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'Aggressive design' blamed for Samsung's exploding Note 7 disaster

Carly Page

05 December 2016 • 2 min read

Did Samsung knowingly ship a dangerous product?

A policy of "aggressive design" has been blamed for Samsung's exploding Galaxy Note 7 disaster, according to a new report that accuses the company of shipping a product that it knew to be "dangerou...

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