SAMSUNG NOTE 7 EXPLODES PAR OMAR BAYAZID

HOW DID IT COME TO THIS ?

Samsung has confirmed that it is permanently stopping production of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after it was involved in dozens of fires and explosions worldwide.

In a regulatory filing in South Korea late on Tuesday, the firm said it had made the decision to stop production, for the sake of consumer safety.

A day earlier Samsung said it was “adjusting production”, an admission that many saw as the first steps towards killing the phone entirely.

It said in a statement: “Putting consumer safety as the top priority, we have reached a final decision to halt production of Galaxy Note 7s.” A spokesperson confirmed that the suspension was “permanent”.

The move comes after the flagship smartphone, which the company hoped would put it give it an advantage over iPhone-maker Apple, was plagued by batteries catching fire and exploding. Attempts to rectify the problem by recalling a replacing faulty batches were undermined when replacement phones also started malfunctioning.

PHOTOS OF THE NOTE 7 DESTROYED