It has been three months since Samsung’s largest ever recall and, finally, the South Korean company is ready to release its findings of the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco. The much hyped flagship phone underwent two recalls due to reports of fires and explosions. Eventually it was cancelled and removed from all retail sellers.
According to Samsung, the problem which affected the first batch of Galaxy Note 7 phones was the battery being too large for the casing of the phone. This battery defect caused some of the released devices to overheat, according to the report. Having issued the initial recall for the Note 7 phones, Samsung started manufacturing the new ones with batteries from a different supplier.
Samsung, however, was in a rush to get the new phones out and completely missed a different defect in the newly provided batteries. This caused the new phones to experience similar problems to the previously released batch; overheating which causes fires and explosions.
Samsung says it has now developed a new eight-point battery check to make sure future devices don’t suffer the same fate as the Galaxy Note 7.
It is a good thing for Samsung that they finally found out what caused the Note 7’s problems, but the issue of consumer trust will still affect the tech giant. Months of speculation and rumors about the “fire phone” has not been good to Samsung’s reputation, so it will be interesting to see if the company can regain some level of trust and loyalty from its consumers. This spring, the company is expected to release its next flagship phone, the Galaxy S8.
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a 2016 film written by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy and directed by Gareth Edwards. It is the first film in the Star Wars Anthology series and takes places immediately before Star Wars: A New Hope. The film stars Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso, daughter of Galen Erso – the unwilling designer of the Death Star – played by Mads Mikkelsen. The film tells the story of the rebels who retrieved the Death Star plans. The film also stars Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Alan Tudyk, Jiang Wen, and Forest Whitaker.
I don’t remember much from the movie – nor have I read the books – so I’ve pretty much gone into this series somewhat with fresh eyes. I can’t say much about what’s different between the two adaptations, but I will say that I thoroughly enjoy Neil Patrick Harris in the role of Count Olaf. He seems to be having a lot of fun with the role and I am having a lot of fun watching him. The standout moments with him are the montage when he gave the children a tour of the house, his eating Justice Strauss’ lamb and the insulting it under the guise of asking them if they would like to see her and his musical introduction to the children when they come back from the store.
Also, Patrick Warburton. If you’ve seen The Tick, The Emperor’s New Groove, Men in Black II or anything he’s been in you can’t help but be a fan. He has the perfect voice to narrate a show that is supposed to be really depressing and the comedic chops to also make that funny. Not laugh out loud funny but at least a chuckle. And that is where this show, so far, has succeeded.
Joan Cusack is also a highlight in the series. This is exactly the kind of role that she is perfect for and I like seeing her in. Malina Weissman and Louis Hynes are competent in their acting but they don’t really stand out in the cast as much as the aforementioned actors do.
Surprise! Their parents are alive and actively trying to find their way back to the children. It seems that their secret society is not only looking after the well being of the children, but trying to rescue the parents as well. I don’t recall this being a part of the film. I do like Jacquelyn (poor Gustav) and want to see more of her spying and operating behind the scenes. It’s pretty clear that Olaf is, or at least was, a member of the secret society (he has that tattoo on his ankle), so she knew full well who he was when he went into the bank to speak to Mr. Poe.
The Trinidadian International Soca Monarch competition today 
I think it’s time we killed Renard. If he’s not dead by the end of the season, I say we riot. My feelings about him as a character have been up and down since the beginning: I’ve loved him and I’ve hated him. Right now I think you can just about guess where I’m at with him.
Nick’s little magic stick is giving me some eerie “The One Ring” vibes at this point. It attacked the S.E.R.T. team when one of them took it from Nick, so it looks to have a mind of its own and like it’s corrupting Nick and making him obsessed with it. If he’d had started hissing “my precious” I would not have been surprised.
Diana managed to help someone for once in a way that did not involve violence or murder. When she’s not being the scariest thing in the room, she’s actually very cute and sweet. And for someone who desperately wants Adalind and Renard to be together, she’s surprisingly not hostile toward Nick. She was also surprisingly funny here, especially when she asked Monroe “why” when he praised her abilities and said she likes Kelly because he “doesn’t talk much.”
I loved seeing hexenbiest Adalind back and performing magic. Unfortunately it looks like she will be going back to being the pretty little damsel she’s been for a while longer since she has to go back to Renard. But Adalind being Adalind, we’ll get some zingers and some shade – no pun intended – out of her. She does not even attempt to hide how much she hates Renard.
So Kyle And Marissa (Karissa? Myle? Are we even bothering to give them a couple name?) came out of nowhere and disappeared just as quickly. Right as I was starting to wrap my head around the randomness of it (they’re total opposites) and find them to be rather cute. And in the double dose of drama we got this week, they were at the centre of one of the two instances.
Am I the only one who was excited to see Tatiana go off on her? Tatiana’s been fairly quiet and we haven’t seen that side of her yet. She didn’t quite go from zero to one hundred like she said she could – and thank goodness she didn’t because if she is as prone to hitting people as she said, she’d have been sent home – she hovered somewhere between fifty and sixty. But still, good going Tatiana.
