard about all the fireworks surrounding Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 handsets and the company's related product recall. At least for its South Korean customers, Samsung has stoked its forge and crafted a software fix to limit the battery capacity of existing Note 7s to 60%. That move might reduce the likelihood of the phones spontaneously combusting, but it seems more likely to annoy stubborn users into exchanging their devices for new phones without the fire risk.
According to the Associated Press, the fix was advertised in a South Korean newspaper and will be rolled out on September 20. There's currently no word ...